A century ago, the colors green and blue predominated in the area now occupied by the NTU campus as a network of canals and farmland covereda vast area of NTU’s terrain. For more than a decade, NTU has endeavored to restore some of the old blue back onto the verdant green, which still blankets the campus.

In 2002, NTU initiated a project aimed at restoring parts of the canal system, allowing water to again flow along the road between Luna Pond and the farm beside Choushen Road. In 2003, a section of the farm was used to create the Liugongjun Pond and. In 2011, Luna Pond was given new life as its cement banks were replaced with permeable stone while its depths were increased so there would be more room for aquatic inhabitants to flourish there.

In 2015, NTU obtained access to water from the Hsindian River.  This newly found water source can supply the water volume required to form and sustain a canal, finally making it possible tolink Luna Pond with Liugongjun Pond. Designed to be one- to two-meters in width and up to 20 centimeters in depth, the canal will follow the originalroute of the campus’ only historic canal.