Let’s continue discovering more the bizarre windows in the Lin Family Garden. The shape of this window is a vase, representing peace and safety. A vase is “Pin(瓶)” in Chinese and the character “Pin” sounds exactly the same as the … Continue reading The Lin Family Garden – Bizarre Window (II)
You can see many interesting carvings in the Lin Family Garden. There are bright wood carvings under the eaves. The story of this wood carving is about a famous general celebrating his 80th birthday. This general′s name is Guo Ziyi … Continue reading The Lin Family Garden – Carvings
There are many bizarre windows in the Lin Family Garden. Want to see them? The shape of this window is a bat, blessing good fortunes and luck. This is too! A bat in Chinese is a “Bian-Fu(蝙蝠)”, two characters, and … Continue reading The Lin Family Garden – Bizarre Window (I)
The Chinese like to enjoy the moon. The Lin family is no exception. They dug a pond in the garden and built a hut , called “Yue-Po-Shui-Hsieh“, dedicated to enjoy the moon on the pond. It looks like a small … Continue reading The Lin Family Garden – Traditional Chinese Buildings (III)
The Lin family thought that education is very important, so they had many buildings designed and named for encouraging studying. This is Jigu Study House where the Lin family collected and studied books. (See more Jigu Study) It is interesting … Continue reading The Lin Family Garden – Tranditional Chinese Buildings (II)
There are three Halls in the Lin Family Mansion and Garden. The first main building is Guan-jia Hall where the Lin family could see the farmers working on their land. On the sightseeing platform of the second floor, the Lin … Continue reading The Lin Family Garden – Traditional Chinese Buildings (I)
This attraction is The Lin Family Mansion and Garden in New Taipei city, one of the Four Great Gardens of Taiwan. The Lin Family Mansion and Garden — along with the Tainan Wu Garden, Hsinchu Beiguo Garden, and Wufeng Lin … Continue reading The Lin Family Mansion and Garden
This museum is “228 Memorial Museum”. It was previously called the “Taipei Broadcasting Station” built in 1931 and is the first radio station in Taiwan. (See more 228 Memorial Museum) Before the radio became popular, the general public had to … Continue reading 228 Peace Park – 228 Memorial Museum
There is a vivid copper horse in the 228 peace park. The horse is very delicate, and even blood vessels on the face are presented. There is a mysterious sign on the belly of this horse, which symbolizes where it … Continue reading 228 Peace Park – The Mythical Horse
There are two locomotives in the 228 peace park and both are more than one hundred years old. This one is called Teng-Yung, which means running very fast as if flying in the clouds. It was made by Hohenzollern in … Continue reading 228 Peace Park – Two Old Locomotives