The Folklore Park is the firse Folklore Park in Taiwan, and it's aimed at providing the people of Taiwan with recreation and with the place where there can reflect about the past and experience how our ancestors led their life. The park will host seminars about folk customs and provide a space for folk art exhibition or performances, so as to raise the quality of people's lives and allow them to see the first-hand traditional Southern Fujianese-style architecture and taste Taiwan's down-home century flavor.
The park has three major parts: The Folklore Museum, The Folklore Park and the Traditional Chinese Landscape Courtyard. A hyouse made of pounded earth, a Folk Arts Plaza and Folklore Plaza serve as additional attractions. The courtyard contains flowers, trees and interesting rocks, and a fish pool.
The park arounds with folklore artifacts and leisure functions. Enter the gatee and turn right, you can see the Folklore Museum, which is housed in a traditional siheyuan(四合院). These historically representative building shows how people lived in Taiwan during the late 19th and the early 20th century. The house central hall is where the ancestors and deities were worshipped. The one finds after tables, taishi chairs(太師椅), and eight-demigod table(八仙桌), calligraphies(書畫), offerings(供品). All of the demonstrate a way of life in which great care was taken in performing funeral rites for parents and worship of ancestors.
The Courtyard Garden: One enters the scenic courtyard designed by Fang Su-Chou(仿蘇州) through the side door of the Folk Art Museum. The courtyard features a lotus pool, a shade pavilion, a round arch, an arched bridge, and a covered arcade. Lingering here in a light breeze as the fish dart playfully in the water is an excellent way for family and friends to experience the beauty of traditional Chinese architecture and classical courtyard.
The Folk Art Performance Plaza is specially provided for holding celebrations on birthdays and anniversaries and putting on demonstrations of folk arts as well as such performance as traditional Chinese vaudeville(雜耍), dragon dancing(舞龍), lion dancing(舞獅), top twirling(打陀螺), shuttlecock kicking(踢毽子), diabolo dancing(拉扯鈴), kite flying(放風箏), and the reading of latern riddles(猜燈謎).
Many years ago, my family and I went there to visit. A lot of people tookpictures, played games, danced the diabolo and flew the kites. However, few and few people wanted to get here. The exhibition and shops had few visitios. Does it seem that our culture has eliminated gradually? The folklore lark is like a little museum, preserving the memory of the childhood of the last generations. If one day the Folklore Park failed to run, does it mean that the traces we left will disappear forever?
I have been to there when I was a little girl. Your article reminds me of my childhood, easpecially when you mention the old toys.
回覆刪除Also, I like your photos. It makes me remember that I have fed the fishes next to that pool. Ha!Maybe I will visit there someday!
I'm curious about that why there's no people there? However, i think the park an remind many people's memories when they was little, especially for the elder generation. Also, it can reserve our unique life style in the tradional society.
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