As we drive to Tali Rural Township of Taichung County, Chen Ming-yi, a professor of botany at National Chung Hsing University, keeps turning every which way to find trees by the roadside. It's as if he's introducing old friends: "Over that wall is a row of Mango trees over a century old. It's a kindergarten inside, and so the children can play in the shade."
車往台中大里鄉一路而行，中興大學植物系教授陳明義不停四下張望路邊的樹，像介紹老朋友似的，「你看，那圍牆裡是一排上百年的芒果樹，裡面是幼稚園，小朋友剛好可以在樹蔭下玩。」