Attractions

a. Wushanding Mud Volcano Nature Reserve[1]

The mud volcanoes were formed when the fault under Cishan fractured and water seeped beneath the ground and formed mud together with mudstone; the mud is sprayed out of the ground through cracks by high-pressure gas, forming the mud volcanoes. There are three cone mud volcanoes in this area, the highest of which reaches 3.5 meters, with a slope of 50 degrees – a classic mud volcano, and Taiwan's most developed mud volcano. It erupts every few seconds, and thick mud flows down from the cone, forming a leaf-shaped mudslide.

b. Tianliao Moon World[2]

The Tianliao Moon World is the most developed badland and mud volcano areas in Taiwan, and its unique geography is known as “badlands” in geography, and is filled with a desolate, barren beauty. From Tianliao to Cishan (Qishan) along the Provincial Highway No. 28 which pass through the area and over 20 mud volcanoes, and eruptions can often be seen, for which Dagunshui and Xiaogunshui volcanoes are most famous. The Mudstone Geography Center, situated at the Scenic Area's entrance, features explanations of the nature of mudstone and illustrated explanations- it might be called the key to a deep understanding of the Tianliao Moon World.