THE 19th East Eurasia International Workshop
第十九屆東亞地區地表作用與環境變遷國際研討會
第十九屆東亞地區地表作用與環境變遷國際研討會
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June 7 22:00
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Thank you again for participating in this EEIW workshop. We look forward to seeing you in Chongqing next year.
再次感謝大家參與本次EEIW工作坊，期待我們明年在重慶相見。
June 6 23:50
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June 5 23:30
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June 4 22:00
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The purpose of the workshop is to exchange modern and historical environmental information in the East Asia region to clarify "Present Earth Surface Processes and Long-term Environmental Changes in East Eurasia" for a better understanding of the Earth's landscape and climate evolution.
The first International Workshop on Present Earth Surface Processes and Long-term Environmental Changes in East Eurasia was held in Daejeon, Korea (2004), followed by Kanazawa, Japan (2005), Seoul, Korea (2006), Nanjing, China (2007), Hakodate, Japan (2008), Taipei, Taiwan (2009), Jeju Island, Korea (2010), Chengdu, China (2011), Kobe, Japan (2012), Kwangju, Korea (2013), Nanjing, China (2014), Taipei, Taiwan (2015), Okinawa, Japan (2016), Novosibirsk, Russia (2017), Busan, Korea (2018), Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (2019)(before Covid-19); Kunming, China (2023) and Matsue, Japan(2024)( after Covid-19).
The 19th East Eurasia International Workshop (EEIW) will be held on 3-7 June, 2025 in Kinmen, Taiwan. The objective of the EEIW 2025 is to present recent research on Earth-surface processes in land and coastal regions and long-term environmental changes and to promote information and knowledge exchange, collaborative research, and research networking in the East Eurasia and Western Pacific regions.
Paleoecology, paleolimnology and paleoenvironment
Present lake catchment processes: Observations and measurements
Present deltaic, estuarine, coastal processes and their environmental changes
Interaction of natural and anthropogenic environmental change
Natural hazards
Global and regional environmental change during the Holocene and the Anthropocene
Modeling and prediction of environmental change
June 3, 2025, Tuesday:
Arrival in Taipei, Accommodation, and Registration
19:00 - Ice-Breaking Party
June 4, 2025, Wednesday:
Arrival in Kinmen, Jhongshanlin Visitor Center
10:00 - Opening Ceremony & Group Photo
10:30 - Plenary Session
13:00 - Afternoon Sessions (Oral & Poster & tea break)
19:00 - Banquet
June 5, 2025, Thursday:
Jhongshanlin Visitor Center
09:00 - Morning Sessions (Oral & Poster & tea break)
13:00 - Lunch
14:00 - 17:30 Field trip at Kinmen (Field excursion 1)
19:00 - Dinner
June 6, 2025, Friday:
Field trip at Lieyu (Field excursion 2),
Departure to Taichung or to Taipei in the afternoon
09:00 - 17:00: Field trip to Lieyu and to Taichung in the afternoon
19:00 - Dinner at Shuili/ Taipei
June 7, 2025, Saturday:
Field trip to 921 Chichi earthquake area.
08:00 - 14:30: Field trip to 921 Chichi earthquake area.
To examine the damage remains 26 years after Chi-Chi earthquake.
16:00 -
Fly to Penghu for the 2025 International Natural Conservation conference
(7-11 June)
Bus from Taichung to Taipei
19:00 - Dinner at Penghu
Organized and Hosted By
International Organizing Committee of EEIW
Department of Geography, National Taiwan University
Co-Organized by
Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Science
Institute of Geology, Mongolian Academy of Science, Mongolia
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Korea
Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU), China
Supported by
International Association of Geomorphologists
National Committee on International Association of Geomorphologists, Science Council of Japan
Chairperson
Prof. Dr. J. C. Lin (NTU GEOG) Email: jclin@ntu.edu.tw
Secretaries
Assistant. Miss Y. P. Chen (NTU GEOG) Email: ypchen12@ntu.edu.tw
Members
Assist. Prof. Dr. C. J. Yang (NTU GEOG)
Post Doctor Research: Dr. Y. C. Cheng (NTU GEOG)
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Kinmen Island is an island off southeast shore of China and out on the estuary of Jiulong River, China. With the latitude similar as Taichung City, Taiwan, Kinmen (13,425 hectares) is 10 kilometers east of Xiamen Harbor, China, and 227 kilometers west of Taiwan Island.
Kinmen National Park spans the center and parts of the northeast, northwest and southwest corner of Kinmen Island, and also round-the-island tank roads and the surrounding of Lieyu Island (also known as Little Kinmen). The area of the park is almost equivalent to one fourth of the total Greater Kinmen. The3,528-hectare national park is divided into five separate parks — Taiwu Mountain, Guningtou, Gugang, Mashan and Lieyu.
