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Environmental education isn't as boring as you think! The first environmental education site in Taiwan themed around a river – the **Laojieshan Creek River Education Center** – offers a comprehensive look at the past, present, and future of Laojieshan Creek, from its outdoor environment to indoor exhibits. It's not just that. The center also hosts irregularly scheduled events like eco-friendly cinemas, riverside markets, agro-food workshops, DIY classes, and walking-and-cleaning- creek activities, which have visitors exclaiming, “So unique!” Sliding down the six-meter-long, colorful Time Tunnel slide officially kicks off this journey of environmental education. At the entrance stands a simulated water source hill, recreating ancestral practices of building terraced fields and showcasing their wisdom in coexisting harmoniously with nature. The park's two main buildings are both renovated Hakka-style old houses. The Laojieshan Creek Story House, now a brick-concrete building, retains its original form. Its garden of vegetables, bamboo fences, courtyard, large kitchen stove, and front square recreate scenes from rural life. For city-raised children, this is an ideal gateway to experiencing the countryside. Inside the Story House, exhibits trace the development of Zhongli: Does Fruit Street sell only fruits? Where is Zhongli's biggest market? Why is Zhongli beef noodle so famous? Which elementary school in Zhongli is the oldest? A quick walkthrough makes you a *Zhongli expert*! The park's second building, the **River Ecology Education Center**, combines restored old houses with a new steel structure. On the first floor, thematic exhibits introduce Laojieshan Creek, where children explore the creek’s ecosystem via panels, lifelike models, and interactive devices. Upstairs, it documents a 120-day restoration effort to rejuvenate the creek. An extended observation platform at the center provides trees with upward growth space, adding greenery to the park and reinforcing the center’s mission of sustainable environmental practices.