地方展館

Speaking of Licence Art Gallery, people must have pass by this venue founded in 1996 on the first floor next to the busy Lily Fruit Store. As one of the venues of the Art Tainan exhibition in recent years, the galley has well-lighted and comfortable space where works, including paintings, cultures, photography, and new media, of celebrated domestic and foreign artists are displayed. It is a high-quality space for exhibiting contemporary art in Tainan.

Dujia Settlement derives from the Qius’ family. So far, it is the most completely preserved single surname lineal settlement. Migration from China, ancestors settlemed and multiplied there to form a settlement. In fact, it is the miniature of early immigrants migrating to Tainan.

The sound of children's laughter rises and falls along with the splashing of water, a canvas with a background of verdant green earth, splashed with golden sunlight and full of colorful flowers. Walk deep into the garden, and red brick houses start to appear. With their gray and black sloping roofs, the buildings open their doors to welcome visitors. After experiencing the joy of the outside world, come into the tranquil space inside and enjoy learning about the history of the waterworks.

The Land Art That Welcomes Visitors

The original Sinhua District Public Hall was built in 1937 during the Japanese period as a public meeting place for the local people. It was registered as a historical building in 2008 and was refurbished by the Tainan City Government to become the Youth Library in 2018. It is the first library in Tainan City to be located within a historical building and the original timber structure was preserved. The library focuses on providing a reading space for young people so the collection includes books on popular science, literature, art, lifestyle and motivation.

Tainan Fire Department Disaster Prevention Education Hall is a great place to visit for children. In fact, it is often the chosen location for many school field trips. Despite its serious sounding name, the hall features a collection of antique fire safety facilities along with a number of equipment and apparatus that allow visitors to play as they learn. The goal is to help visitors understand and appreciate the steps and importance of fire hazard prevention in the easiest and simplest way. 

"For visitors at Guiren Circle, it is difficult to refrain from being attracted to this classic and elegant yellow building. Built sometime in 1934, the Guiren Living Art Center used to be the town office for Guiren District during the Japanese Colonial period and later became the official building for Guiren Police Precinct under Tainan County Police Bureau. When the precinct relocated later, the building was left to idle for sometime before it was renovated in an effort to revitalize existing space to become the center of living art in Guiren.

"Taikang Cultural Center is the first cultural center of its kind in Taiwan to have performance hall, a library and a community college all rolled into one. Not only that, it is also the first cultural public infrastructure that has been proposed and initiated by members of the general public including individuals from various local communities, educators and even temple committees through a bottom-up process. 

"A chanced encounter that dates back to 1995 has led to the unearthing of prehistoric civilization that goes back as far as 5000 years ago. Commissioned by the National Science Council, the Academia Sinica and National Museum of Prehistory have conducted joint investigation and excavation in the area and discovered more than 58 cultural sites, with the oldest site dating back to approximately 5,000 years ago and the latest at about 300 years or so.

Jointly designed by architects Joe Shih and Shigeru Ban Architects, Tainan Art Museum Building 2 is the work of Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient.  The design of the building drew inspiration from Delonix regia and its conspicuous pentagonal contours certainly helped to turn the architecture into a cultural landmark that embodies Tainan. The layered structure of different exhibition spaces coupled with the large fractal roof are the most prominent features of Tainan Art Museum Building 2.

"Renowned Taiwanese painter Liu Chi-Hsiang was born in Liuying in 1910. He was one of the few painters in the domestic art scene to have studied in Japan and France. Liu was not only one of the most prominent artists in the history of Tainan City with works that were selected as exhibits in the distinguished Taiwan Fine Art Exhibition during the Japanese Colonial period but was also bestowed with the honor of “senior artist” by the Ministry of Culture. These distinctions and achievements have sealed his place as one of the defining individuals in Taiwan’s history of arts.