[1000 Steps to Colorful Taiwan]5 Free Attractions in Beigang | Yunlin

[1000 Steps to Colorful Taiwan]5 Free Attractions in Beigang | Yunlin | The Epoch Times

00:00 Highlights

Yunlin Beigang’s important belief center─Chaotian Palace was the center of Beigang’s early development! There are many attractions worth visiting around Mazu Temple! The once glorious waterworks has been reborn after being abandoned and has become the cradle for young people in Beigang to return home. The old bamboo weaving shops on the old streets and the old lantern shops that have been passed down for six generations retain the beautiful memories of life in the old days.

Let’s take another little knowledge challenge on Chaotian Temple to get a glimpse of the stories and legends of Mazu Temple. Then we went to the registration office that won the Architecture and Gardening Award to listen to Chenghan singing about the deepest ties and emotions between Chaotian Palace and Beigang!

00:39 Opening

01:08﹝ 北港水道头 Cultural Park﹞

Beigang, which began to prosper in the Qing Dynasty, was also an important municipal and activity center during the Japanese period! This “Water Head” was the most advanced water plant in 1930 and was the source of water for every household in Beigang. Although it was abandoned for a while after it was decommissioned in 1997, fortunately, Brother Cheng Hua later took over the operation and management, giving Shuidaotou Cultural Park a new life.

Address: No. 1, Minsheng Road, Beigang Town, Yunlin County

05:09 北港老街

05:45﹝ senxinglanternshop ﹞

Senxing has been operating in Beigang for more than a century. It was founded in the fifth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1866). Today, it still maintains the family’s one-stop operation model, from cutting bamboo, weaving frames, glazing, oiling, etc., everything is done by hand. It has been passed down to the sixth generation. The calligraphy and painting on the lanterns, shapes and styles are all exclusive. The Senxing Mingming Lantern mentioned by Mazu in Chaotian Palace when she was going around the area lights up not only the hopes of believers, but also the lanterns passed down from generation to generation. Family!

Address: No. 91, Zhongshan Road, Beigang Town, Yunlin County

12:35﹝ 宝元商行 ﹞

The bamboo weaving shop on Beigang Old Street, this folk craft is also the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancestors in the past and a memory of the times! Through a variety of bamboo woven utensils, sharing their various uses with the younger generation is also a kind of inheritance! Everyone is welcome to come and look for treasures in Baoyuan Trading Company!

Address: No. 110, Zhongshan Road, Beigang Town, Yunlin County

14:06﹝ 北港Chaotiangong ﹞

Beigang Chaotian Temple is one of the largest Mazu temples in Taiwan. It is said that it was built during the Kangxi period! This can also be said to be an important starting point for the development of the entire Beigang. There are naturally many allusions and legends surrounding Chaotian Palace and Mazu! Through several small tasks, we will explore the little secrets of this Mazu Temple, one of the most representative temples in Taiwan!

Address: No. 178, Zhongshan Road, Beigang Town, Yunlin County

18:48﹝ 北港注册 Office﹞

The Beigang Registration Office was completed in 1909 and is a building left over from the Japanese colonial period. Now it has been transformed into a visitor center with a strong Japanese style, and it won the Architecture Garden Award in 2022! Listening to Chenghan sing a song dedicated to Beigang in this place of great historical significance is particularly delicious!

Address: No. 11, Renhe Road, Beigang Town, Yunlin County

Finally, let’s listen to the song Chenghan wrote for Beigang~

19:29 “Beigang Song”

Lyrics/Music: Cheng Han Vocals: Cheng Han

Beigang in Yunlin was an ancient port
Stories from the Qing Dynasty are still being told
Like a ribbon stringing together food, clothing, housing and transportation
It is a devout belief for hundreds of years
The painted lanterns with blessings dangle
The incredible technique has been inherited for six generations and illuminates the whole Taiwan.
People from all over the world light incense for Mazu
Lit the hopes of Taiwanese people
Light up the kindness of faith
Light up all lives like a ray of light
Light up the whole sea to welcome big ships into the harbor
Lit the hopes of Taiwanese people
The hometown of Beigang people
Straight, horizontal and crossed bamboo weaving business
Observe carefully what is buried in daily utensils[的]Taiwanese flavor
The source of the town that takes care of the people of Beigang is still very busy
From the registration office to the visitor center, it is a good place to negotiate business for a century.
People from all over the world light incense for Mazu
Lit the hopes of Taiwanese people
Light up the kindness of faith
Light up all lives like a ray of light
Light up the whole sea to welcome big ships into the harbor
Lit the hopes of Taiwanese people
The hometown of Beigang people