Doors to Diplomacy Participants

National Feng Shan Senior High School (2011 CyberFair Project ID 6691)
Taiwan, Kaohsiung County
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 6. Historical Landmarks

We estimate 9 student(s) from 15 to 17 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Cioutou District,located in northwest Kaohsiung City and near Gangshan District,south Nanzih District, east Yanchao area.It is a transfer post between Kaohsiung and Tainan,Taiwan Longitudinal Road,Taiwan Longitudinal Railway,and Koahsiung MRT Red Line go through Cioutou.It is convenient transpotation.But its importance was so noticeable when Taiwan under Janpanese rule,and then the Japanese built the first modern suger refinery here.Made this area flourished.Although the sugar industry gradually declined in recent years,but the successful transformation of tourism industry it has created another new world.

Project Description: Chiaotou Sugar Refinery with hundreds history is founded in 1901.It had owned the glory of aura, "Taiwan's first modern sugar refinery ". Chiaotou Sugar Rrefinery had prospered once, producing hundreds tons of sugar a day and won the first place in Taiwan's sugar industry. Although the sugar industry gradually declined in recent years, but the successful transformation to tourism industry has created another new world. We are here to visit this firm-standing giant,introducing its history through a century of efforts.

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