The apartment buildings in Chupei near the THSR Hsinchu station, where many people working in Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park live.
The buildings in Taichung city near the THSR Taichung station.
The business and industrial complex in Tainan Science Park.
I transferred to trains run by Taiwan Railway Administration to Yongkang station. The names of the TRA Yongkang (永康) and Baoan (保安) stations could be read as "forever blessed for safe and prosper" (永保安康) in Chinese, and the tickets from Yongkang to Baoan made good souvenirs among Taiwanese people.
TRA’s local train was decorated with promotions of Tainan’s attractions.
The wooden building of the Baoan station.
The concrete building of the Yongkang station.
The Yongkang to Baoan tickets with souvenir stamps.
My goal of this trip was to visit the National Museum of Taiwan History that opened on last October. I was surprised to see that many visitors roaming around the museum. I didn’t have high expectation for the museum after reading the introductions on their webpage, but I was pleasantly surprised after visited the museum. Although most exhibitions were created with models instead of real historical artifacts, visitor could walk into Taiwan’s history from the aboriginal people to the ruling and colonization of Europeans, Han Chinese, and Japanese through the centuries through these exhibitions.
The huge solar panels in front of the museum.
The museum buildings located behind the solar panels.
Visitors stayed in the long line to get the entrance tickets allocated to time slots.
The activity building and outdoor exhibition of the museum compound.
The wetland recreational area behind the museum.
People lined up to enter the time theater for the video introducing Taiwan’s history.
The permanent exhibitions at the second floor of the museum displayed the history of Taiwan for the past centuries.
Miniature models of a Dutch fortress.
Life size models recreating a religious parade during the Qing Dynasty.
Life size models recreating worker in a salt fields in 19th century.
Life size recreation of a Taipei street during the early 20th century.
This room looked very similar to the photo studio my grandfather owned.
Recreation of a classroom after Nationalist government moved to Taiwan.
Household electric appliances made by Taitung displayed in the special exhibition of the past century were common memories to modern Taiwanese people (above a certain age).
Promotion souvenirs from the presidential elections displayed in the special exhibition of historical artifacts preserved by the museum.
Tools of trades carried around by street food hawkers a few decades ago displayed in the special exhibition of Tainan’s past.
The theater stage in the children’s indoor activity area.
Models of aboriginal culture displayed in the children’s outdoor activity area.
The TRA Tainan station retained the Japanese era building.
