Zhongyuan Pond Ecological Park won the Silver Award of this year's "Global Construction Excellence Award".

(Photo by reporter Li Rongping)

[Reporter Li Rongping/Taoyuan Report] Taoyuan Mayor Zheng Wencan went to the Zhongyuan Pond Ecological Park in Zhongli District today to attend the "Kwun Tong. Tang Guan" to find the hometown of thousands of ponds. The new book "Peach Blossom Spring" was released. The 4th Taoyuan Water Culture Special Book on the River Textures and Remediation of the River, Laojie River, and Nankan River, records the development history of Taoyuan for more than 300 years, and highlights the core purpose of the city government’s drastic transformation of ponds in the past 8 years.

During the meeting, Zheng Wencan had a discussion with Xiang Hongquan, associate professor of Chung Yuan University's General Studies Center, Lin Weishu, lecturer of Yuan Ze University's General Education Department, and Wu Yuzhou, honorary chairman of Taoyuan Wild Bird Society, and talked about the vision of the pond and the diverse appearance of the pond.

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Zheng Wencan said that a sustainable city must develop its own resilience, and ponds are an important link in the sustainable development of Taoyuan.

The important DNA of Taoyuan’s sustainable city is pond culture. The early ancestors developed as many as 10,000 ponds in Taoyuan, and there are still more than 600 ponds. Every pond is a story of Taoyuan’s local history. An important foundation for a sustainable city. In recent years, the city government has actively promoted the preservation and recycling of pond culture. Through the three major directions of farmland irrigation, flood prevention and disaster prevention, and ecological landscape, ponds and cities have been combined to make ponds play different roles in urban and rural areas. role, generate new value, and create Taoyuan's unique water culture.

Zheng Wencan gave an example. The "Hengshan Calligraphy Art Museum" located in Tsingpu won the "Global Excellence in Construction Award", which is known as the Oscar in the construction industry. Award" silver award affirmation; the "Dashulin Pond Ecological Park" to be completed next year adopts the design of a dry flood detention pond and a wet flood detention pond, which have flood control functions and can also be used for picnics, concerts and other activities; The "Longshan Pond Ecological Park", which is expected to be completed in the next year, has both disaster prevention and regulation and ecological landscape functions. It will be the first flood detention park in Taoyuan that combines rainwater flooding and dry prairie, and is a leader in the transformation of ponds.

Lin Weishu said that the "Kwun Tong" book mentioned a lot of the development history of Taoyuan ponds, and many stories about ponds full of characteristics. The writing process was careful, and I saw Zheng Wencan's persistence in preserving pond culture; Wu Yuzhou mentioned that in 2018, the city government cooperated The central government’s green energy policy plans to lay photoelectric panels on 166 ponds in Taoyuan, endangering the ecology of wild birds. The Bird Association submitted more than 20 years of survey data. Zheng Wencan agreed to suspend the promotion of photovoltaic ponds in November of that year and protect the ponds in Taoyuan. The Bird Association expressed its gratitude .

Xiang Hongquan also said that for the children who were born and grew up in Taoyuan, ponds, streams, and rice fields are all familiar memories. Ponds have been re-emphasized, and the changes in ponds have been observed through Google Earth and GIS geographic information systems. Pond method.

Zheng Wencan (4th from right) and others attended the launch of the new book "Peach Blossom Spring" in "Kwun Tong. Tong Guan" to search for the land of thousands of ponds.

(Photo by reporter Li Rongping)

"Kwun Tong. Tong Guan" explores the new book of Peach Blossom Spring in the land of thousands of ponds.

(Photo by reporter Li Rongping)

Zhongyuan Pond Ecological Park won the Silver Award of this year's "Global Construction Excellence Award".

(Photo by reporter Li Rongping)

The "Hengshan Calligraphy Art Museum" located in Tsingpu won the Gold Award of the "Global Excellence in Construction Award" this year.

(Photo by reporter Li Rongping)

The "Hengshan Calligraphy Art Museum" located in Tsingpu won the Gold Award of the "Global Excellence in Construction Award" this year.

(Photo by reporter Li Rongping)