Shoushan

Shoushan is a mountain situated in Gushan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, toward the north of the principal access to Kaohsiung Harbor. It was named Ape Hill by the Dutch in the seventeenth century to depict numerous monkeys on this mountain. It is likewise called Chaishan and really incorporates the Snake Hill a seventeenth-century term in its northern part, and Long Life Hill named by Japanese in 1911-1915 for the crown-ruler Hirohito – in the southern part. In some old maps, the pinnacle of the slope is called Saracen's Head. Presently it is a natural stop where organic decent iety can be seen.

Shoushan is as of now one of the most established remnants of human progress established in Kaohsiung, going back 4000 to 5000 years ago. Military establishments were built through both Qing guideline all through the 17 and eighteenth century and Japanese lead from 1895 to 1945. It is presently formally under the safeguarding of the National Environment Preservation Unit of Taiwan and fills in as a tourist attraction. Despite its status as an auxiliary woodland, there are more than 800 types of plants living inside Shoushan, with its tropical atmosphere giving an appropriate place to the development and species diversity. Notable species include.