TheSunMoonLake,locatedinthemiddleofTaiwan,

　　Withanelevationof748metersabovesealevel,istheonlynaturalbiglakeinTaiwan.

　　ThesouthernpartofLaLuIslandisshapedlikeanewmoon,

　　Andthenorthernpartisshapedlikeasun;hencethenameSunMoonLake.

　　ThemostfamoussightsaroundSunMoonLakearetheItashao,LaluIsland,

　　TheSyuentzangTemple,theTsenPagoda,theWenwuTempleandsoon.

　　Thenaturalforestsborderingtheseroadsaregoodplacesforbirdwatching.

　　Therearealotofbirdsthatliveonthemid-elevation,suchasGreyCheekedFulvetta,

　　Grap-throatedMinivet,FormosanYuhina,GrayTreePie,BambooPartridge,

　　ChineseBulbul,Muller'sBarbet,andtheBlackBulbul.

　　ColoniesofBlack-crownedNightheronsandEgrettagarzettas,

　　AndbirdssuchasthecommonkingfisherandtheGreen-wingedTealcanbeseen

　　AttheDajhuhuwaterreservation,situatedaroundthewatergate.Besidesthesebirds,

　　Fish,insectsandwildvegetablesareflourishingintheregionaswell.

　　TheseareallnaturalresourcesoftheSunMoonLakeregion.