Amazing stones in Ape Hill

There are some interesting stones in Ape Hill, just along the wooden path. The FMR-President Lee, is located at lower site of the Enjoy Seat(Ya-Tsou雅座). The lower chin is more prominent. Another is a cave like a female external genitalia, with prolapsed uterine cervix and clitorius also along the path.

2007 No.8 typhoon on ape hill 聖帕颱風中的柴山

颱風後的柴山 滿目創夷 十幾級的強風 雅座變色 被壓迫的枝幹 灰色的風 八方落地殘葉 荒涼桌椅 大自然力量 警告唳人

It is terrible on mountain when the typhoon is invading. The ape hill, too , is dangerous, not only the high degree windy but the rains. This time when forecast announced that the center of the typhoon will leave on 11 AM Aug.11 2007, we going to ape hill for the early view soon after the holocaust. The water is on medium amount and no obvious flood making river-like creek. The trees are destroyed somewhere,yet not severe than last year.

Orange Jasmine柴山巨木--七里香 murraya paniculata

柴山巨木很多 大部份都是常綠喬木 這一棵"七里香"(Murraya paniculata Jack 為云香科Rutaceae 月橘屬 又名月橘 英文 名為 orange jasmine )是灌木類中長得最高大的 幾乎是國寶級了 每年五月花盛開時 會吸引許多蝴蝶 蜜蜂 在觀景台之下

期待諸位山友不要把它當作運動器材

Shan-Hai Temple, Nai-Wei 內惟山海宮

The temple is brother-hood temple of the Chai-Shan's.

In World WarII, the Chai-Shan Shan-Hai Temple is moving to here in Nai-Wei, eastern side of the hill, then back to origional site. After the moving, the site is estabished a new temple but same god--Chufuchianshuei, as old one---

二次大戰時 柴山山海宮疏散到柴山東側之內惟 戰後 山海宮奉還柴山 內惟原址另建山海宮 是為"內惟山海宮" 位於 高雄市鼓山區建榮路 內惟派出所後面 此二處信徒現在 仍互動瀕繁

主祀也是 朱府千歲

柴山觀景臺 viewpoint of Ape hill

The viewpoint of Ape hill. It could oversee to Tainan if the sky is clear. Mr.and Mrs. Huang are immortal to enjoy the nature, here.

柴山觀景台 在好漢坡頂端 天氣好的時候 可以遠眺台南 黃氏夫婦也是柴山愛好者

2007 密毛魔芋報到

花柄長 是其特點 記錄可達280cm花蕊 有細毛 故名之

Happy birthday, HM Chai-Shan(HM Chu)柴山王爺生日快樂

Every lunar March 16(May 2 2007) is birthday of HM Chu of Shan-Hai Temple( Mountain and sea palace), Ape hill( Chai-Shan), Kaohsiung. The temple is at western border of ape hill, near the rock seashore, is the only religious center of local residents. The origional god statues are moving to Nei-Wei (eastern side of ape hill) with the immigrants forcing by Japanese at 1938 era(Nei-Wei Shan-Hai Temple), a brotherhood between this two temples,now. The chief god is HM Chu, then HM Wen at left, HM Che( Di) at right,they are at main cabinet. The God of Birth is at left cabin,the God of Land at right cabin.每年農曆三月十六日是柴山王爺生日 柴山王爺也就是朱府千歲 供奉於山海宮 乃位於柴山西簏 瀕台灣海峽 是台灣唯一建於海邊的寺廟 它也是柴山居民的信仰中心 廟內奉祀朱府千歲 溫府千歲 池府千歲 註生娘娘 土地正神 1938年 日本人強迫居民東遷至內惟 本廟眾神明也被遷到彼處 乃"內惟山海宮"之由來 現在 兩地居民仍互動頻繁

View from Northeast, Shiao-Ping-Ding,Da-Shu 自大樹鄉小坪頂看柴山

The air is cloudy but the Ape Hill(Chai-Shan) still visible from Northeast, Shiao-Ping-Ding, Da-Shu Hsian,Kaohsiung County.At the left is a skyscraper.

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Hello, A. Henryi 2007台灣魔芋報到

Amorphophallus henryi named by Henry at 1905, and exclusively noted on Taiwan. Appearing at every late April or begining May. It is distributed to Taichung, but mostly is at this hill, made up of limestone, the pedicel is indistinct.

2007 柴山的特有生物--魔芋--報到 首先出現者 是"台灣魔芋" 又名"雷公槍"

花柄不明顯 花株沒有密毛 是與"密毛魔芋"的最大區別

The ape hill, view from north

From north to see the ape hill is hard, for there is Navy Base. The pictures here is from Ker-Tze-Liao, Tze-Guan Hsian, Kaohsiung County, where is a fishing port, too.

柴山的北景 不易取得 因左營軍港就在柴山之北 這些照片是從梓官鄉蚵仔寮漁港防波堤附近照的 冬天的柴山 冷颼颼的

Hello, Spring

The weather is gradually warming and the birds are showing at ape hill .There are thrush, pigeon, and some kinds to be clarify. The squirrel is searching for foods, too. 春天到了 柴山的動物也陸續出現了 有"翠翼鳩" "小彎嘴" "松鼠"

還有 尚待查證者置於最上 長尾 棕腹 在"雅座"附近拍攝

Apehill Protector,Mr. M-S Chen 柴山行者 陳茂祥先生

Mr. M-S Chen devout his time to make the hill cleaning for more than 20 years, and is my teacher on how to love Taiwan. The exact meaning of loving Taiwan is action by yourself now and at once to make your enviroment cleaning.陳茂祥先生奉獻他的餘暇 致力於柴山的清潔 已超過20年 他是"如何愛台灣"的活教材 那就是 "從自己做起 維護身邊環境的清潔"