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Cover Story
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Illustrious! New Departures in the
Wondrous World of Illustration

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The Bologna Childrens Book Fair:
Drawing the Best Out of Taiwans
Illustrators

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Entering Illustrated Worlds:
Joyous Encounters with Picture Books

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Hand in Hand for Creativity:
Adventures of the Imagination

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Postcards from Home

Jumping off the Page:
Picture Book Transformations

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Taiwans Most Beautiful Bay in the
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Cover: Illustrators create wondrous worlds
of the imagination, leading us on enchanted
journeys. (photo by Chuang Kung-ju) Retro Culture
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Vinyl Revival:
New Wave, Old School

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Vinyl SpacesA Musical Time Machine

Artists and Artisans
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Music from the Lips
International Acclaim
for a Father-and-Son Duo

New Takes on Folk Culture
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The Soulangh International Contemporary
Art Festival

Photo Essay
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The Immigrant Dream

Overseas Assistance
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ASEAN and South Asia Workshop
The ICDF Works
to Deepen the Talent Pool

New Departures in the Wondrous World of Illustration

Picture books unite images with literature,
making them a type of creative work that
merges the left brain and the right brain.
Liu Hsu-kung

A good illustrator is a person
who can think for themselves,
and can tell stories.
Hsiao Ching-lien

Illustrated books remind each adult
that they were once a child.
Page Tsou

It probably wouldnt matter to anyone in Taiwan if
there were one fewer deliveryman, but for there to be
another illustrator, well, that might be very interesting.
Hsu Ming-hung
photos: Chuang Kung-ju, Jimmy Lin, Lin Min-hsuan design: Henry Wang
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The air in Bologna is full of passion

for publishing. Both illustrators and
publishers are anxious to get noticed.
Sarah Ko
C olors, lines, geometric shapes. Watercol- Drawing and painting for me

are as natural and important
ors, pencils, acrylics. Cut paper, collages,
as breathing.
embroidery. The forms taken by illustration are
Cindy Wume
many and varied, enriching our visual world.
Through the settings and moods generated
by the artists, illustrated storybooks evoke our
moods, our past, our hopes. Reading illustrated
books is a path to opening the imagination, a kind
of magic that breeds happiness. Lets open the
cover on this wondrous and fascinating world and
take an in-depth look at whats inside! l
(Chen Chun-fang/tr. by Phil Newell)

Images are a type of language. Through vision one
can come into contact with so many different shapes,
lines, and colors. Its a rich form of happiness.
Rex How

All intuition is built on reason. Literature, art,
and music use reason to convey emotion.
Hao Kuang-tsai
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C h il d r e n s Book Fair :
The Bologn a rs
O u t o f Taiwans Illustrato
Best
Drawing the

1967

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T he annual Bologna Chil -

drens Book Fair is an inter-
national trendsetter, and since
an Illustrators Exhibition was
added to the show in 1967 it has
sought out the most creative and
outstanding works of illustra-
tion, attracting the worlds top
publishers and illustrators.
The first time that a Taiwan-
ese illustrator was invited to
participate came in 1989, with
the selection of Hsu Su-hsia for

photo by Chuang Kung-ju
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2016

Wang Amann was able to express the traditional craft of paper-folding through
her meticulous illustrations, earning her a place in the 2016 Bologna Illustrators
Exhibition. (image above courtesy of Wang Amman; image at left courtesy of
Papa Publishing House)

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2015


The Huashan 1914 Creative Park
hosted a special exhibition of
illustrations that had previously been
shown at the Bologna Childrens Book
Fair. The multinational event was a feast
for the eyes. (photo by Chuang Kung-ju)
Faced with competition from Eu-

