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There are a total of 27 active mud volcano sites worldwide, and the Shenshui Agricultural and Forestry Farm in Shenshui Village, Yanchao District, is the most developed area for mud volcano topography in Taiwan, covering an area of 3.88 hectares. To protect this special landscape, the Council of Agriculture designated the site as a "Wushanping Mud Volcano Nature Reserve" starting in 1992. The formation of mud volcanoes occurs when the Zhishan Fault movement and fracture beneath the Earth's crust allow water to infiltrate underground and mix with clay rock, creating slurry. High-pressure gas then pushes this slurry to the surface through fissures, building up into mud volcanoes. The area features three cone-shaped mud volcanoes, with the tallest reaching up to 3.5 meters and a slope of approximately 50 degrees, forming a typical mud cone. Eruptions occur every few seconds, with thick mud slurry flowing down the slopes to form tongue-shaped mud flows, reaching a range diameter of 70 meters. Gas and occasional mud eruptions are common, and these gases can sometimes be ignited or self-ignite when observed. Permission to visit the nature reserve for educational or academic purposes requires prior completion of an application form. Visitors can observe rare badland topography, mud volcanoes, and natural ecosystems.