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Is Perhaps Taipei's, and Taiwan's, Leading Cultural Lights EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION Contents Feature 04 The Mid-Autumn Festival – Full Moon, Full Family Reunion 06 The Mid-Autumn Barbecue – Healthy Eating without Negatives 10 Feast on the Tastes of the Spa in Early Autumn 2008 Taipei Hot Springs Season 14 A Heritage Site Serving as Time Portal Bringing You into the Timeless World of Confucian Culture and Ceremonies Architecture 16 Taiwan Folk Arts Museum Heritage Architecture that Captures the Japanese-style Past 18 Shann Garden – Former Residence of General Zhang Xue-liang 20 The Three Architectural Jewels of Beitou Longnaitang, I-Tun, Whispering Pines Inn 21 Beitou Puji Temple – A Japanese Creation in Chinese Han-Tang Style 22 Taipei’s Leading Green Library A Space for Reading Seamlessly Fused with Mother Nature’s Beauty 24 Discover Taipei’s Hundred Years of Blessings The Ximen Red House Retakes the Stage as Centennial Diva Food 26 The Beitou Character – Choice Foods Not to Be Missed 27 Your Best Choice after a Hot-Spring Soak Manlai Hot-Spring Hand-Pulled Noodles 28 Snacks at Common Prices – Great Erudition at Chienxi Mandarin Duck Geng Thick Soup 29 Su Family Beef Noodles – In the Top Three of Favorite Local Purveyors 30 Taipei’s Special Mid-Autumn Festival Mooncakes With Both Deep Tradition and Infinite Innovation 34 Taipei’s Barbecue Joints – A Great Indoor Option for Mid-Autumn Festival BBQs Living In Taipei 36 Beitou Hot Spring Park-Soak to Your Heart’s Content at Great Prices 38 The Perfect Gifts and Souvenirs for the Foreign Visitors – Taipei City’s Premium Gift Items 40 Taipei, Top-Flight Destination for Medical Tourism 42 2008 Taipei Hotel Festival – Finding Local Accommodations “In Your Own Flavor” 44 A Leading Artist – And Taipei City at the Heart of Lin Hwai-min 46 First in the Heart of Lin Hwai-min – Shi-Yang Culture Restaurant 47 Villa 32 – Lin Hwai-min’s Choice as Best of the Hot-Spring Inns 48 Foreigner's Reflections on Taipei Arts 50 BEST OF THE BEST - CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE OF TAIWAN Creative Taipei 54 Promoting the Brilliance of Taiwan’s Craft Artists The National Taiwan Craft Research Institute 56 2008 Taipei Culture Passport - Get Crazy for Culture, Play Crazy in Taipei 58 The Bohemian iPrefer Handcrafted Original Creations of Chang Ya-chi Practical Information 60 The 1999 Citizen Hotline - Comprehensive Service and with Foreign-Language Assistance 62 Contacts FEATURE The Mid-Autumn Festival – Full Moon, Full Family Reunion he fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month marks the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋 T節), also called the Moon Festival, one of the three great traditional festivals of the year. In the hearts of local Chinese people, this day represents the “perfect roundness of the moon and the full reunion of the family circle” (月圓人團圓). For people living away from home, as the big date approaches, their pangs of homesickness grow even thicker. In traditional sayings, the moon deity is the guardian of children. Parents will prepare some perfectly round offerings which symbolize the night-sky orb so that the moon deity would bless their children to be strong and healthy, safe and happy. The sacrificial-food goodies are then divided equally among family members to eat, symbolizing the balanced, perfect circle of the complete reunion. Discover Taipei The mooncake and the pomelo are the quintessential food icons for the festival. The custom of eating mooncakes, according to the written Ming Dynasty record, can be traced back to the start of the dynasty, for the cakes are said to have contained rebels’ messages in the revolution to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, the alien tyranny. Nowadays, the mooncake becomes a favorite gift during the Mid-Autumn Festival season, and the types have expanded exponentially. The best-known ones are the Suzhou type with its thicker pastry shell, the Cantonese type with its thin shell and myriad fillings, and the conventional Taiwanese “moonlight” (月光) type with sweet-potato filling. There are also delicious egg-yolk cakes and mung-bean cakes. Now let’s roll out our pomeloes. In Chinese called a youzi (柚子), this is a homonym for youzi (佑子) , meaning “to protect children,” and thus a potent symbol of heaven-sent good fortune. The Mid-Autumn festival season also, by good fortune, happens to be a harvest time for the pomelo crop. Eating the pomelo is not only an excellent way to dispel the greasiness of the mooncake but also a great reason to dive into these tasty festival treats together, as the traditional sayings are the best! A grand and modern Taiwan “tradition” to celebrate the reunion of family and friends on the Mid-Autumn Festival is the outdoor barbecue, which takes the advantage of the crisp, cool air of autumn and the full moon hanging high