CHENGCING LAKE 澄 清 湖

CHENGCING LAKE 澄 清 湖

I. INTRODUCTION 簡介
Chengcing Lake is located in Kaohsiung County's Niaosong Township. It is the largest lake in the Kaohsiung area, developed originally as a reservoir to meet the need for water for industrial use. Later on the lake was improved through environmental landscaping, until today it offers the beauty of a forested park. It was opened to the public as a tourist destination in 1960.
The surface of the lake has a water area of more than 300 hectares, and the highway that has been built around it stretches for a total of seven kilometers.
The tranquil beauty of the area has led it to be given the sobriquet, "West Lake of Taiwan." The best known of the lake's attractions is probably its Bridge of Nine Turns, which was built in 1960; it is 230 meters long and 2.5 meters wide, and does indeed have nine turns.
Under the hill behind the Chuanxizhai is an aquarium that was originally built in 1961 as an anti-nuclear underground bunker. Its winding, 200-meter length was later remodeled into a tourist aquarium with exhibits of all sorts of oceanic organisms divided into eight display areas: special animals, treasures of the sea, shellfish, coral, strange rocks, and sperm whales. It is a place that is perfect for both entertainment and education.
澄清湖位於高雄縣鳥松鄉，是高雄第一大湖，舊名「大埤湖」或「大貝湖」，媲美大陸的西湖，也是重要的水源地和風景區。梅隴春曉、曲橋釣月步入巍峨的觀光大門一眼就見到兩座紅色中國式宮殿建築，左邊的是淡水館，右為海水館。館內陳列世界各國的珍奇魚類。
著名景點有三橋、六勝、八景，三橋是九曲橋、鵲橋和吊橋，六勝是自由亭、更上台、豐源閣、百花岡、富國島和千樹林，八景為梅隴春曉、曲橋鉤月、柳岸觀蓮、高丘望海、深樹鳴禽、湖山佳氣、三亭攬勝和蓬島湧金。在曲橋釣月景緻中最有名的就屬九曲橋，九曲橋建於民國49年(西元1960）橋長230公尺，寬2.5公尺，支柱七支，橋面迴折九彎，故名為九曲橋。
鳥松濕地公園位在澄清湖大門的東側，是國內第一個人工濕地公園，植被及池塘生態非常豐富，除了提供野生生物棲息外並提供親子休閒遊憩場所及自然生態教學區。園區並設有烤肉區、露營區、泡茶區等，適合全家到此一遊。
在澄清湖想要觀看湖區全景就必要登上中興塔，該塔是澄清湖中最高的建築，塔身高約43公尺，共有7層樓。寶塔內有迴旋梯直上塔頂，遠觀後方綠草如茵的高爾夫球場令人心曠神怡。澄清湖無論是曲橋、湖泊、亭樓；或是盛名的三亭(有如、清如、淡如亭)，得月樓，正氣亭，各式古樸典雅的建築亭樓都是遐邇聞名。

II. TRANSPORTATION 交通
大眾運輸：
◎由高雄市搭公車60路班車可達澄清湖。
◎可搭高雄客運111、139、603、702及703路可達澄清湖。高雄客運鳳山站：(07)7411418
自行開車：
◎高雄交流道下，大順路轉右，左轉澄清路，即可抵達澄清湖。
◎可於九如交流道下，接九如一路(省道台1線)，再接澄清路，可達澄清湖。
◎南下可於楠梓交流道下，接縣道183號至澄清湖。
Public:
By Bus:
1. From Kaohsiung Train Station, take City Bus N0.60 to Chengcing Lake.
2. Take Kaohsiung Bus NO.111、139、603、702、703 to Chengcing Lake.
Kaohsiung Bus, Fongshan Station: (07)7411418


Connection：
By Car:
1. Freeway 1 -> Exit at the Nanzih Interchange -> County Road No. 183 -> Chengcing Lake.
2. Freeway 1 -> Exit at the Jiouru Interchange -> Jiouru 1st Road -> Chengcing Road -> Chengcing Lake.
3. Freeway 1 -> Exit at the Kaohsiung Interchange -> turn right on Dashun Road -> turn left on Chengcing Road -> Chengcing Lake.

III. ACCOMMODATION 住宿
1. Chengching Lake Youth Activity Center 救國團澄清湖青年活動中心
：No. 140, Wuncian Road,Niaosong Township, Kaohsiung County高雄縣鳥松鄉文前路140號
：(07)3717182
2. GRAND HOTEL 圓山大飯店
：No. 2, Yuanshan Road,Niaosong Township, Kaohsiung County高雄縣鳥松鄉圓山路2號
：(07)3705911

IV. NOTE 備註
ADD：No.32, Dapi Rd., Niaosong Village, Niaosong Township, Kaohsiung County
高雄縣鳥松鄉鳥松村大埤路32
：(07)3700821
開放時間Open Hours: 6AM-9PM
票價Entrance Fee: NT$100 for adult & NT$50 for child。全票100元，半票50元。