Qingtiangang is a lava terrace formed when the lava from Mt. Zhugao flowed north after its eruption.

Because of its flat terrain, a ranch was established and the area was used as a pasture for grazing cattle during the Japanese occupation.

The grassland is currently made up mainly of carpet grass and crenate-leaved eureya

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