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Cuifeng Lake Circular Trail in Yilan recognized as the world’s first quiet trail

Cuifeng Lake Circular Trail in Yilan recognized as the world’s first quiet trail

2022-07-19

Yilan County’’s Cuifeng Lake Circular Trail has gained recognition by Quiet Parks International as the world’’s first "quiet trail." In the dense cypress forest surrounding the trail, the lowest sound level measured was only 25 decibels - even quieter than someone whispering in your ear.

Wu Szu-i
Luodong Forest District Office
In 2018 we applied to Quiet Parks International for the first time, and the trail became the first recognized quiet trail in Taiwan. Now it is recognized also as the first quiet trail in the world. If you visit please don’t make a clamor. Please don’t play music out loud while walking along the trail. Also, please don’t use loudspeakers, and don’t step on the moss. Please protect the ecosystem.

Nestled between Yilan’’s Taiping and Dayuan mountains, Cuifeng Lake is the largest alpine lake in Taiwan. The surrounding cypress forest is lush and humid, and covered with thick moss, forming a natural sound-absorbing sponge. Starting in 2014, sound engineer Fan Chin-huei has worked with the Luodong Forest District Office to record the unique soundscapes of each trail in Taiping Mountain.

全球首座寧靜步道! 翠峰湖步道享受自然寂靜

2022-07-19

讓世界聽見台灣的聲音!位在宜蘭的太平山翠峰湖環山步道,由「國際寧靜公園Quiet Parks International,簡稱QPI」認證,成為全球首條寧靜步道,檜木森林蓊鬱處的苔原區,測得最低音量不到25分貝,比在耳邊低語都還小聲。

[[羅東林管處育樂課長 吳思儀]]
“2018年其實就第一次的去認證,成為台灣第一條的寧靜步道,我們也獲得國際申請QPI的認證,成為全世界第一條寧靜步道。來到這裡請不喧嘩,不要沿途播放隨身聽,第二個是不要用擴音器來講話,第三個是不要踩踏苔原,保護它的生態”

坐落於宜蘭太平山與大元山之間的翠峰湖,是台灣面積最大的高山湖泊,周邊檜木森林蓊鬱、潮濕,並被厚重苔蘚包覆,形成天然的吸音海綿。促成台灣奪得全球第一條寧靜步道的,是知名野地錄音師范欽慧,2014年6月起與林務局羅東林管處合作,錄製太平山各步道獨特的聲景,范欽慧強調,寂靜也不是無聲,而是萬物皆有聲。

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