Embark on a Mid-Autumn fantasy adventure in Kaohsiung's badlands
Last updated 2026-11-08 — With the Mid-Autumn holiday approaching, the Kaohsiung City Tourism Bureau will leverage the unique landscape of "Tianliao Moon World," characterized by rugged mudstone badlands, and combine it with lighting and projection mapping techniques to unveil an unprecedented nighttime spectacle in the Moon World...
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The Mid-Autumn holiday is just around the corner, and the Kaohsiung City Tourism Bureau will take advantage of the distinctive terrain of "Tianliao Moon World," known for its dramatic mudstone formations, and use lighting and projection mapping to present a never-before-seen new look for the Moon World at night.
The desolate and otherworldly landscape of the Moon World is like stepping onto another planet. (Image source / Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications)
From September 6 to October 5, the Kaohsiung City Tourism Bureau will host a series of "Fantasy Moon World" themed activities along the lakeside trail of the Moon World Geo Park, all under the theme of fantasy.Among the highlights is Taiwan’s first-ever mobile projection mapping system, which uses unique image splicing and cross-projection technology to present special effects animations through themed projections in the "3D Projection Mapping Show," delivering a magical visual impact where light and shadow blend.
The Fantasy Moon World series of events kicks off on 9/6. For details, visit the official website of the "2014 Tianliao Fantasy Moon World" event. (Image source / 2014 Tianliao Fantasy Moon World Fan Page)
Meanwhile, the nighttime Moon World will also feature various scenic light projections, complemented by reflections on Yuchi Lake, showcasing the surrounding cliffs and lakeside scenery in different fantastical forms. The Tourism Bureau will also arrange shuttle buses at the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Qiaotou Railway Station, one of which will be specially designed as the "Pili Color Painting Shuttle Bus," providing more convenient transportation for Pili fans and the general public. For details, check the official website of the "2014 Tianliao Fantasy Moon World" event.
Under the glow of dusk, the majestic scenery of the Moon World resembles a beautiful ink-wash landscape painting. (Image source / Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications)
Located between Chongde and Guting in Tianliao District, Kaohsiung’s Moon World is famous for its barren, lunar-like beauty, resembling a desolate and otherworldly desert. The area’s unique geological landscape is academically referred to as a "badland" terrain, formed over years of erosion by rain and river water in soft, bluish-gray mudstone rich in salt. This has created a rugged and inhospitable landscape. The fine-grained, loosely cemented mudstone has low permeability, so when it rains, it becomes extremely slippery and slides downhill. Vegetation struggles to grow, resulting in vast, barren expanses with exposed mudstone and a dense network of ridges and gullies—a distinctive feature of mudstone badlands.
Patches of greenery dotting the barren landscape further accentuate the beauty of the Moon World. (Image source / Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications)
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