The newly opened Lala Mountain National Forest Recreation Area was led by Lin Huaqing, director of the Forestry Bureau (front left 1), and Hsinchu Forest Management Director Xia Rongsheng (front left 2).

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[Reporter Li Rongping/Taoyuan Report] The Lala Mountain National Forest Recreation Area, the first in the country to be established locally, is also the 19th National Forest Recreation Area in the country. It is a new park today. Lin Huaqing, Director of the Forestry Bureau, led a tour guide in the afternoon to announce the opening of the park. From now until September 30th, except for preferential tickets and free tickets, everyone can enjoy a half-price discount of 100 yuan to enter the park. The Forestry Bureau welcomes Chinese people to walk into Lala Mountain to experience the park's new look and natural and cultural style.

The opening ceremony was kicked off by the Atayal mother tongue song and dance drama performed by Baling Elementary School and Guanghua Elementary School and the chorus of the Atayal Harvest Celebration Suite. Chen Songming, an elder of the Baling tribe, offered his blessings for the opening of the park with a traditional Atayal ceremony; The park guide film "How are you, Lala?" selected by the Japan International Tourism Video Festival and the New York TV and Film Festival, and the certification ceremony for the local commentary guide.

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During the meeting, Lin Huaqing, deputy directors Liao Yiguang, Lin Mozhen, Hsinchu Forest Management Director Xia Rongsheng, Taoyuan City Government Indigenous Peoples Administration Director Chen Ziling, Fuxing District Mayor You Zhengying, Lala Mountain Condominium Co-convener Chen Rongguang, Hualing District Chief Liang Yahui, on the same stage, hung a wooden rattan ball representing the Atayal culture, animal and plant elements in the Lala Mountain National Forest Recreation Area on the giant tree image of the Lala Mountain National Forest Recreation Area, symbolizing the vigorous vitality and diversity of the Lala Mountain forest.

Lin Huaqing said that in the past, conflicts between national laws and aborigines' natural resource rights caused mutual misunderstanding between aborigines and the Forest Service. The unique cloud and mist belt forest and Atayal mountain forest culture will become the highlights of tourism in northern Taiwan.

Xia Rongsheng, Director of Hsinchu Forest Management of the Forestry Bureau, said that the Lala Mountain National Forest Recreation Area is located in the middle-altitude fog forest belt, covering an area of ​​about 81.6 hectares. The giant trees formed by red cypress and Taiwan cypress in the area are the best places to get close to giant trees in northern Taiwan. Viewing points, according to the latest giant tree age detection data, the number 24 red cypress giant tree in the area is 1495 years old, second only to the red cypress giant tree No. The 2nd to 6th in the list of top ten giant trees; No. 18 with the largest bust is 20.8 meters in four trees, and No. 6, 11, 13, and 19 are 45 meters in height.

The newly opened visitor center is a 5-story building built on the mountain. It used to be the Lala Mountain Ecological Education Center. After enjoying phytoncide physically and mentally on the mountain giant wood trail, choose a seat here, sit in the bright window view, and look at the scenery of distant mountains and near trees, and fill your stomach by the way.

In addition, after the transformation of the National Forest Recreation Area, users will be charged for environmental cleaning and maintenance fees and amusement facilities usage fees. The full ticket is 200 yuan, and the half ticket is 100 yuan. Elderly over 65 years old, children aged 3 to 6, and primary school students can enjoy non-holiday outdoor teaching. 10 yuan discount ticket; Celebrate the opening of the park until September 30 to enjoy the discount for entering the park. If you take the "Lalashan Motorcycle" that cooperates with the Hsinchu Forest Management Office to enter the park, you can enjoy a 20% discount on the ticket.

The Lala Mountain National Forest Recreation Area is newly opened. Tourists meet in the park to see these thousand-year-old giant trees up close.

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The Lala Mountain National Forest Recreation Area Visitor Center built according to the mountain has made a new appearance.

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The Lala Mountain National Forest Recreation Area Visitor Center will provide simple catering and rest services for the public from now on.

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The Lala Mountain National Forest Recreation Area officially opened. The picture shows the No. 24 red cypress giant tree, which is the oldest tree in the park and is 1495 years old.

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Chen Songming (left), an elder of the Baling tribe, offered his blessings for the opening of the Lala Mountain National Forest Recreation Area with a traditional Atayal ceremony.

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The Lala Mountain National Forest Recreation Area is newly opened, and Taiwan black bears greet guests at the entrance of the mountain.

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