Taiping Bat Cave, Hundred Bats Suspension Bridge and Hiking Trail (Closed) Introduction
The Bat Cave is said to be an artificial irrigation channel excavated by the Lin family of Taiping during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty (1862) to irrigate farmland, directing water from the Toubiankeng Stream to the land of the Earth God Shrine. However, after the 1987 flood disaster, the flood washed away a small hill below the Bat Cave, cutting straight through the area. As the riverbed was eroded by the floodwaters, the elevation increased and the water level rapidly declined, causing the inlet to lose its function due to the inability to draw water.
