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Happy 2015 peeps!!!!
How was your countdown celebration concluding night? Hope you lot had fun as well as a good rested twenty-four hr menstruum today earlier recharging dorsum for function tomorrow
Carrying from where I cause got left off for my Yilan trip, I am going to percentage unopen to other nugget of my trip inwards 2014. ( oh my even then unopen to other yr gone )
Anyways I am happy to present you lot this fourth dimension circular to the National Center for Traditional Art inwards Scenic Yilan, Taiwan.
First of all nosotros had our accommodation at Forte Dong-Shan Villa. ( Read my review here) as well as had gratis passes into this wonderland of Taiwanese fine art as well as culture.
Interconnected, the National Center for Traditional Art spans a huge perimeter as well as hither nosotros were at the Folk Art Boulevard. Aimed at recreating the olden times, this street holds shops, studios as well as exhibitions spaces selling all things traditional. All things reminiscence of the olden days come upward endure at the centre.
Take alook at what nosotros saw!
Chinese Malt Candy Demonstration
Such skills as well as splendour.
Pulling as well as pulling till the color lightens
This fine art shape is exactly mesmerizing.
糖葱卷 ( Tang Cong Juan) Sweet candy wrapped alongside condiments, peanuts as well as chinese spices inwards rice pare for TWD40. then yummy
This is the store selling the sweets above`
Moving on along the Folk Art Boulevard
Kids tried out hands-on painting
Another snack alongside malt candy sandwiched betwixt 2 savory biscuits. This I never had them before, then interesting
This is 糖葫蘆 Tang Hu Lu also known every bit candied fruits dipped inwards carbohydrate syrup, a type of sweetness originated from China.
Little clay figurines for sales
Post boxes for you lot to ship service letters internationally
Glass blowing
At the cease of the street, you lot volition come upward across The Wenchang Temple honors Wenchang Wang a diety of civilisation as well as literature as well as has been prayed past times locals correct earlier exams inwards the wishing of brilliant high scores.
Stage for performances which are held at specific timings, but was also bad nosotros didn't deal to select handgrip of them. Seek the performaces schedules when you lot buy yout tickets at the entry
And.... nosotros constitute a Tea museum of sorts nether a famous tea build inwards Taiwan. This build is also straightaway sold inwards Singapore 
Made from first-class premium local tea leaves, this mini exhibit close their build is quite a fun identify to be
And correct at the corner is the OPEN-Chang / OPEN小將 concept 7-11 store!!
This cute doggy is the mascot of 7-11 inwards Taiwan as well as their concept stores are only available at selected states as well as areas of Taiwan. Lucky to constitute i in that place on my trip this time.
Simply adore OPEN 小將
Besides the Open Plaza, in Kaohsiung at Dream Mall, which contains the largest as well as most comprehensive Open-Jiang merchandises inwards Taiwan, the residue of the Open Stores are relatively smaller inwards scales, integrated alongside the 7-11s.
For a listing of the Open Stores: http://www.openopen.com.tw/store/index.html ( Only inwards Mandarin)
At this concept store, there's fifty-fifty an Open photograph taking machine! Free of accuse ` Woohoo
So cute right?
Choose from these frames super fun, for me at least.
The Snack Bar surface area at this business office lets visitors residue as well as cause got a meal
Souvenirs for sales
Yilan is famous for their Ox Tounge Biscuits ( No Cows were wound inwards the process. Pun intended) then produce recollect to grab them earlier you lot caput dorsum home. These thin/ thick biscuits are exactly shaped oval to resemble the natural language shape but sense of savor exactly similar whatsoever cookies as well as comes inwards a hit of assorted flavors.
These biscuits are non constitute inwards Taipei nor at the airports dissimilar to a greater extent than mutual confectioneries of Taiwan.
Wanna striking a boat ride, the dock surface area inside the National Center for Traditional Art provides a ferry ride to the nearby Dong Shan Park.
Boarding the ferry
The ride was quite slow, took us 45mins to render dorsum to the fine art centre. The ferry driver genuinely didn't kickoff the engine as well as exclusively depend on the H2O electrical current to propel, such a waste matter of fourth dimension seriously!
Guess it depends on the driver's willingness to larn fast or not.
Here nosotros were at Dong Shan Park.
The iconic crimson twosome representing the park.
Without festivities, this is genuinely exactly an ordinary commons alongside cipher special, I seriously won't recommend you lot to build a trip over.we saw this commons was i of the top names inwards Yilan then nosotros wanted to caput downwardly as well as accept a await but seriously that's cipher particular to run across as well as if you lot don't cause got time, skip this park.
Back to the National Centre as well as headed on to The Scholar Huan's Residence.
In the cease nosotros managed to select handgrip of i singing endure performance.
You tin easily pass one-half a twenty-four hr menstruum roaming the whole fine art centre as well as it's pretty fun, produce caput on to this centre for unopen to Taiwanese cultural immersion!
Till adjacent fourth dimension
Directions:
Alight at Luodong Station if you lot depart from Taipei Main Station or Hualien via the local train.
After alighting, accept a cab. This is the most straight as well as quickest way.
Cost close 200NTD as well as takes close 20mins, the distance is super duper far.
Address:
No.201 Section 2, Wubin Road, Jixi Village, Wujie Town, Yilan 268, Taiwan
Opening hours:
9am-6pm all days
Admission: