Qualla: Shoushan (Kaohsiung) https://qualla.com/shoushan-kaohsiung en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/8/shoushan-kaohsiung-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Shoushan (Kaohsiung) https://qualla.com/shoushan-kaohsiung Shoushan (Kaohsiung): Introduction https://qualla.com/shoushan-kaohsiung/ Photo credit Pilzland, CC0. The monkeys will steal your lunch. Thousands of Formosan rock macaques live on Shoushan, a 365-meter mountain that guards the northern entrance to Kaohsiung Harbor, and they have learned that hikers carry food. This is the most immediate thing visitors discover about the mountain the Dutch named Ape Hill in the 17th century. But Shoushan -- also called Monkey Mountain, Chaishan, and Kotobuki-yama, depending on who ruled Taiwan at the time -- rewards those who look past the macaques. Beneath the tropical canopy lies one of the oldest sites of human habitation in southern Taiwan, with ruins dating back 4,000 to 5,000 years. The mountain is built from coral reefs and limestone that rose above the sea, and its flanks are riddled with caves where stalactites still drip in the darkness.

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/8/shoushan-kaohsiung-wp/wsj8-shoushan-kaohsiung-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Shoushan (Kaohsiung): Five Names for One Mountain https://qualla.com/shoushan-kaohsiung/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. Shoushan's collection of names reads like a roster of Taiwan's rulers. The Dutch called it Ape Hill for its macaques. The northern section was known as Snake Hill, a 17th-century term that has mercifully fallen out of popular use. During the Japanese colonial period, the southern...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/8/shoushan-kaohsiung-wp/wsj8-shoushan-kaohsiung-five-names-for-one-mountain.mp3 0:06 2 full Shoushan (Kaohsiung): Coral Cliffs and Hidden Caves https://qualla.com/shoushan-kaohsiung/ Photo credit Changlc, Public domain. Shoushan is not what most people picture when they think of a mountain. It is made of coral reefs and limestone, evidence of a seabed that rose above the waves. The limestone consists of fossilized coral, sea algae, and shells compacted over geological time. Because the mountain ...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/8/shoushan-kaohsiung-wp/wsj8-shoushan-kaohsiung-coral-cliffs-and-hidden-caves.mp3 0:06 3 full Shoushan (Kaohsiung): A Tropical Island of Biodiversity https://qualla.com/shoushan-kaohsiung/ Photo credit CC BY-SA 2.0. Despite being classified as a secondary forest -- regrown after earlier clearing -- Shoushan harbors over 800 plant species. The tropical climate, with average temperatures around 25 degrees Celsius and nearly 1,750 millimeters of annual rainfall concentrated between June and Aug...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/8/shoushan-kaohsiung-wp/wsj8-shoushan-kaohsiung-a-tropical-island-of-biodiversity.mp3 0:06 4 full Shoushan (Kaohsiung): Garrison, Consulate, University https://qualla.com/shoushan-kaohsiung/ Photo credit 黃明寶, CC BY-SA 4.0. Humans have occupied Shoushan for millennia, and the mountain's strategic position overlooking the harbor has drawn military interest from every regime that governed Taiwan. Qing-era installations from the 17th and 18th centuries and Japanese military facilities from 1895 to 1945...

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