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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.

Xigang is the sesame capital of Taiwan and produces related agricultural specialty products such as black sesame paste, sesame sauce and sesame powder. The grain silo of Xigang Farmer’s Association was originally used for storing rice husk but has now been converted into the Gugang Restaurant serving up sesame-themed cuisine. Here you can sample sesame-related cuisine and snacks such as the Sesame Oil Chicken Hot Pot served up “dry and wet”. The design of the restaurant preserved the grain silo’s original red brick walls and features rice-themed decorations.

Haiqianbenjia Farmer’s Leisure Park was built in 1985 as the family home of Tseng Bo-jen, a wealthy businessman in Xiaying. Mr. Tseng made his fortune in Japan before returning to his hometown to build the Tseng family mansion covering more than 100m2. Other members of the Tseng family could also stay at the mansion and none could match their wealth and influence at the time. The mansion later sat empty and abandoned for 30 years but its green tiles and red brick continued to proudly soldier on in the heart of Xiaying District.

Wu Jin-Huai was one of the greatest musicians of his generation and made a tremendous contribution to Taiwanese folk music. He composed more than 200 songs throughout his career. Many of the songs such as “Romance of Guanziling”, “Dim Moon”, “Thinking of You”, “Marrying the Wrong Person”, “Don’t Miss You” are still being covered by younger generations of singers. His former home has now been converted into the “Wu Jin-Huai Memorial Hall” with a permanent exhibition of his hand-written music scores, guitar and other relics. Commemorative concerts are also held here.

Construction of the Xinying Cultural Center commenced in 1983. It was refurbished in 2016 and now offers brand new spaces for providing high-quality art and cultural services. The highlight of the center is its performance hall that seats up to 846 people featuring a Proscenium-arch stage and the full range of stage equipment. It is now not only the most important performance venue in Tainan City but also the main stage for the whole of the Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan region.