Guanshan Coral Reef Ecological Wildlife Conservation Area Introduction
What does time look like? Standing in front of the Guanshan Coral Reef, the largest macroalgae reef in Taiwan, the ecological masterpiece formed by the passage of a thousand years leaves people in awe and makes them feel the insignificance of humanity. Covering an area of approximately 370 hectares, the Guanshan Coral Reef, unlike animal-formed coral reefs, is a "plant reef" formed by the death and calcification of non-segmented algae, which accumulate on gravel beaches to create limestone reefs, generating only 1 centimeter every 10 years on average. The macroalgae reef cluster in Taoyuan once extended from Dayuan and Guanyin to Xinhua, but with the development of coastal industrial zones, it has now dwindled from 27 kilometers to about 5 kilometers. To protect this 4,000-year-old marine treasure, the "Taoyuan Guanshan Coral Reef Ecological Wild Animal Protection Area" was established in 2014, becoming a wall-less classroom for understanding coral reef environments. Additionally, the annual "Cherish Taoyuan Macroalgae Reef Thousand-Person Hike" encourages the public to actively protect this coastline.
