Red Leaves in Spring! The Crimson Maples of Jing Shan Community Are Super Romantic

Written by / MOOK Travel Life Network Editorial Department

 

Spring also offers stunning red leaf scenery! Located in the Jing Shan Community area of Shilin District, the Japanese "maple" in the nursery has dyed the entire valley red. The Taipei City Public Works Department’s Bureau of Urban Development said that you don’t have to wait until autumn to travel all the way to Aowanda to enjoy maple leaves—now you can head to the Shilin Jing Shan Community to admire the first wave of spring maple beauty.

The red leaf variety in Jing Shan Community is commonly known as "red leaf Japanese maple." It is created by local growers grafting Japanese maple buds onto the trunks of Taiwan’s native green maples. The maple leaves have five to seven deep lobes and experience two red leaf seasons each year, in April and December, with the April season lasting the longest. The newly grown leaves of the Japanese maple are red, then gradually turn yellow and green, which is the opposite of the color change seen in common green maples.

 

Huang Liyuan, Director of the Bureau of Urban Development, pointed out that the Jing Shan Community, located at Lane 131, Jing Shan Road, Shilin District, and at the end of Yongguang Road, not only features popular DIY wedding photography spots but also numerous nurseries that supply the planting needs of the Taipei area. In recent years, the Bureau has invested in an agricultural environment improvement plan for Jing Shan Community, adding walking trails and water-friendly recreational facilities, completing the "Cherry Blossom Viewing Platform" and "Camphor Tree Platform," providing the public with rest spaces to enjoy and experience nature.

 

He Shengnan, the ward chief of Jing Shan, mentioned that Jing Shan Community also has many leisure farms and landscape restaurants, including the famous maple-viewing nursery café "Taipei Aowanda," which cultivates varieties different from green maples. The current red leaf scenery attracts large numbers of tourists for photos, especially as the surrounding environment has been improved by the Bureau, making the overall community landscape more harmonious. It’s very suitable for families to come and admire the red maples, spending quality time in a nature-filled environment rich with phytoncides.

 

 

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