At the highest point of Chai-yi Park, Chai-yi Tower is the landmark of Chai-yi.
射日塔位在嘉義公園最高處，是嘉義的地標。
The tower is 62 meters in height. The top floor is a sky garden that gives a nice view of the entire Chai-yi City.
樓高有62公尺，頂樓是空中花園，可以看到整個嘉義市的美景。
It's open till 9:00 PM on weekends (closed earlier during weekdays), making it an ideal place for a romantic evening on the weekend and to indulge in the beautiful night view of the city.
每逢週末假日，開放時間到晚上9點（平日則更早關閉)，是個在一個浪漫週末夜裡享受嘉義市漂亮夜景的理想地方。
This place used to be a Shinto shrine during the Japanese colonial era. The Taiwanese government later transformed it into a martyr's shrine, but the entire establishment was ruined by fire. The Chai-yi Tower was built after that.
這個地方曾是日治時期的神社所在。台灣政府後來改成忠烈祠，但主體建築毀於大火。之後蓋了射日塔。
The original auxiliary Omotesando, Torii and stone lantern are kept intact, but the office was transformed into the now Historic Archives Museum. You can only imagine how magnificent the establishment was during the Japanese colonial era.
而原來神社附屬的表參道、鳥居、石燈籠仍然完整保留，但辦公室改成現在的史蹟資料館。可以想見日治時期這建設的宏偉。
The translation of the actual Chinese name for Chai-yi Tower is Sun Shooting Tower. The legend of sun shooting originated from the Native Taiwanese.
嘉義塔實際的中文名稱翻譯為射日塔。射日傳說來自原住民。
Legend has it that the sun and moon were equally bright back in the days, making the weather too hot to bear. A wizard used a special bow to shoot the moon in order to reduce the heat and brightness of the moon to save the human race from extinction.
相傳從前，天上的月亮和太陽一樣亮，導致天氣熱到人類快活不下去。一個巫師為了要降低月亮的熱度和亮度和拯救人類免於滅絕而拿特製的弓箭射月亮。
The tower architecture is hollow inside; the contour of the city flower Bauhinia Blakeana is visible from outside the tower.
射日塔的建築是內鏤空的;外表可以看到嘉義市花艷紫荊的線條。
There is a set of Clouded Leopard sculptures by the tower entrance. Clouded Leopard is classified as a vulnerable species by IUCN; it's considered extinct in Taiwan.
塔前有一對雲豹雕像。雲豹被國際自然保護聯盟定類為易危種類;在台灣己被認為絕種。
Chai-yi Tower is located on No. 46 Gong-yuan Street. Coming from Gong-ming Road, you can go past Qi-ming Road to get to the baseball stadium parking lot. The walk from the stadium is 5 to 10 minutes.
射日塔在嘉義市公園街46號。從公明路一直走，過啟明路，可停在棒球場停車場。從球場走5到10分鐘的路就可以到。
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