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2013
2013 新北市宗教文化節─
月號
野柳
02/14、17、24
New Festival and Museum Events, New Taipei City
2013 New Taipei City
Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival
文化祭
New Taipei City
Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival —
Make Unique Dreams with New Taipei City
New Taipei City Religious Culture
Festival 2013 Yeliu Cleansing of the
Harbor Festival
Pingxi’s Sky Lantern Festival
is a folk custom event that
started in the reign of the Qing
Dynasty Daoguang emperor
and continued on for 200 years
to today. Over the years Pingxi
Sky Lantern Festival has
become very well-known and
it has been said “Sky lanterns
in the north and hornet firecrackers in
the south.” The Sky Lantern Festival has also been named by Discovery
as the second best night festival in the world. The sky lanterns symbolize
prayers and wishes and the cleansing of the soul to market the spirit of
Taiwan throughout the world.
The Yeliu Cleansing of the
Harbor Festival held in Wanli
district, New Taipei City, is a major
local annual event held at Lantern
Festival every year and has been
designated one of the important
cultural assets of New Taipei City.
Apart from the special harbor
cleansing and fire crossing rituals, performances of lion dance with a local
folk style and welcoming the gods by meeting two different gods /teams
from land and sea give visitors from Taiwan and other countries a feeling
of the atmosphere of Lantern Festival and Chinese New Year in Taiwan.
2013 New Taipei City Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival Program
New Taipei City Religious Culture Festival 2013 Yeliu Cleansing of the
Harbor Festival Program
Date of event
Time
Event theme
Venue
Dot the sky, happiness
Jingtong Elementary
18:00-21:00 takes off medium size School (No. 45, Jingtong
lantern carnival
Street, Pingxi District)
“Special today
Pingxi Junior High School
02/17 (Sun.) 18:00-21:00 illuminate the future"
(No. 92, Shidi Street,
lantern carnival
Pingxi District)
Hold hands and
Shifen Sky Lantern Square
02/24 (Sun.)
reun ite, c elebrate
18:00-21:00
(No. 136, Nanshanping,
Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival large
Pingxi District)
size lantern carnival
02/14 (Thu.)
※ The actual program will be shown on the Tourism and Travel Dept.,
New Taipei City website.
Transport information:
To utilize the shuttle bus, you can take the buses at Taipei Zoo, Shiding
access road and Ruifang Train Station. The cost is NT$50 from Taipei
Zoo, NT$30 from Shiding and Ruifang districts and NT$10 from Pingxi
to go up; taking the bus down is free.
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Activity time
Theme
Venue
02/16 (Sat.) Incense welcoming ritual on land Square in front of Yeliu
10:00-12:00
and sea/Opening ceremony
Bao-an Temple
02/16, 02/17,
Thousand people body
Square in front of Yeliu
02/23, 02/24
purification ritual
Bao-an Temple,
Yeliu Elementary School
Cleansing of the harbor/
02/24 (Sun.)
playng field
Fire walking ritual/Seafood feast
※ For more details visit the Wanli District Office website at:
www.wanli.ntpc.gov.tw
※ Wanli District Office reserves the right to change the program
The Lin Family Mansion and Garden
Address: No. 9, Ximen Street, Banqiao District,
New Taipei City
Tel.: 02-2965-3061~3
Hours of Operation: 09:00-17:00, Monday to Sunday
(Closed on the first Monday of each month)
Ticket Price: Free
http://www.linfamily.ntpc.gov.tw
Banqiao
Lin Mansion Year of the
Snake New Year Activity Series
Date:January 27 to February 28
Venue:The Lin Family Mansion and Garden
To welcome the Year of the Snake, the
Lin Family Garden has invited traditional
art artists to conduct a series of traditional
festival activities on site. To add to the
happy New Year atmosphere, New Year
couplets and color painted lanterns will
be handed out and a shadow puppet show
presented to allow visitors to soak up a
rich festive atmosphere and to appreciate the beauty of this historic site
when they visit during the Chinese New Year holiday.
