The cherry blossom season in the mountains around Alishan in Chiayi County will arrive around the middle of March. Taiwan and Japanese cherry trees and plum trees are now starting to blossom one after another, giving the area a warm-up for the coming cherry blossom season.
Yeh Chiu-yuan, former chairman of the Alishan Township Council, says that Taiwan cherry trees are starting to blossom in the Dinghu area and are expected to be at their most spectacular around the time of the Lunar New Year. At the moment, however, the place with the most beautiful blossoming scenery, covering about a hectare, is the plum tourist farm at Kezihlin in Rueili in Meishan Township. Chiu Fang-chuan, who runs the farm, says that Japanese plum trees are in full blossom at the moment, and red-fleshed plum trees will come into flower within a few days. If it does not rain, the trees may go on flowering for two to three weeks, he says.
(Liberty Times, Translated by Julian Clegg)
Photo: Yu Hsueh-lan, Liberty Times
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嘉義縣阿里山櫻花季將在三月中旬登場,目前山櫻花、河津櫻、李花等正陸續盛開,為櫻花季暖身。
前阿里山鄉代會主席葉秋源說,頂湖地區山櫻花陸續開花中,預估農曆春節前後最盛。目前花況最美的則屬梅山鄉瑞里科仔林的李子觀光果園,面積約一甲餘。經營果農邱芳全說,目前盛開「黃柑李」,「紅肉李」也將在這幾天登場,若沒下雨,花期可持續二至三週。
(自由時報記者余雪蘭)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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