Xiaoyoukeng Recreation Area
Steaming volcanic vent field of hissing fumaroles, sulfur crystals and boardwalk trails at a dormant volcano's edge.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Xiaoyoukeng Recreation Area follows a Qing scholar named Yu Yonghe, sent in 1697 to gather sulfur from Taiwan's mountains after a gunpowder fire on the mainland. It traces his overland march north from Tainan, against friends who warned he was walking to his death, to what he found at the edge of this dormant volcano. Listen for the same hissing vents and sulfur crusts along today's boardwalk.
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