Ever since Japanese Occupation Era started, a lot of longan trees were planted all over the Dagangshan area. The limestone structure in this area is the reason that the sweet and aromatic longans are particularly generates. With slick and juicy qualities and rich aroma, the longan honey produced here is a nonpareil honey product. The longan honey of Dagangshan took part in several domestic fine honey product appraisal contests and was honored superior class or even higher awards. This is the most substantial recognization that provides the best assurance to consumers.

‧Mullet Fish Carnival in Jiading Township (Around every December) ‧Grouper Cultural Festival in Yongan (Around every November) ‧Mullet Fish Cultural Festival in Zihguan (Around every December) ‧Milk Fish Festival in Mituo Harbor (Around every October)

Longshan Temple in Fongshan has been standing for more than 300 years. The antique temple of the remote past has a very hoary look. Although the temple has repeatedly gone through five major renovations, only the beams, columns and roof tiles were replaced. No matter what their comprehensive designs or partial structures were, the other parts of the building, such as the ceramic ornaments on the roof, clay sculptures, designs of the gable surfaces, base, column foundation, stone carving, wooden construction frame, carving windows as well as drawings on gates and walls, are all preserved in the integrity as the way they were. Because of its exquisite carvings on the beams, eaves and columns, the refined and vivid styles of the gables, wooden windows and clay sculptures as well as the classical elegance of the temple, the Longshan Temple has been categorized as a Grade Two historic site by the Ministry of Interior, sharing the equal honor with Grade One historic site Longshan Temple in Lugang and Grade Two historic site Longshan Temple in Bangka, Taipei City. The temple is one of the major attractions that cannot be missed when visiting Fongshan City.

The construction materials of traditional Taiwan folk architecture are mainly bricks and earthen roof tiles which are completely made from manually operated earthenware kilns. Dashu Township is the center of earthen tile kilns in Taiwan. There used to be more than 130 kilns during its heyday. As reinforced concrete and reinforced steel structures became the mainstream of architecture, the market of earthen tile kiln industry had rapidly withered and was no longer thriving. Solitarily abiding in the tradition, Sanhe Kiln of Earthen Roof Tiles in Dashu Township is the only one left in Southern Taiwan. Nevertheless, the kiln is actively reforming itself by integrating "leisure, industry, culture and education" into a multi-role development. Hopefully a new life of tile kiln industry can be generated again so that the tradition can be continuously developed and handed down forever from one generation to another.

Meishan (Plum Mountain), as suggested by the name, is well-known by the plum trees planted in this area. On the point prior to Chinese New Year when plum blossoms are in full bloom all over the mountain, many tourists are attracted to admire the famous full-blown plum blossoms. The Tourist Center of Yushan National Park is set up at Meishan Pass where zoological and botanical ecology, geology and mineral resources of Southern Cross-Island Highway are all on display. Bunun Culture Exhibition Center and Yushan National Park Youth Activity Center are also set up at Meishan Pass. This is a scenic attraction that provides both sightseeing and lodging.

Yakou Tunnel is also known as Daguanshan Tunnel. It is 615 meters in length and 2720 meters at altitude. Yakou is not only the highest scenic spot on Southern Cross-Island Highway, also a nice location for admiring sea clouds and cloud falls. Visitors are recommended to arrive around 10 o’clock in the morning for a better chance to enjoy the beautiful sea clouds. Yakou is also a rest stop where visitors must pass through. This place is very bustling in peak seasons as it is flooded with visitors.

There is a large piece of beefwood forest in Mituo Coast Recreation Area. A Cuban Bast bush is between the beefwood forest and an embankment. The embankment is about 2-kilometer long and available for sea fishing and strolling. Young people often come to this coast recreation area for BBQ or picnic.

The people of Jiading Township are honest and simple-minded. Traditional battle array troupes in the township have reached more than 200 groups. The people who perform in those arrays are the descendents of the local clans. These battle array troupes usually perform at special festivals. These battle arrays include Flag Array, Cattle Fight Array, Cattle Plow Array, the national treasure level of 12 Mothers and Sisters Array, Songjiang Battle Array as well as Nanguan (Southern Tones) and Beiguan (Northern Tones) performance. These traditional folk arts and battle arrays perform every six years in King Ship Festival.

The barren topography in the badland is geologically known as mudstone and had undergone serious erosion. It was originally sedimentary clay staying at the seabed and then came out to the earth surface after orogenesis. Because its unique landscape resembles the surface of the moon, the spot is then named the Moon World.

Wushanding Mud Volcanoes are located in Wushan Alley, Shenshui Village, Yenchao Township. This location is also in the current campus of National Kaohsiung Normal University in Shenshui University Town. The volcanoes are typical mound-shape mud volcanoes with mud eruption activities. At present there are actually two active mud volcanoes in this area and they are about 15 meters apart. Since the volcanoes have regular eruption activities, the mud volcano terrain here is quite completely shaped and listed as a natural ecology reservation area. In addition, there are some smaller mud volcanoes distributing over Chongde Village of Tianliao Township, in which you may find some black crude oil mixed with mud erupting into small mud pools.

Constructed in 1986, Cishan Confucius Temple in Kaohsiung County is the largest among other Confucius Temples in Taiwan and is also known as the largest in Asia. Soon after its completion, however, the temple was closed down in 1994 due to the erosion of its foundation and serious cracks in the building. After the complete renovation by the County Government’s endeavors, the temple was reopened in 2002 and played an important role in the grand ceremony commemorating the birthday of Confucius on September 28, 2003.

The pronunciation of gourd, hulu, sounds very similar to fulu, which means "good fortune and prosperity". Traditionally people use homonymic items to symbolize auspiciousness and propitious expression. There is a folk proverb circulating in Taiwan: "place a gourd, the family will be rich". 　　Before carving, anti-moth and antiseptic treatments have to be applied on gourds so that they can be preserved for a long time. For a gourd to transform into a piece of complete art ware, it takes nearly two years to go through the steps of planting, maturation, harvest, dehydration and anticorrosion. After elaborately and carefully carved by talented craft artisans, a gourd then is given a new life.