YILAN -- Traditional Arts, that DYE HAD A NASTY SMELL... (宜蘭國立傳統藝術中心)
On our recent trip to Yilan Count in northeastern Taiwan we spent a day at the National Center for Traditional Arts, a great place to learn about, well, traditional arts. Lot of hands-on experiences on offer. The lantern by the lake looked great!
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Travel in Taiwan magazine (2017-05-06)
By Rick Charette
National Center for Traditional Arts
It was only in 1796 that Han Chinese settlers began streaming into the Yilan Plain, coming over the mountains in force from the Taipei Basin. Yet the unique characteristics of this region gave rise to a unique Yilan culture. Travel back deep into Yilan time with a stroll through the National Center for Traditional Arts (NCTA; NT$150 entry; ncfta.gov.tw), beside Provincial Highway 2, not far north of the town of Su’ao, spending a day exploring Yilan traditional-style architecture, history, crafts, and performing arts.
This attraction, spread over 24 hectares, is focused on the culture of the common folk rather than the fine arts. It wears many hats: living museum, outdoor theater, demo and DIY workshop, food market.
The center of activity is the Old Street, a long, curving reproduction of an old-time Yilan commercial high street, lined with elegant-façade shop buildings constructed in the distinctive Yilan red-brick and white-stucco style. Scores of old-time businesses have set up branches on this and the adjoining alleys, the majority from Yilan.
Watch master artisans create glass-art pieces, sculpt dough figurines, and spin “dragon beard” candy. Dress up in old-time costumes and have your photo taken with a backdrop transporting you into times gone by.
At the richly aromatic Han Tê shop, use old-time measuring instruments and packaging methods to create your own 7-item fragrance pouch (rose, mint, cogongrass, etc.), which can also be used for a soothing foot soak. At Zhuo Ye Indigo Dyeing House, don your artist hat to dye your own shop-crafted handkerchief, towel, pouch, or more expensive item. Zhuo Ye selects only traditional natural dyes, using indigo for blues, onion skin for oranges, etc., growing everything in its own fields. And your own precious-memory DIY silver ring awaits your arrival at the metalwork-jewelry studio Xiangcheng Jingong.
It hardly needs saying that this will surely be your best place for gift and souvenir buying on this trip.
The center is also a learning institute for young people pursuing careers in traditional Chinese theater and music, and there is a regular schedule of live performances provided for visitors, with students-in-training the stars. Check with the visitor center upon arrival. Perhaps the most satisfying and colorful shows are put on at the exquisitely aesthetic stage before the elaborately appointed Wenchang Temple; students pray to deity Wenchang Dijun for success in examinations. Enjoy ritual sword play, martial arts, dragon and lion dancing, glove puppetry, and many other old-style entertainment forms.
Among the other stimulations that make an NCFTA visit a full-day experience are boat rides on the waterway that winds through the grounds and on the Dongshan River running past outside, a visit to Scholar Huang’s Residence, which is a traditional three-sided courtyard-style residence saved from demolition and meticulously reconstructed here, a colossal landscape-art dragon made of red lanterns that casts a reflection of ethereal beauty on the inner lake at night, and the “Fog Forest,” a mist-created enchanted forest of fogginess so thick that the people around you begin to disappear.
National Center for Traditional Arts (國立傳統藝術中心)
Add: No. 201, Wubin Rd., Sec. 2, Jixin Village, Wujie Township, Yilan County
(宜蘭縣五結鄉季新村五濱路二段201號)
Tel: (03) 970-5815
Website: ncfta.gov.tw
Han Tê 漢茶
Scholar Huang’s Residence 黃舉人宅
Wenchang Temple 文昌祠
Wenchang Dijun 文昌帝君
Xiangcheng Jingong 鑲澄金工
Zhuo Ye Indigo Dyeing House 卓也藍染
(Eng. subtitle)[Yilan Taiwan] Generous seafood buffet !
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Kavalan Beach Resort - Taiwan Wujie
Located just 5 minutesТ walk from the beach, Kavalan Beach Resort features an outdoor pool, karaoke facilities and free parking on site. Free Wi-Fi access is provided, while complimentary shuttle service from Luodong Train Station is available.
Fitted with tiled flooring, comfortable rooms include a telephone, a flat-screen cable TV and seating area. Rooms come with a private bathroom offering shower facility, hairdryer and free toiletries.
At Kavalan Beach Resort, the friendly staff can assist with luggage storage, ticketing service and meeting/banqueting arrangements. Sightseeing tours and cycling activities can be enjoyed, while barbecue facilities are available on request.
Housing a restaurant, guests can savour a tasty selection of local and Western dishes on site. A wide range of drinks are offered at the bar.
Kavalan Beach Resort is just a 3-minute drive to Dong Shan River Park and a 6-minute drive to the National Centre of Traditional Art. Luodong Train Station and Luodong Night Market are within 14 minutesТ drive away. No. 26, Lane 136, Section 1, Wubin Road, 268 Wujie, Taiwan
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I read a book about tourism factories in Taiwan recently. So I decided to visit them and make videos to share with you. Taiwan is a place you should use your heart to feel it. The scenery here might not be the best of the world, but the people here in Taiwan always can touch your heart as long as you stop being busy for awhile and see the stories happening around you.
造訪地：玉兔鉛筆學校
宜蘭縣五結鄉中興路三段330號
TEL: 03-965-3670
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TEL: +886-3-965-3670
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