Partie du Champagne.,.+*

[ 雨傘. 一片可以帶著走的天空 ] 
Umbrella, a piece of sky that you can carry along wherever you go.


[台南很快"熱"] (say the last word with a mix of Taiwanese & Mandarin). It can mean all the people her are very happy and content. Or if you pronounce it slightly different it means...



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 [安平古堡] Fort de Zeelandia; Anping Fort; Taiwan Town; Dutch Town; King's Town.

Some have wondered what Taiwan would be like if Koxinga (鄭成功) never drove the Dutch out of Taiwan. Considering the difference between the two worlds, some would've argued Koxinga should  have never taken over Taiwan and should have just left it to...

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Every one of the 319 towns in Taiwan is suppose to have a partciular local thing that they are very proud of. The Sword Lion Symbol on doors is one main local characteristic here. Under the Ch'ing (Qing)  Dynasty rule, Ch'ing navy troops in An'Ping would hang sword and shield on the doors to menace chicken thieves and put these Sword Lion Symbols on their front door to...

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[安平.漁人碼頭] Fisherman's Wharf, An'Ping
This place has held one of the national lantern festivals before and was considered by many to be the best place to have a lantern festival with fire works. Little fishing boats now occupy most of the area around the wharf. The white statue on the other side of the wharf was suppose to be a phoneix. But apparently some foreigners mistakenly interpreted it as one big banana... Anyway, for our 1 night there, we spent some time at the...

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[古屋裡的叢林] An'Ping Tree House. 
This old house has always been a storage-like place for various merchants and companies that occupied the area. It has its glorious days and it has fallen into ruins and old trees grew through the cracks of the building, making the Tree House one of the most fascinating sight to see in Tainan (although if you've seen the ones in Cambodia, you probably would think this is more mini). Some say the place is haunted. After...

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[找尋安平金小姐.台南]
An'Ping is one of the first places in Taiwan to be colonized by foreigners (including Chinese). In 1624, An'Ping, a southwestern town in Taiwan was colonized by Dutch. In 1626, the northeastern area was colonized by Spainish. These could be said to be a few of the earliest foreign influences on Taiwan soil.


A traditional Taiwanese folk song speaks of a young lady who has fallen in love with a Dutch physician during this colonial period. For some twenty years, she and their illegitimate child had waited for his return with no vail. So she speaks and sings her lament for her lost love without ever giving up on the hope of seeing her beloved agan.. 


I think this is a very common "Madme Butterfly" story that seems to happen in a lot of places in Asia during these various colonial periods. In Japan, you have the "Madame Butterfly" which Puccini made into a popular opera. In Vietnam, there's the Miss Saigon, whose story is converted into a Broadway musical. In Taiwan, you have the less known "Ms. Kin" who is ....

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