Zuoying 左營

The district of navy and soldier base 


Sunday 27 Nov 2011 woke up early cycle up to Zuoying. Plan to cycle along Ai He 愛河 all the way up to Zuoying. On the way will pass by Jhongdu Wetland, Kaohsiung Hakka Cultural Museum, The Heart of Love River, Tzu-Chi Park, Heti Community and Smile Park. 



But as i cycle up north along Ai He i lost track of the river as it had become a small stream and run under main road and bridges. The only source of direction now is follow road sign 'North' and i will miss all the attraction along the river :(



The main attraction at Zuoying is the man made lake, Lotus lake 蓮池潭. The first thing i saw as approaching the lake from south is Dragon and Tiger Pagodas 龍虎塔. 

 

Entrance to the pagoda is through the dragon and exit through the tiger. Entering through the Dragons mouth is considered auspicious by the Chinese since it transforms bad luck into good luck.

Some view from the top of pagoda. 

Facing toward the north of pagoda is Wuli Arbor and Statue of God Xuantian. At the background is Half screen Mountain.

 

Just outside of Dragon and Tiger Pagodas is Ciji Temple. 

After visiting the Pagodas i went into town area to look around for the Ancient house. Went to the North gate 北门...   

 ...and saw this old Zhenfu Shrine in the middle of the road.

Walking toward north pass by many ancient house... Sadly is not well maintain and rundown and brink of collapsing. 

Then walk over to Spring and Autumn Pavilions 春秋閣

All the way to the end is Wuli Arbor 五里亭.

 

View of Dragon and Tiger Pagodas from Wuli Arbor.

Facing directly in front of Wuli Arbor is Qiming Shrine 啟明堂

Further up is Statue of god Xuan Tian 玄天上帝 and Beiji Arbor.

 

Next walking up toward Confucius Temple 孔廟.  

Taiwan largest Confucius temple. 

At the east of the lake there is a Taoist temple 清水宮...

高雄市風景區管理所

After finish touring the lake area and too early for night market... went cycle around the area. 

The lake area is near to north gate... so cycle down to south gate 南门 then to east gate 东门. 

Ruifeng night market 瑞豐夜市 is near to Kaohsiung Arena MRT station 巨蛋站. So went around arena area first. 

Ruifeng night market is only open on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (4days)

After eating my dinner at night market. Its time to cycle back to Kaohsiung. On the way stop by Heart of Aihe 愛河之心‎. 

 

And stop by somewhere near Carrefour area... 

Total distance cycled is around 26KM.