Wetland Scenery - Salt pan education

Taiwan has a century-old tradition of salt production using various methods to extract salt. In 2000, due to a variety of reasons, the salt-production industry was transformed into cultural tourism and began producing “culture salt.” Each year, Zhou-Nan Salt Pan organizes salt-themed events that give adults and children a whole different experience and understanding of salt pans.

In the past, Budai Salt Pan was one of the six largest centers of salt production in Taiwan; however, it lost competitiveness in 2001 when Taiwan Salt Industrial Corporation set up a factory in the area. Faced with this new business challenge, Zhou-Nan Salt Pan integrated culture and innovation to develop tourism, organizing many educational, hands-on learning activities for teachers and students. Zhou-Nan Salt Pan’s combination of environmental education and leisure activities attracts the participation of many people each year, which is helping to create a new salt culture and pass on the area’s rich cultural heritage.

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水地風光 鹽田教育

臺灣製鹽的百年歷史中，採用了不同的製鹽方式取鹽 ， 直至2000年因不同原因由「產業鹽」轉型文化觀光、消費脈絡下的「文化鹽」。而洲南鹽場每年都會舉辦以鹽為主題的活動， 讓大人與小朋友一起對鹽田留下不一樣的體驗。

過去布袋鹽田是全台六大食鹽生產基地之一，但在2001年臺鹽設廠後就失去競爭力。復曬的洲南鹽場，面對新的經營挑戰，將會怎樣在文化和創新做結合呢？除了作旅客觀光外，還舉辦了不少教育和體驗活動，讓師生一齊參與。洲南鹽田結合環境教育以及休閒活動，吸引不少民眾前往參加，所帶來的不僅僅是文化，更多的是文化的傳承。