For many people, the image that comes to mind when NCKU is mentioned is the Banyan Garden’s verdant and flourishing banyan trees. One particularly lush banyan in front of the Industrial Design Department building has become the school’s best-known landmark. This banyan is a century old and can be found inside Kuang-Fu Campus’ Banyan Garden. It was personally planted by Crown Prince Hirohito (later Emperor Shōwa) on April 21, 1923 (Taishō 12) during an inspection tour of Tainan. In 1966, the entire military installation became NCKU’s Kuang-Fu campus. Hirohito’s banyan continues to thrive. In front of this tree is where NCKU’s graduates bid farewell to their youth.
提及成大，許多人心中浮現的是榕園幾顆綠蔭蒼蒼的榕樹，其中位於大成館前，蓊鬱拔萃的榕樹，曾幾何時，已經成為學校的最佳地標。這棵已百年樹齡的榕樹，位於光復校區的榕園，由裕仁皇太子（即後來的昭和天皇）於1923年（大正12年）4月21日行啟（訪查）臺南時，親手栽植。直到1966年整個營區變成本校的光復校區，物轉星移幾度秋，裕仁的榕樹仍舊茂密茁壯，年復一年，成大畢業生在這株榕樹前留下屬於他們的青春年代。
