A statue of nine stacked frogs in Taiwan’s Sun Moon Lake has long been regarded by the general public in Taiwan as a visual representation of the drought the country is facing, but a Taipower official disagrees  
 
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/01/08
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—A statue of nine stacked frogs in Taiwan’s world famous Sun

The Nine Frog Acrobats statue at Sun Moon Lake (By Central News Agency)

Moon Lake has long been regarded by the general public in Taiwan as a visual representation of the drought the country is facing, but the deputy chief of a state-owned power plant that manages the lake said the stacked frog is a mistaken indicator of the country’s drought conditions.

As soon as water levels in reservoirs across Taiwan are alarming low, people and media in the country immediately like to comment on the drought severity based on how many frogs on the nine stacked frogs, which is called the Nine Frog Acrobats statue, emerge above the water surface of Sun Moon Lake. It’s believed that the more frogs are visible, the more severe the drought is.

However, the statue is not an accurate index of drought conditions in the country and the practice of relying on these stone frogs to indicate the country’s drought conditions is actually a myth, according to Chang Tien-rui (張天瑞), deputy chief of Takuan Power Plant, a Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) power station that manages Sun Moon Lake.     [FULL  STORY]