Pinglin Ecological Park Introduction
Pinglin Eco Park is situated against a backdrop of mountains and water, adjacent to the Tea Museum, covering nearly three hectares. Although named an eco park, it is essentially a garden located next to the Tea Museum. The park is designed to follow the original topography and retains several areas of primeval forest. It features various landscape facilities and preserves diverse native plant ecosystems, making it an excellent place for recreation and relaxation. The botanical area in the park is famous, with distinct sections including tea garden ecology, medicinal plant area, and seas of azaleas, daylilies, and wild ginger flowers, as well as apricot orchards, cedar forests, oil cedar forests, maple orchards, aquatic plant integration zones, and snake wood forests. Walking into the park, the fragrance of tea mingles with that of flowers, refreshing the spirit. Within the park, there is a shrine called "Siyuan Platform" dedicated to the protector deity of tea farmers, "Tea Shrine Mazu." This statue of Mazu is about 200 years old and is said to have been brought from Fujian by early tea workers who moved to Taiwan. Due to its legendary efficacy, the number of tea farmers coming to worship has increased significantly, making it the primary faith of Pinglin tea farmers and a spiritual home for the entire community.
