Kaga Park

The original name of the park is Wanhua Park 12, which is named after the original place name of Wanhua District in Taipei city. This is a small park, more like a green space. In the north of the park, it is separated by Guangzhou Street and connected with Longshan temple. Between the MRT station and Longshan temple, the park has a total area of 13618 square meters. It is one of the many parks in Taipei.

Kaga Park

Located in Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan Province, China, the park is one of many parks in Taipei city.

The origin of the name

The original name of the park is Wanhua Park 12, which is named after the original place name of Wanhua District in Taipei city. M 艋舺 (m ě ng Xi á), also known as "Wen Jia", "mang Jia", "mosquito Jia" and "mang Ge", means canoe or canoe gathering place, is a transliteration of "moungar", a minority language in Taiwan. In ancient times, Taiwan minority people used canoes to trade and transport in Wanhua area, so Han people used it as a place name.

geographical position

To the north of the park, it is separated by Guangzhou Street and connected with kailongshan temple; to the west, it is Xiyuan Road; to the south, it is separated by three sections of Heping West Road, facing Longshan shopping mall and Wanhua District Administration building; to the East, it is separated by three sections of Heping West Road, 100 lanes, facing xisanshui street market. The total area is 13618 square meters.

Historical evolution

In 1740 (the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong), kailongshan temple was completed. Because the geomantic topography is "beauty cave", a lotus pond was dug in front of the temple to form the so-called "beauty mirror".

In 1924, the Longshan temple was renovated and a park was built here, with the dragon body fountain as the mirror pool.

Opened in 1927, it is known as Longshan Temple Park. It is one of the large metropolitan parks planned before the war in Taipei.

In 1992, the Taipei municipal government restored the land as a "Folk Park".

In 1995, the city government commissioned luolonghuang architects to plan the park.

The construction started on February 14, 1999, and was presided over by Mayor Ma Ying Jeou. It took six years and was put into use on January 22, 2005.

Space use

The first and second floors underground are underground streets, and the third and fourth floors underground are parking lots. On the north side is the star sign, and on the other three sides are the corridors in the shape of "Fei". The central part of the park is a green area with trees; the dragon character of kailongshan temple is taken as the design element; there are dragon boat sculptures (located in the cloister), beauty mirror pool (located next to the astrology, also known as the mirror of Buddha) and other works of art.

Three squares

There are three squares in the park - Miaocheng square, xisanshui street square and South Square.

Address: Wanhua District, Taipei, Taiwan

Longitude: 121.49723068221

Latitude: 25.032630066186

Traffic information: near Taipei MRT - Bannan Line - Longshan Temple Station (about 4 minutes walk)

Near Taiwan Railway - Wanhua station (about 7 minutes walk)