2018 Taichung World Flora Expo held grand opening recently in Houli, Waipu and Fengyuan. Taichung City Government has arranged 1 top of the world and 6 tops of Taiwan must see scenic spots for tourists, including 15m height “biggest machine flower on earth” and biggest 556” display wall, longest 240m iron decoupage art, biggest equestrian stadium available for thousand audiences, first sustainable building built by boundless of rice straw, highest 10m bamboo building and No. 1 popular National Day champion float in Taiwan that you should never miss.

The large device “listening to the blooming of flower” in Houli Forest Park is the biggest machine flower on earth. It is designed by Luxury Logico, the designer of Taipei Summer Universiade torch device. The machine flower consists of 697 red “umbrella flower” simulating the life, shadow and sound of flowing blooming and closing. Tourists may see the flower blooming; listen to the sound of blooming. The “AUO Micro Gallery” also situated in the Forest Park has biggest 556” display wall in Taiwan, people may become the ant-man to see the “micro world” of plants.

In addition, the director and also paper cutting artiest Yang, Shih-Ying has built the longest red iron decoupage art in Taiwan in length 240m and only 0.2cm thick outside the “Blossom Pavilion” in Houli Horse Ranch Site. It presents the beautiful image between human and nature with contour line representing land, tree, leopard and Taiwan black bear such native animals and plants incorporated with the kids’ talks in new style decoupage creation. Meanwhile, the equestrian stadium in cost of 220 million, 110m long and 70m width, available for 1000 audiences is the biggest and international standard stadium is also situated in the Horse Ranch Site.

The “home of four” inside the Houli Forest Park is the first sustainable building built by boundless of rice straw, passing the idea of green, sustainability, carbon reduction and environmental building. It is the first building in Taichung Flora Expo honors “Diamond-level Building Carbon Footprint Certification” and it further received silver medal of “2018 London Design Award”. It is an important breakthrough of design circle in Taiwan.

There is also 10m height “Bamboo Pavilion” in Fengyuan Huludun Park. It is the biggest bamboo building in Taiwan. It creates the image of Central Mountain via the bamboo and was nominated in the so called Architect Oscar “WAF World Architect Award”. The 19m long and 5m height “Leopard Float” situated in Waipu Park is the most popular champion float voted in 2017 National Day, which is also the image of park entrance.