The New Year program
Date
01/27 (Sun.)
02/11 (Mon.)
02/12 (Tue.)
Time
Program
Dance ink welcomes the New Year-Give out
10:00-12:00
New Year Couplets
10:00-11:00 Hung Sheng Lion Dance Theater- Chang Yuan-jung
14:30-16:00
Eagle Baby Band
10:00-11:00
Tamsui Southnorthxuan
14:30-16:00
Catherine and Leo's Band
02/13 (Wed.) 14:30-15:30
Min Kuan Opera Troupe
02/14 (Thu.)
14:30-16:00
I Wan Jan Puppet Theater
02/15 (Fri.)
14:30-16:00
The Narrative Songs of Yang Xiu-Qing
02/16 (Sat.)
14:30-16:00
The Happy Puppetry Company
Website:www.linfamily.tpc.gov.tw
BUS→
1.Take a Taiwan Motor Transport Co. Bus to Keelung and alight at Yeliu.
2. Take a Banqiao-Jinshan route Fuho Bus Co or Keelung Bus Co. bus on the
Keelung-Jinshan route and alight at Yeliu.
New Taipei City
Yingge Ceramics Museum
CAR→Take Heping West Rd. Sec. 3 over Huajiang Bridge and proceed along
Wenhua Rd., turn right on Minquan Rd., then make a left turn. The Garden is
next to the Banqiao Second Sports Ground.
MRT→Take Banqiao Line (Blue
(blue line)
line) to
to Fuzhong MRT Station, and leave by
Exit 1. The Garden is an 8-minute walk from the Station.
station.
Address:No. 200, Wenhua Road, Yingge District,
New Taipei City
Tel.: 02-8677-2727
Hours of Operation: 09:30-17:00 Monday to Friday
09:30-18:00 Saturday and Sunday
(Closed on the first Monday of each month)
Ticket Price: Free (Additional fee for hands–on classes)
http://www.ceramics.ntpc.gov.tw
Yingge
Who Turned Animals into Teapots — Exhibition
of Handmade Teapots by Hsu Cheng-chang
Date: February 7 to March 17
Venue: B1 Ceramic Hallway
By combining the kind of
teapots used in daily life and
animals, the artist gives us a
new impression of both. Using
his hands, he forms teapots that
are cute and amusing and also
functional. His works show
animals in various poses, for
example the “leisure” series,
showing animals on
their backs, relaxed and at leisure. There is also a teapot
shaped like The Dog, the enlarged
head becoming the space for
the tea infusion. Everyone is
welcome to come and see the
amusing handmade teapots.
CAR→Exit Sanying Interchange on National Highway No. 3, pass over Sanying
Bridge (in the Yingge direction), and proceed along Wenhua Rd. to public parking
lot.
BUS→Take Taipei Bus No. 702 or No. 917 or Sanying line bus; or take a
Taoyuan Bus Co. bus to Yingge.
TRAIN→Take a commuter train to Yingge train station, the museum is a 10-minute
walk from the Wenhua Rd. exit.
Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology,
New Taipei City
Tamsui Historical Museum,
New Taipei City
Address:No. 200, Museum Road, Bali District, New Taipei City
Tel.:02-2619-1313
Hours of Operation:09:30-17:00 Monday to Sunday
(Closed on the first Monday of each month)
Ticket Price:Free
http://www.sshm.ntpc.gov.tw
Address:
Bali
Fort San Domingo
Gold Museum,
New Taipei City Government
Tamsui
No. 1, Lane 28, Zhongzheng Road, Tamsui District, New Taipei City
Tamsui Customs Officer’s Residence (Little White House)
No. 15, Zhenli Street, Tamsui District, New Taipei City
Hobe Fort
No. 34, Lane 6, Section 1, Zhongzheng Road, Tamsui District, New Taipei City
Cheng Family Abode by the Gongsitian River
Narrating Snakes in Snake Year 2013:
Aboriginal Snake Patterns Special Exhibition
Date: Now until April 30
Venue: Special Exhibition Hall II and corridor Hall III
In the culture of two of Taiwan’s aborigine
tribes, the Paiwan and Rukai, the hundredpacer is an important creature and is
regarded as ancestor and friend; the hundredpacer is at the center of many legends and
petroglyphs; the snake pattern also features
heavily in carvings, daily necessities
and clothing, showing the importance of
this snake in the culture of the tribes. By
displaying the cultural viewpoint of the
Paiwan and the Rukai, the exhibition aims to
widen the cultural vision of ordinary people.
