Traditional Pasttime Lantern Area

In this area, the lanterns of the whipping top and Mr. Shi Yan-Wen of cloth puppet show
were familiar by the elder Taiwanese.

Forty years ago, the kids in the elementary school didn't want to go to school for they
were all crazy watching the TV cloth puppet show at home.  To them, it's a great suffering to stay at classroom as the afternoon time was the TV cloth puppet show time.  All kids couldn't leave TV.   Some of the kids run away from school for watching the show.   So, you can see how charming the leading role Mr. Shi Yan-Wen was.   He was loved deeply by all the kids in 1970.

In fact, "Cloud State Big Scholarship Chivalry--Shi Yan-Wen" was an high class cloth puppet show.  Even today, it's still an high class one.  The owner of the cloth puppet troupe Mr. Huang Jun-Xiong graduated from the historical science of National Zhong Xing University. In the cloth puppet show, he put the story in the history including magic Chinese Kung Fu, incrediable medical skill, pretty women, and beautiful poems.  The used language of the show was Taiwanese for the cloth puppet show is the local production.

One day, suddenly the program was forbidden by Taiwan government.  The reason was
people are too lazy to work due to the program.   Mr. Shi Yan-Wen did give people a
wonderful happy spirit time.

In those days, kids were not allowed to speak their mother language Taiwanese in school.   Teacher did punish those kids who spoke mother language at school.   Sad!

cloth puppet show  Mr. Shi Yan-Wen big scholarship chivalry

Traditional Opera Lantern Area

Traditional opera lantern area where holds the local traditional opera each day between Feb 6~19.

Gezai opera is the traditional opera in Taiwan.  I sat before the stage watching for some time. It's great.   The team was good.    I could tell the whole team got great training.   The left side of the stage, there was an electricity board showing the wording that the actor/actress sings. To speak frankly, without the board I couldn't understand it.

All Taiwanese are familiar with Gezai opera.  But most of the people are too busy to watch it.

dragon boat in the sea

Gezai opera

waking up the scholar outside her house in the heavy snowing evening

Tienhou Temple In Lukang

Tien Hou Temple is the most important temple in Lukang township.

The main lord is Mazu who was a female.   On each weekend, there are always so many
visitors go there to pray.

Mazu

Cheng Huang Miao IN LUKANG

Cheng Huang Miao is the Taoist temple of a city ruling deity.   The temple is just like the court.

It happened that some people lost in the court.  They went to Cheng Huang Lord for help and finally they won back what they deserved.   Cheng Huang Lord is truly there.    In each city, there is the Cheng Huang temple.

dragon lantern

dragon lantern

safe lanterns showing names

Lantern Riddle Area

Long Shan temple is the lantern riddle area.   The red lanterns are at the front yard of the temple, which brights visitors warm.

Besides, each evening, at the inside front yard of the temple, one program of telling story of puppet theater or music performance by Nan Guan Musical group is waiting for visitors sharply.   The performance is in the afternoon 3:00~17:00 or the evening 7:30~21:00.

Although the last day Goan-siau-cheh, the fifteen of the first month, of the new year period was over, when you walk at the temple area, you still feel the new year time.  

lantern riddle area

lantern riddle area