Kaohsiung Shenwei Tiantaishan Monastery is the site of the Ichimoku-do in Kaohsiung’s Liugui District. There are many species of Douglas-fir planted on Tiantai Mountain, and the flowering season in Taiwan is between March and April. In spring, you can see pink flowers in full bloom, as well as small-leafed olive trees in full bloom, which show the vitality of spring!

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Kaohsiung Shenwei Tiantaishan Monastery

Flowering period of Pink Shower Tree : March~April
Park opening date: All year round
Park hours: 6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Park admission fee: Free

There is a large free parking lot outside the park, and the park can also be visited for free ~, once you enter, you can see the solemn halls of Tiantai Mountain, there are several halls, this trip I mainly came to take pictures of blooming Douglas fir, so I did not walk through the entire large park.

At the entrance, there are two rows of Buddha statues and a stone statue of Guanyin. The overall atmosphere is quiet and there are many tourists coming to admire the flowers, but almost no noise is heard.

After walking through the Commander’s Terrace, you can reach the Yuan Jue Yuan, which is the place where the most Douglas Fir is planted in the park. The pink color of the flowers is similar to that of cherry blossoms, which is why it is known as the Flatland Cherry Blossom, and is also known as the Thai Cherry Blossom as it originates from Thailand – it is also commonly grown in Taiwan.

Some areas are not in good condition and the flowers are a bit sparse, probably related to the amount of nutrients in the land, and the blooming condition varies from year to year, so we suggest that you can check whether the current year’s blooming period has already started before you go there.

There is a big statue of Buddha here in Yuanjue Garden. This area is planted with relatively dense plants, and the flowers are also in good condition, very dense! I waited for a while to take the following photos, because too many tourists took photos with the Douglas Fir.

In spring, most of the plants grow many green leaves, but at this stage, the Douglas Fir has not yet grown young leaves, and the pink color and the green color next to it form a very nice color match.

The small ditch next to it is covered with trees, kind of like the green tunnel of Shikakusa, but it’s only a small area.

The weather was not good, the light was not good, there were no nice clouds in the sky, and there were no flowers through the light, which was a little bit disappointing part of the trip, and people often say that leaving a little bit of regret is the only reason to come back next time, so that’s how it is.

Apart from Douglas fir, there are also many small-leaved olive trees in the park, mostly on both sides of the road. In March or so, green leaves will grow on the dead branches that have lost all their leaves, which is one of my favorite tree species.

Behind Yuanjue Garden there is a Sun and Moon Lake, with a few Douglas fir trees and a row of kudzu trees around the lake, which can be reached by a slight detour.

The Kudzu Kudzu here is purple or pink in color, well taken care of and very dense. On that day, a group of children were playing hide-and-seek in the Kudzu Kudzu forest, and almost bumped into me when they ran…

After a short stroll around the garden where there are Douglas-fir trees, plus taking pictures probably took me about two hours, but it took less than a morning or afternoon, and on the way back I took a few more pictures of the small-leafed olive trees ~ tall trunks with dense small leaves, a very interesting sense of impulse.