up in the sky. According to the information provided on the website of a well-known local Job Bank (人力銀行) in 2007, the average Taiwanese attends 1.84 “Mid-Autumn Barbecues” (中秋烤肉) each year, clearly showing that if you are a local, the Moon Festival would be no more the Moon Festival unless your barbecue fix has been taken care of! The keys in choosing barbecue spots are that they should be outdoors and be well ventilated, but another key is that they should be approved by the city government for barbecue use. Family-reunion BBQs in Taipei most often take place in the open spaces and yards in front of their houses, or on the rooftops of bulidings. If it’s a party- intent group of friends you are talking about, besides the riverside parks within city limits, people would like to find places where there was little light pollution, such as Yangmingshan’s Jingshan Recreation Area (菁山遊憩區) and the BBQ area in Mingde Amusement Park (明德樂園). However, here we have some notes of caution for you. While enjoying yourself, please be responsible. Medical research shows that improper barbecuing exposes you to carcinogens, so pay special attention to the equipment and materials you use. In addition, if you want to be as eco-friendly as possible and minimize your carbon footprint, you might consider a great meal at one of the city’s BBQ joints and then heading out for some exhilarating and pollution-free street walks or a promenade in the park under the big, round, perfect moon. Discover Taipei FEATURE The Mid-Autumn Barbecue Healthy Eating without Negatives he Mid-Autumn Festival barbecue has become a de Trigeuer celebratory tradition with the people in Taipei. As festival time nears, the shelves of both traditional and modern markets fill up with the freshest of barbecuing ingredients, and all the apparatus you’ll need can be found on the outlet shelves of supermarket and convenience-store chains. The denizens of the city start chomping at the bit, eagerly awaiting the big day’s arrival. In this day of heightened consciousness regarding both eco-friendliness and healthy lifestyles, however, buying the necessary ingredients and implements is not an issue, but the question of how to properly barbecue decidedly is. In addition, to save wear and tear of Taipei’s local 1 environment as a result of the mass movement of outdoor festival barbecuing, the choice of officially approved barbecue sites is essential. And seeing that this year’s festival day falls on a weekend, Sept. 14th, this means that Taipei’s great numbers of weekend fun-seekers will already be out in pursuit of leisure and recreation in their two days off work and school. If you plan on doing any barbecuing outside the hope, there is a word to the wise—book a spot ahead, and well ahead! How do you ensure your approach to barbecuing ensures delicious eating that is also healthy and hygienic？ First, make sure that you do purchase what you need when you buy your foodstuffs—no gluttony or waste. Buy fresh materials that have undergone either no processing or as little as possible, and make sure the meats are CAS- 2 approved, ensuring quality. When barbecuing, keep raw and cooked foods separate; a separate set of chopping boards, knives, bowls, and chopsticks is suggested for each, to prevent germ and bacteria contamination. It is specially important to keep uncooked seafoods away from other foods. Since many people barbecue on just this day each year, to keep yourself from troubles you might consider taking advantage of the experienced services of Xiang Chuan Chuan (Strings of Fragrance) Barbecue, a government-inspected and –approved enterprise in business more than 20 years that not only provides all meats and implements in one package but also provides a location for barbecuing and invaluable instructions as well. It is a great deal. 3 2-3. Photo by Yang Zhi-ren Discover Taipei 1.When choosing BBQ ingredients, make sure your meat is fresh and certified. 2.By choosing officially sanctioned BBQ sites you ensure that Taipei’s ecology will not be harmed. 3.The campsite at Dajia Riverside Park. 4.The BBQ area at Mingde Amusement Park, abundant in eco-beauty, mountains, and flowing waters. 5.The large-scale Mingde BBQ area has a capacity of 700 people. 6.The grassy grounds and picnic platform of the Bishan campground. Authorized Barbecue Locations Dedicated and Safe Finding a proper BBQ spot should be your item of first importance. A place outdoors that enjoys good ventilation is a must, for when animal greases drop into coals while cooking, chemical changes would occur and create materials harmful to health should you breathe them in. Among many local sites that have BBQ facilities that have fully passed the city’s safety standards, perhaps the best are the Taipei riverside parks, Mingde Amusement Park (明德樂園), the Jingshan Resort (菁山遊憩區) on Yangmingshan, and the Neihu Bishan Campground (內湖碧山露營場).
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