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Baiji Tree-Shade Foot Trail

Phone:886-3-3322101 Address:335 Drive on the North Cross-Island Highway, Daxi Dist., Taoyuan City. , Daxi Dist., Taoyuan City Taiwán, R.O.C
Before the completion of the Baiji Tunnel, the way from Daxi to Mt. Jiaoban, Baling and other Fuxing mountain areas was mostly through the Baiji Foot Trail (originally named as Shikuiken Historic Trail). It was an important transportation trail from the Qing dynasty to the Japanese colonial period. Since the availability of the light railway in the Baiji Tunnel in 1944, Baiji Tree-Shade Foot Trail no longer played the role of a transportation hub. In 1949, Cihu became a military restricted area, and thus veiled the Baiji Foot Trail with a sense of mystery. The concealment of the Baiji Foot Trail has been up to half a century long, and its natural ecology hence escapes developments and destructions. Visiting the Baiji Foot Trail is not only for the immersion of historical culture, but also for experiencing the incomparable natural beauty. From spring to fall, visitors can see the black-winged firefly, Luciola cerata E. Olivier, and the firefly Pyrocoelia prartexta Olivier, and also enjoy the tranquility of the forest at night with spots of fireflies. When winter comes, there are chances to meet the Mountain Scops Owls, the bamboo patridges, the Taiwan blue magpies, and the Grey-chinned Minivets, making it a tour filled with unlimited surprises. Visitors can find a great variety of plants along the trail and the most well-known is tung flowers. Every May, tung blossoms fall on the meandering trail like beautiful white snow and create a romantic ambience. In addition, cuckoo, Formosa palm, tuberous sword fern, common free ferm, swamp manogany and other tree species are strewn randomly across the forest. Swallowtails butterflies, bush brown butterflies, dark palm dart butterflies, and stripped blue crow butterflies fly through the forestry here and there. The 2.8 km Baiji Tree-Shade Foot Trail is a wide asphalt pavement for pedestrians only. It is not as steep as other historic trails, and therefore a suitable one for be...
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