CAR→
1.N o. 15 Provincial Highway: Guandu Bridge→No. 15 Provincial Hwy
proceed towards Bali (Longmi Road)→Zhonghua Road→Wenchang
Road→Museum Rd.→Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology
2.N o. 64 Provincial Highway: No.64 Provincial Hwy proceed towards
Bali (Longmi Road)→Zhonghua Road→Wenchang Road→Museum
Rd.→Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology
MRT→
1.Tamsui MRT Station→Ferry→Shuttle Bus Red No. 13→Shihsanhang
Museum of Archaeology; or Ferry→Shuttle Bus Red No. 22, Bus No. 704
Renai Road→Walk 5 minutes→Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology
2.Tamsui Guandu Station→Shuttle Bus Red No.13→Shihsanhang Museum
of Archaeology; or Shuttle Bus Red No. 22→Renai Road→Walk 5
minutes→Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology
No.7, Ln. 138, Sec. 1, Xinmin St., Tamsui District, New Taipei City
Tamsui Art Gallery
No. 298, Zhongzheng Road, Tamsui District, New Taipei City
Hours of Operation:09:30-17:00 Mon. to Fri., 09:30-18:00 Sat. and Sun.
(Closed on the first Monday of each month)
Ticket Price: Free
Tel.:02-2623-1001#26
http://www.tshs.ntpc.gov.tw
An Ever-Growing Ring of Inspiration
Special Exhibition of HDG Works
Date: Now until February 24
Venue: 1st & 2nd floor, Tamsui Art Gallery
The exhibition, combining cultural space
and encouraging creativity, consists of fine
pieces of furniture, including 47 works made
by the staff and students of HDG (Huai De G)
Experimental Woodworking School, 6 works
by artists-in residence at the school and 4
works by Danish furniture designer Finn
Juhl. After 10 years of quiet cultivation on
woodworking, HDG now has a welcoming
environment for creative woodworking
which stimulates people for their innovation
on woodworking.
Fort San Domingo
BUS→Heading in the direction of Fisherman's Wharf from Tamsui MRT
Station and Fort San Domingo will be reached. Parking is available at
its pay parking lot.
MRT→Take Tamsui Line to Tamsui MRT Station, then take Bus Red
No.26 or Bus No. 836 directly to Fort San Domingo.
Address:No. 8, Jinguang Road, Ruifang District, New Taipei City
Tel.:02-2496-2800
Hours of Operation:09:30-17:00 Monday to Friday
09:30-18:00 Saturday and Sunday
(Closed on the first Monday of each month)
Ticket Price: Free
http://www.gep.ntpc.gov.tw
New Taipei City Hakka Museum
Ruifang
Call for Submissions for the 2013
National Metal Crafts Competition, New Taipei City
Date: March 15 to March 31
Venue: Gold Museum, New Taipei City Government
The competition is intended to strengthen
the connection between metal crafts and
the special cultural features of the Shui-jinjiu area, through metals crafts spreading the
beauty of local culture. The competition has
two categories: jewelry and utensils, and is
limited to personal creations by individual;
the main material used must also be metal,
supplemented by other media. Work must
also not have
won a prize in
an exhibition
or competition.
It is now called for submission of works
publicly.
Address:No. 239, Longen Street, Sanxia District,
New Taipei City
Tel.:02-2672-9996
Hours of Operation:09:00-17:00 Monday to Friday
09:00-18:00 Saturday and Sunday
(Closed on the first Monday of each month)
Ticket Price:Free
http://www.hakka.ntpc.gov.tw
Wulai Atayal Museum,
New Taipei City
Sanxia
Turbulent time: Hakka Artists Joint Exhibition
Date: Now until February 17
Venue: Art Gallery, Artistic Corridor
The exhibition is an opportunity to
show the vibrancy of Hakka culture by
presenting a selection of three-dimensional
works, including wood carvings, stone
carvings, painted works, decoupage,
and composite media as well as Chinese
realistic paintings, ink paintings, and
calligraphy works. Through their skilled
hands, the creative ideas of artists are
reflected in their delicate and astonishing
works.
Address:No. 12, Wulai Street, Wulai Village,
Wulai District, New Taipei City
Tel.:02-2661-8162
Hours of Operation:09:30-17:00 Tuesday to Friday
09:30-18:00 Saturday and Sunday
(Closed on Monday)
Ticket Price:Free
http://www.atayal.ntpc.gov.tw
The Wulai Atayal Museum,
located at the entrance of the
Wulai business district, is a facility
with one level below the ground
and three levels above. The first
level gives an introduction to the
origins of the Atayal people and
the ecology of Wulai area. A 3D
model shows the migrations of the Atayal and their expansion from
mountains to maritime areas. It also shows flora and fauna of Wulai
area. The second level exhibits Atayal weapons, musical instruments and
everyday utensils. One can learn about the
philosophy of Atayal people, such as their
ancestral spirits, shamanic rituals, tattooing
and headhunting.
The third level displays Atayal traditional
clothing, weaving arts, and handicrafts. The
museum, combining culture and ecology,
is also known as “Museum of Daily Life.”
By preserving and displaying the culture of
Wulai’s aboriginals, the museum not only
passes the information to future generations,
but also gives visitors a better understanding
of the indigenous’ past and present in Wulai.
CAR→Exit National Highway No. 3 at Sanying Interchange.(heading
for Yingge)Free parking available at the Museum
BUS→ Taipei Bus Co. Bus No. 702, Taoyuan Bus Co. bus(SanxiaBUS→
1.Taipei-Jinguashi:Take a Keelung Bus Co. bus from Exit 1 of Taipei MRT
Zhongxiao-Fuxing Station and head to Jinguashi after passing through
Ruifang and Jiufen.
2.K eelung-Jinguashi:Take a Keelung Bus Co. bus from Keelung Railway
Station(in front of Renxiang Clinic)and head to Jinguashi after passing
through Jiufen.
TRAIN→Take an eastern main line train in the Yilan-Hualian direction and get
off at Ruifang Station, then take a Keelung Bus Co. bus outside the Station
to Jinguashi.
Taoyuan route), Sanying Holiday Cultural Bus No. 833(available on
holidays),Sanying line bus.
TRAIN→Getting off at Yingge Station and transferring to Taipei Bus
Co. bus No. 917, Taoyuan Bus Co. bus, or Sanying Holiday Cultural
Bus No. 833(available on holidays),Sanying line bus.
MRT→
1.Yongning Station(blue line)→ transfer to Taipei Bus Co. bus
No.917, 916,922
2.F uzhong Station(blue line)→ transfer to Taipei Bus Co. bus No.910
3.J ingan Station(orange line)→ transfer to Taipei Bus Co. bus No.908,
921
Wulai
CAR→
1.F rom Taipei: Taipei→Roosevelt Rd.→Beixin Rd.→Beiyi Rd.→Xinwu
Rd.→Wulai
2.F rom Yilan: Yilan→Beiyi Rd.→Xinwu Rd.→Wulai
BUS→Xindian Bus Co bus: Qingdao East Rd.→ Roosevelt Rd.→Xindian
City→Quchi →Wulai Main Station
MRT→Xindian Line : Xindian MRT Station→then take a Xindian Bus Co
bus(Taipei -Wulai route)→ Wulai Main Station