Pingshi Gallery

While walking on the old street of Pingshi, on July 29 noon time, I happened to find this painting studio by carelessly.

The owner of the studio Mr. Chen is so generous to all the visitors in taking pictures of his paintings.  I was so surprised by this.

He told me that the showy lily is Pingshi district flower which blossoms in Aug everywhere in Pingshi including on the two hill sides of the road 106 and inside of the Pingshi primary school.  So, I'll definitely go visit Pingshi again to see the special beautiful flower.

In the studio, there're so many paintings.  One big oil painting is not for sale and I was much attracted for it's so lifelike; it made me the first time not happy with my camera.   If you want to see it you do have to see it in person.  In it you may see some famous landscapes in the whole beautiful Pingshi district.   Mr. Chen explained to me patiently:
1)It's the whole Pingshi district thumbnail.
2)The used basic materials are one bike and one coal bag;  in the old time, bike was the main traffic means and there was coal mine in Pingshi.
3)The outside circle ladder shape is the bike way representing visitors love to go to Pingshi by bike today.
4)The bike seat is put on top;  in the seat, there're many red spots which are sky lanterns.

The studio offers visitors with beautiful postcards; the used pictures are all the paintings painted by Mr. Chen.  Either for collecting purpose or for giving away,  It's great for visitors to take them back home as the postcards do spread the special culture smell to everyone like the expensive perfume.

Pingshi Painting Studio
tel: 02 2495-2496
email: lta698@gmail.com
add: 17, Pingshi street, Pingshi village, Pingshi distrcit, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Pingshi Painting Studio

Pingshi Gallery

Pingshi district flower showy lily and poem written
by Mr. Chen

Pingshi district thumbnail

Shifen street at Shifen village

describing Pingsi from 1 to 10

Sky Lantern Cradleland---Shifen

With a nerves heart, I arrived Shifen from Jingtong on July 27 afternoon.   Trying to meet her, but I failed.  Shifen was grandmom's home town.  Long time ago, she was a beautiful young lady there.

There's a river fall at Shifen.  It takes about 20 minutes walking from station.
I was surprised to pay ticket for seeing the river fall as the private company didn't make
it.  The river fall is a nature landscape.  River fall was so beautiful on last Friday, thanks to the sunny weather, and the whole village was so beautiful too.

The cradleland of sky lanterns in Taiwan is Shifen.  On each lantern festival, people from other cities love to go there to set lanterns up to sky by writing wish on surface of lantern.  This lantern festival, I couldn't get on train at Ruifeng station due to the train was too crowded.  Finally I gave up.

Without the big volume visitors, actually Shifen is a quiet, peaceful, beautiful, comfortable and green village.

How to get to Shifen?  You may take train at Taipei station, direction Ruifeng.  Take train at Ruifeng station again, direction Jingtong, and take off the train at Shifen.  Please do remember to buy the one day ticket of Pingshi line at Ruifeng.  You may visit Houdong, Shifen, Pingshi and Jingtong in one day, if you arrive  Ruifeng in the early morning.  The one day ticket is just NTD52, equaling less than USD2 only.

office of coal mine museum

Pingshi line train

Shifen travel service center

Keelung river

down the road 106 reaching Taipei city just 27km

Shifen station

sky lanterns shop