Tea park opens in Taipei

This article was from The United Daily News and published by The Taiwan Headlines on June 18, 2003.

Chaoyang Park, the first park in Taipei to focus on the theme of tea, is expected to become a major boon for the tea merchants in the Dadaocheng area of the city. Over ten types of tea trees and fragrant flowers have been planted in the park, and there are three trails that visitors can walk along that explain the types of tea processing.

The site of the park has important historical significance. During the Jiaqing era of the Qing dynasty, all of Taiwan's tea passed through the Dadaocheng area. In 1866, the area produced the world's first oolong tea and ten years later developed paochung tea, which became well known both at home and abroad. The rise of the tea trade helped make Dadaocheng the most prosperous area in all of Taiwan.