The Chung Hsing Cultural and Creative Park () is a multi-purpose
park
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...
in
Wujie Township,
Yilan County,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
.
History
The building was originally constructed in 1935 as a paper manufacturing company. They produced papers using
silvergrass and
sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...
waste
pulping
Pulp is a Lignocellulosic biomass, lignocellulosic fibrous material prepared by chemically or mechanically separating cellulose fibers from wood, fiber crops, Paper recycling, waste paper, or cotton paper, rags. Mixed with water and other chemica ...
technology. In 1959, the company became a
state-owned enterprise
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a Government, government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn Profit (econom ...
and was renamed Taiwan Chung Hsing Paper Corporation. They modernized their paper manufacturing process by using chemical processes. Their main products were newsprint, banknotes, lottery paper, toilet paper and wood-free paper. In 2001, the factory ceased operations and was taken over by
Yilan County Government
The Yilan County Government () is the local government of Yilan County, Taiwan.
Yilan County Hall is located in Yilan City, adjacent to Yilan County Council building, Local Court and District Attorney's Office.
Organizational structure
Firs ...
in 2014.
It was then transformed into Chung Hsing Cultural and Creative Park.
Activities
The park regularly hosts various exhibitions, stage performances and group tours of the old factory buildings.
Transportation
The park is accessible within walking distance west from
Zhongli Station of
Taiwan Railways.
See also
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List of tourist attractions in Taiwan
References
External links
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Industrial buildings completed in 1935
Pulp and paper mills
Tourist attractions in Yilan County, Taiwan
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