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Tai Kwun, named after the historical colloquial name of the compound, [3] [6] is a mix of heritage and contemporary architecture, with 16 heritage buildings having been restored. An additional two new buildings were constructed, featuring designs inspired by the site's historic brickwork.
The addition of the Botanical Garden, including the Tropical Rainforest Greenhouse, was completed in 1999. In that same year, the number of specimens in the museum collection had grown to 551,705. Satellite museums include the 921 Earthquake Museum (2004), Funghuanguu Bird and Ecology Park (2013), and the Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park (2013).
The botanical garden was opened on 23 July 1999 in a ceremony attended by Education Minister Yang Chao-hsiang, Taichung Mayor Chang Wen-ying and National Museum of Natural Science Director Chow Yien-shing.
Botanical gardens in China have collections consisting entirely of China native and endemic species; most have a collection that include plants from around the world. There are botanical gardens and arboreta in all provincial-level administration of China, most are administered by local governments, some are privately owned.
Braunschweig Botanical Garden, Germany; Victoria amazonica, giant Amazon water lily. The "New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening" (1999) points out that among the various kinds of organizations known as botanical gardens, there are many that are in modern times public gardens with little scientific activity, and it cited a tighter definition published by the World Wildlife ...
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The Taipei Botanical Garden was originally established during Japanese rule in 1896 as a nursery. It was then officially renamed the Taihoku Botanical Garden in 1921. By 1930, there were 1,129 species in the Garden, serving largely academic research and natural sciences. Maintenance of the Garden halted during World War II. After the war, the ...
Taichung (/ ˌ t aɪ ˈ tʃ ʊ ŋ /, [6] Wade–Giles: Tʻai 2-chung 1, pinyin: Táizhōng), officially Taichung City, [I] is a special municipality in central Taiwan.Taichung is Taiwan's second-largest city, with more than 2.85 million residents, [7] [8] making it the largest city in Central Taiwan.