The marble of Hualien, it turns out, once lay on the ocean floor collecting the remains of marine life for eons. The quantity of limestone in Kaohsiung pales in comparison with Hualien, and the Heping cement industrial zone is gradually replacing Kaohsiung and Pingtung as Taiwan's top cement-producing area. Quick erosion The rocks beneath our feet provide more than just cement.
殊不知，板塊推擠出的大理岩，也曾是大批海底生物的骨骸，含有豐富的碳酸鈣，花蓮大理石蘊藏量遠非高屏地區可比，和平水泥工業區也逐日取代高屏成為台灣最大的水泥出口港。