The Local History project is one of the global projects offered by IEARN(International Education and Resource Network).


Taiwan

Teacher Thefonz Hsieh,
Min-Cyuan Primary School,
 Kaohsiung,Taiwan

 Meet the students and their teacher from Min-Cyuan Primary School. The teacher inspired his students to  explore the history of Kaohsiung.

 

Students are sharing information about famous places in Kaoshiung.
 
 Kaoshiung has a lot of amazing spots to visit.
1.The Love River or Ai River is a river (canal) in southern Taiwan. It originates in Renwu District, Kaohsiung City, and flows 12 kilometers (8 miles) through Kaohsiung to Kaohsiung Harbor.
Love River is the spine of Kaohsiung, playing a similar role to the River Thames of London. It is of great cultural significance to the people of Kaohsiung and plays an important role in its economy and tourism.
2. The British Consulate at Takao is a former British consulate built in 1865 in the city of Kaohsiung in south-west Taiwan and was the first western-style building built on the island. It has been designated as a 2nd Class Historic Site by the Taiwanese Ministry of the Interior.
3. The Chengcing Lake, also known as Toapi Lake
Chengcing Lake (Chinese: 澄清湖), also known as the Cheng Ching Lake, Dabei Lake (大貝湖), or Toapi Lake in Taiwanese, is an artificial lake located in the Niaosong District of Kaohsiung City, not far from downtown Kaohsiung and the major suburban district of Fengshan. The lake is a source of the water supply network and a tourist area of the Kaohsiung region.
4. The Port of Kaohsiung is the largest harbor in Taiwan, handling approximately 10 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) worth of cargo in 2007.
  
5. The Liuhe Night Market is a tourism night market in Kaohsiung, and one of the great night markets in Taiwan.
It is famous for its various choices of food and local dishes, which attract tourists from many countries.
Multiple vendors and patrons fill the market at night. Tourists barter with locals for seafood, handicrafts, clothing, knives, cameras, and even live animals such as monkeys, dogs, and gold fish. Every morning after the night market, students and car from the area clean the streets.