Saturday, October 01, 2011

We came to Wanhua on this Saturday afternoon. Wanhua was one of the oldest district of Taipei city, but even though we passed through it all the time, it’s been some time since we really visited places here. Unfortunately, it was raining during our visit.

We came to the Wanhua sugar warehouse culture park. There are four warehouses in the park and it was managed by the Taiwanese Opera company Ming Hwa Yuan.

The trains used to transport sugars now parked in front of the warehouses.


This red brick warehouse was used to exhibition the history of the sugar industry of Taiwan.


The exhibitions described the progress of sugar processing technologies.


A model of modern sugar processing plant.


Artifacts used during the operations of the sugar trains.


These two warehouses was used for exhibitions of the costumes, props, and sets used in the stage performance of Ming Hwa Yuan.


Photographs were not allowed for the exhibitions of Ming Hwa Yuan, except this three-head dragon outside the set factory.


We next went to the Longshan Temple frequented by worshipers and tourists.


Our last stop was the Bo-Pi Liao historical site. The buildings and storehouses were well preserved here, but most of the houses remained empty.


The clean and quite alley of Bo-Pi Liao.


Modern structures were added to some of the buildings. I could understand the steel beams were added for structure integrity, but I was quite confounded by the glasses rooms and the walkways.


Only a handful houses in the historical site were used for exhibitions and all the other buildings were kept empty and locked out.


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