Jiu Fen and Jing gua Shi

Today is our day off. We continue our journey to explore around the Taiwan. We guided by another AISECER throughout the journey. We start our journey at 8am. First of all, we take train go to the Jiu Fen. The train took about 30 minutes reach to Jiu Fen. 

                                

                                  The sea view is so...beautiful from the Jiu Fen bus station!


Jiu Fen is a place where we can taste various type of food. We stopped at Jiu Fen to take our breakfast.  As I stepped inside Jiu Fen, I realize that yam dish can be founded around this area. We stop at the dessert store and taste for the yam dish.

        Yam dish with the read bean
                                                     

                                                                Mixed yam dish with different type of beans and nuts


Both type of the yam dishes taste good. We spent our time walked around the Jiu Fen. We come to one of the tea shop. The tea shop is quite different for me. The environment of the tea shop is cool and nice. The tea shop not only provided the place for the tea lovers to taste the tea, but also display some of the antiques.

Next come to our lunch~

                                                                          肉圆

After lunch, we toward to the gold museum,

Next is the hiking time in 金瓜石

We took around 3 to 4 hours time to reach the peak of the mountain. The weather in the hill is fresh. We take our rest in the mountain. The view from the hill is great!

After the hiking, our journey come to the end. We start to leave. I feel exhausted after come back to home. throughout today journey, I discover the nature of the environment. Although the process of hiking is tired, but i was not regret. I proud of myself can reach to the peak of the mountain.

The making of blue dyeing

During the time stayed in the Taiwan, I exposure many new things in my life. One of the activity that i had experienced was the making of the blue dyeing. Blue dyeing is one of the traditional culture that still preserve  in the Sanxia Old Street. This is the first time for me and my partner to make our own blue dyeing clothes.

We had came to the place where to make the blue dyeing.

We encountered with the owner of the shop to guide us how to start the blue dyeing. We get inside the classroom and listened to the guideline from the shop owner. There are various type of the pictures or styles can be chosen to make the blue dyeing.

                              Each of us are given a piece of the cloth.

Next, the shop owner teach us how to flip the cloth according to the different kind of the pictures or styles .

                               Sketch out the model or structure of the pictures you want to make.

                              After the model has been designed, tight it well with the rubber band.


Next, we need to get ready to immerse the cloth inside the big pail with the blue ink.

The blue ink inside the pail is make from the plant call the "马蓝大箐”。

This is the plant of "马蓝大箐”

We need to repeat the procedure by opening the cloth slide by slide to let the blue colour stained completely on the surface of the cloth. We need  to repeat the process twice.

Finally, our product complete. We get the cloth out from the pail and let the cloth to dry for about 10 minutes.

                                                  Haha....This was made by me!




              While waiting for the cloth to dry, let get inside the shop.

 These were the products sold inside the shop. All of the products inside the shop is handmade by the shop owner and the workers. This was made me feel so admire to the shop owner and workers.

  After the cloth dry, we keep the cloth inside a plastic bag. We get ready to leave.

After the journey, blue dyeing had given me a big impression. I realize the reason why the shop owner would rather to use  handmade in blue dyeing than just use machine. This is due to they need to keep the tradition of culture in making the blue dyeing. Therefore, the culture is valuable and we should not forget it!

Sanxia old street temple

Continue our journey to discover the new things in Taiwan! Today, we are visited to the two temples located in the Sanxia old street.  There are two temples located in the Sanxia Old Street.The first place that we had visited is called the " ma zhu miao" (兴隆宫妈祖庙). I am the Chinese and my religion is Buddha. Thus, I will pray inside the both temples.The emergence of the both temples are came from the history of the Japanese take over the area of Taiwan. During the ancient time, the Japanese soldier has been burnt out  both of the temples.After passed the number of years, each of the temple rebuilt again to let more people get to know the true story or background of the temple. The Buddhism will pray inside the temple wish for the prosperous, safety ,and heath.

It is easy to get to the 兴隆宫妈祖庙 .兴隆宫妈祖庙is just located along the Sanxia Old Street, the code number of 50. 

 Next, we went to the second temple, called the "zu shi miao"' or (清水祖师庙). 清水祖师庙 is also a temple which has been burnt by the Japanese during the ancient time. The building structure of the 清水祖师庙is made by the cooper and wood.

 清水祖师庙 has took approximately 65 years to rebuilt again since 1947 till 2012. The special things of the
 structure inside the 清水祖师庙 is mostly from the graving. 

                                         The roof  of the temple is made from the copper.

    

Exposure the culture of Taiwan

Today,we went to another cultural place located in the Sanxia Old Street. We visited to the place called “甘乐文创”. 甘乐文创is a great place that consists of various type of the art related to the culture of the Sanxia. 甘乐文创had been started the business about two years, since the year of 2010 till recent. This is the amazing shop that provided the space for the youngster to appreciate and realize their traditional culture in the Sanxia. 甘乐文创 sell some of  the handmade cultural art in the Sanxia. The special feature of the 甘乐文创is the design of the building is come from the ancient houses located in the Sanxia. The picture inside of  the 甘乐文创is design and draw by the owner. The place of the 甘乐文创 is beautiful.

                                                         The front view of the shop


Before I stepped into the shop, i can experience the nature of the environment:

                                            

The surrounding of the shop is full of the plant.Outside of the shop also provided a space for the customer to chat and rest while enjoy the nature of the environment.

                                                          The wall is full of the fingerprints~

               
Next, let we have a look inside of the shop:

The structure of the building from the roof to the wall originated from the old houses design. The owner do not make any renovation of the shop. Thus, the customer can experience the true of the culture of the Sanxia.

The shop also provided food and beverages for the customer.





               


The things that arouse my attention and curiosity is the "来碗三峡”

"来碗三峡”is a type of bowl that shows the whole of the sanxia old street. The artist is so creative!

This is the place for the music band. Inside the shop provides the space for the customer listening to the music while enjoy their meal. 









Furthermore,inside the shop also sell various type of the handmade art and materials:

                       This is the handmade vinegar.

                                  

After visited the shop of 甘乐文创, I realise that the importance of the culture. We should cultivate the youngster to preserve the old tradition of the culture, so that the culture can be passed over the generation.甘乐文创 is the wonderful place to let us get nearer to the cultural experience.