Although Kinmen is an island, it is close to the mainland. This means that its flora and fauna aer also similar to those on the continent. However, compared to Taiwan’s other small islands, Kinmen has many species of flora and fauna that cannot be found on Taiwan proper. There are more than 690 native species on Kinmen, including many not seen on Taiwan, such as the soft bollygum tree(Litsea glutinosa), the Chinese sumac (Strophanthus divaricatus). With regards to birds, many species easily seen on Kinmen are very rare on Taiwan or not found there at all. These include the greater coucal (Centropus sinensis), the striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti) and the fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae), of which there are on record sightings on Taiwan.
The coastal area of Fujian and Guangdong provinces is narrow and densely populated, and the natural environment protection in the coastal area is fairly poor, but Kinmen’s status as a battleground has allowed the island to enjoy “accidental” protection, turning it into a paradise for plants and animals. Thanks to the Kinmen National Parks Management Office’s 20-plus years of effort, in-depth and wide-ranging surveys have been conducted into the island’s biodiversity. This effort has ensured that, within the Fujian coastal region, Kinmen is the area whose flora and fauna have been most thoroughly researched. It has also helped retain a beautiful habitat and environment for the coastal region’s living creatures.
The archeological study on the site of Fuguodun(復國墩) indicates the first inhabitant in Kinmen dates back to 5800 to 8000 years ago. The inhabitant lived by food-gathering, hunting and fishing. The excavated relics also suggests a connection of Fuguodun heritage in the southeastern coast of China with the Dabenkeng(大坌坑) Culture of Taiwan, both of which belong to ancestral archetype of the South Island ethnic group .
During the Jianwu(建武) Reign of the Yuan Emperor, Eastern Jin(東晉) Dynasty (A.D. 317), social turmoils was caused by Wu Hu uprising (五胡亂華) in the Central Plains of China, with military invasions of nomadic tribes. Six extended families sought refuge in south and settled in Kinmen, which was called Wuzhou(浯洲). Until Supervisor-General of Royal Equines (牧馬監 mumajian) Chen Yuan(陳淵), during the Zhenyuan(貞元) Reign of Tang Dynasty (A.D. 803), led another twelve extended families with cultivation force to Wuzhou , the island then sustained a steady population growth. During the Shenzong(神宗) Reign (A.D. 1068-85) of the Northern Song Dynasty, Wuzhou was at last integrated into a regional administrative district, Tongan(同安) County . It is said, under the following regime, Song Dynasty Confucian scholar Zhuxi (朱熹) established YanNan Academy (燕南書院) and gave lectures on the essence of humanism and decorum , which gave Wuzhou a name as Hai Bin Zou Lu(海濱鄒魯), the costal academic center. In A.D. 1297, the first year of the Chengzong Emperor(成宗) of Yuan Dynasty, Wuzhou Salt Field was planted on the island and supplied salt to the inland of China .
In the beginning of Ming Dynasty, pirates were plundering along the southeast coast of China. At a pivotal location, Kinmen took on a particular significance as a military stronghold against the marauding raiders. In 1387 (the twentieth year of Hongwu [洪武] Reign of Taizu Emperor[太祖], Ming Dynasty), Jiangxia Marquis(江夏候) Jhou Dexing(周德興)built fortresses and defense structures on the island, in order to protect the residents. Kinmen’s geo-strategic advantage obtained itself a name as “a golden force that guards at the gate of southern waters,” which is the literal translation of the name “Kinmen” from Chinese (Golden Gate). Its military importance continued through the Ming Dynasty into the Qing Dynasty. Cheng-gong Zheng (鄭成功 also known as Koxinga ) chose Kinmen and Xiamen Islands as the bases of his plan in the 1640s to reclaim the throne of Qing and re-establish Ming Regime while an independent Naval force of the Qing Empire later was garrisoned in Kinmen after the failure of Zheng.
Maokong rock 貓公石
Maokong Rock is a dark-colored rock with a porous appearance, primarily composed of iron oxide, which gives it a rust-like color. The formation of Maogong Stone is directly related to the local lithology. Iron from the overlying sedimentary laterite layer first leaches downward into the kaolinite-rich sandstone, which forms from the weathering of feldspathic sandstone. The iron then precipitates to form iron reticulations. Further, the kaolinite is removed by seawater erosion, and the iron reticulations harden into rock-like structures, resulting in a porous appearance.
Coast between Qingqi and Nansanto 青歧與南山頭海岸
Starting from the northern end of the coast at Nanshantou, there is a rare and expansive platform of Maogong Stone. In the Kinmen area, Maogong Stone is typically found at coastal headlands. However, in Qingqi, it uniquely appears behind the beach in the form of a complete platform, making it particularly rare.
Beyond the Maogong Stone platform, the sea cliff behind the beach reveals vertical striations—an uncommon basalt weathering landscape in Kinmen. On these local basalt sea cliffs, one can observe columnar jointing in basalt and distinctive onion-skin weathering patterns on the bedrock. At the end of the beach, the surface transitions to sandstone, forming two distinct levels: the current sea level and a wave-cut platform about half the height of an adult behind it.
This wave-cut platform is the result of long-term erosion, indicating the position of an ancient sea level and reflecting historical changes in sea level at this site. Within the sandstone, there are other notable features—such as brownish streaks resembling flow patterns, which are actually weathering marks formed by leached iron oxide, and trace fossils—the preserved movement marks of organisms that once lived on the beach. These are all rare and unique geological features not only in Kinmen but also across Taiwan.
Cihu Triangle Fortress 慈湖三角堡
The distinctive triangle-shaped fort is a landmark in Kinmen. The moat-like trench surrounding it was a defense measure against invaders. The minefield encircled by barbed wires on the beach, as well as the soldiers stationed here, are long gone. But you can still see tanks……and perhaps, butterflies and birds. In the late spring and early summer, the yellow beach primrose flowers attract butterflies and migratory blue-tailed bee-eaters. Starting in November, in the winter, come at dusk to see flocks of migratory cormorants flying in from the sea. They're headed for trees on the shores of nearby Lake Ci to roost for the night. Throughout the year at low tide, you should be able to watch shorebirds along the coastline here.
Shuangli Wetlands Nature Center 雙鯉濕地自然中心
This nature center nestled on the edge of Shuangli Lake is full of interesting information about Kinmen's animal and plant life. Included are exhibits about rare species such as the horseshoe crab and Eurasian otter. Find out about the history of Kinmen's trees. The lower floor of the Nature Center has a café at the same level as the lake underwater. The large windows give you the rare chance of seeing the ecology of the lake.
The large lotus pond comes into full bloom in the summer. Aquatic birds thrive in this area of Kinmen, so if you're a birdwatcher, bring your binoculars and walk on the path between Shuangli and Ci Lakes. You're sure to make some interesting sightings.
Beishan Broadcasting Tower 北山播音站
A real "wall of sound", this structure was part of this side's cross-strait psychological warfare efforts. Every day, the popular female Taiwanese singer Deng Li-Jun broadcast to audiences 25 kilometers away in China. Her opening remarks "Dear compatriots in Mainland China, I am Deng Li-Jun", were followed by music, announcements and propaganda. .Not surprisingly, this distinctive structure (and the associated Mashan Broadcasting and Observation Station) were frequently targeted.
The hive-like reinforced concrete wall of 48 speakers still faces the ocean and broadcasts (though no longer at full volume!) at the following times: 09:00-09:45, 10:30-11:00, 13:00-13:30, 14:00-14:30, 15:00-15:45, 16:00-16:30. Today, the Beishan Broadcasting Wall's a great place to take a selfie as well as hear and see a little-known side of the cross-straits conflict.
Guningtou Battle Museum 古寧頭戰史館
On December 24, 1949, the Guningtou Battle marked Kinmen as the front line in the long-term standoff between the Communist Party in China and KMT in Taiwan. When the routine shelling on both sides of the Strait finally ended in 1979, the military established this museum to commemorate the historic battle.The castle-like museum is guarded by M5A1 tanks, the "Bears of Kinmen" that served in Guningtou Battle. Inside, you can see other weapons used, documents and photos of the commanders. Large oil paintings portray the scenes of the battle as they unfolded.
The Guningtou Battle Museum completed its renovation in October 2024, introducing a diverse range of exhibits and innovative display methods, such as an immersive theater and an online exhibition of oil painting oral histories (Open Museum). These enhancements aim to enrich visitors' experiences and strengthen educational functions.
Zhaishan Tunnel 翟山坑道
Following the staircase down into Zhaishan Tunnel, you can't help but be in awe of this permanent testament to military engineering. Built to hide boats, construction started in 1961, and took 5 years to complete. An undeniably challenging task at the time!
This huge tunnel can accommodate forty-two vessels. For security purposes, it's U-shaped with 2 entrances and exits.
On the grounds outside of the tunnel, various landing crafts and anti-aircraft weapon systems are on display. You can also walk on a path to the left of the entrance, leading to the coast and the two tunnel exits. Near the entrance, there are toilets and a small café offering coffees, ice creams and light snack-meals.