The trees growing hope! 300 young and old join forces to plant trees

Tainan City Mayor William Lai (賴清德) and 300 people recently gathered at Xidingliao Road (溪頂寮大道) for a joint collaboration between Tainan City Government Water Resources Bureau (台南市政府水利局), Xidingliao Baoan Temple (溪頂寮保安宮), Tu Di Temple (福德宮), Haiwei Temple (海尾朝皇宮), Taijiang Cultural Development Association (台江文化促進會) and various other civic groups in the Taijiang area. Four years ago, the group gathered at the very same place to plant a row of chinaberry trees, which are now around 10 feet high. At this recent gathering, the group planted a further row of chinaberry trees parallel to the first row in the hope of creating a green tunnel. 

Little Taijiang students said they hope that the Mountain-to-Sea Canal Greenway Bike Path (山海圳綠道) will become the land equivalent of Sihcao Mangrove Green River Course (四草湖綠色隧道). It is hoped that future cyclists and walkers will be able to enjoy the beautiful green corridor of chinaberry trees in Taijiang, and not need to travel to other counties to find such wonderful pathways. 

River protection volunteer Mr. Wu said that with problems of river and air pollution, in addition to soil liquefaction caused by the recent 206 earthquake disaster, improving the environment in and around the Taijiang is an essential task for the community. As tree planting can help address the environmental issues facing the area, creating the Mountain-to-Sea Canal Greenway Bike Path linking Taijiang National Park and the National Museum of Taiwan History, will bring countless benefits to the area. The fact that planting trees to create a greenway will not only link the villages of Taijiang, but also purify the air, encourage residents to exercise, provide ecological leisure attractions and promote local development, makes it a truly eco option for the protection and development of Taijiang.

The trees growing hope! 300 young and old join forces to plant trees

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(以下是中文對照)

樹長大了，希望就來了！台江老中青三百人植樹

台南市政府水利局與溪頂寮保安宮、福德宮、海尾朝皇宮、社大台江分校、台江文化促進會等台江流域社群共同合作，三百人與市長賴清德，重回四年前種下的溪頂寮大道公林徑，沿著已經兩人高的台灣楝樹，再種下一排台灣楝樹，形成一條綠色隧道。

小台江同學說，他們希望這條山海圳綠道，能夠成為台江陸上的四草湖綠色隧道，看著這條台灣楝樹綠色隧道，十分美麗，以後要賞花散步騎單車，就不用到別的縣市去，台江就有了。

台江河川守護吳姓志工表示，台江在經過206地震之後，出現土壤液化的災情，加上河川與空氣污染，如何改善，成為營造台江靭性社區最重要的課題，其中，植樹是最基礎工作，透過植樹營造台江山海圳綠道，連結台江國家公園與台灣歷史博物館，一方面建構綠色的台江環村綠道，二方面，植樹可以淨化空氣，有一條綠色隧道可以鼓勵在地居民走路運動，創造在地綠色休閒景點，帶動地方發展，成為守護台江的最佳綠道。