ropean and American publishers,
the TBFF asked Page Tsou to be the
curator. Based on his own extensive
experiencehe has been included
in the Illustrators Exhibition four
timesTsou chose the theme Mu-
seum of the Fantastic.
In the search for innovative and
groundbreaking illustration ideas,
the Museum incorporated works
Water Buffalo and Straw Man a special mention in the Art Books not only from mainstream illustra-
(originally published in 1986). category for The Gift. tors but also from people on the
Since then, 45 Taiwanese have Exhibited entries from Taiwan are outside such as designers and ad-
participated a cumulative total very diverse, covering everything vertising artists, giving them their
of 56 times. Virtually every year from emotive works like Teng Yus chance to strut their stuff on the
illustrated works from Taiwan, on The Way Home to the depiction of the international stage.
a wide variety of topics, have been traditional craft of paper-folding by The Museum was divided into
included, showcasing Taiwans Wang Amann in Paper House Effigy. three sections, one for publishers,
creative capabilities to the world. These are prime examples of the one for illustrators, and one called
creativity of Taiwanese illustrators, the Meeting Place. The basic con-
In 2016, a record seven illus- but less well known is that they also cept was to create the feel of an art
trators from Taiwan were chosen represent the fruits of a great deal of gallery, with 136 elite works from
for inclusion in the Bologna Illus- behind-the-scenes support that has 30 Taiwanese artists hanging on
trators Exhibition, accounting for helped illustration from Taiwan get the walls.
one out of every 11 of the 77 par- to and stay at the global level. At the center of the Museum
ticipants from around the world. Museum of the Fantastic was a circular counter, like an in-
The year before, 2015, had marked For many years the Taipei Book formation desk, displaying works
the first time that a Taiwanese Fair Foundation has been able to set with high potential for interna-
illustrator was recognized in the up a Taiwan Pavilion at the Bolo- tional copyright sales. The overall
coveted Ra gazzi Awards, when gna Childrens Book Fair, but they visual effect was of a green forest
Sun Hsin-yu was given a special did not get the chance to do so in with soft lighting, creating a unique
mention in the Non-Fiction cate- 2017. Instead, the TBFFs Rex How and tranquil space in the center of
gory for One Day in Beijing. This set came up with the idea of having what was, after all, a competitive
a precedent that was duplicated in private-sector actors mount their commercial fair for businesspeople.
2016, when Tsai Chao-lun garnered own exhibit. With the support of the The ambience alone attracted quite
a special mention in the Disability TBFF and non-governmental groups, a few visitors to stop in.
category for I Cant See, and again money was collected to apply to the At the end of the book fair,
this year, with Page Tsou getting Bologna organizers for a booth. the TBFF donated all the works
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Meeting Place3
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The creative team behind Taiwans 136
Museum of the Fantastic in Bologna in

2017 put a lot of thought into their project,
which attracted positive international
feedback. (courtesy of Rex How)

P u b l i s h e r s 8
I l l u s t r a t o r s Salaborsa

exhibited at the Museum to the Zi kai Chinese Childrens Picture Grimm Press publisher Hao
Salaborsa public library in Bologna, Book Award and co-curator of the Kuang-tsai remarks that for a long
ensuring that Taiwanese illustration Museum of the Fantastic exhibit. time now the emphasis in Taiwanese
will continue to shine in Italy. Looking at the big picture in Tai- education has been on passing ex-
Getting into the global market wans publishing industry, trans- ams to test into better schools at the
While many major international lated books make up more than next level. Especially once students
publishing fairs focus on the exhibi- 80% of the titles on the market. If leave middle school (7th through
tion and sale of books themselves, domestically produced illustrated 9th grade) they are exposed to more
the original purpose behind the books cant even win in the local text and fewer images. But the vi-
Bologna event was the licensing of market, how can they compete sual sense needed for illustration
copyrightscreating a place where internationally? This is especially and graphics is an aesthetic sense
publishers and illustrators could the case given that while Taiwans that should be cultivated from a
talk business. Taiwan is a relative picture-book sector appears to young age. Otherwise, how can Tai-
newcomer to the copyright licens- have flourished in recent years, in wan develop the creative talent of
ing market, and the primary task at fact most of the material has been the future for movies, photography,
this point is to raise Taiwans profile in the educational category. When illustration, and other art forms?
with international buyers, observes you look, on the other hand, at the The production lead time for
Sarah Ko, a consultant for the Feng Bologna event, you see that inter- translated foreign picture books is
nationally picture books cover a short and they find a ready mar-
much wider range of topics, even ket. In contrast, the lead time for
including homosexuality and domestic products in Taiwan is
death. You rarely see such themes longer, from several months up to
in Taiwan, partly because the mar- a few years. But illustrated books
Rex How recruited the private sector to
lead the charge to Bologna in 2017. All ket for illustrated books is limited do have certain advantages, in that
the works exhibited at the Taiwan booth
were later donated to a local library with and printing costs are quite high, they are easily accessible to readers
a rich cultural heritage of its own. (left so that taking on non-mainstream and present low cultural barriers.
photo courtesy of Rex How; right photo by
Chuang Kung-ju) subjects is quite risky. Considering that Taiwan is already
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A Child of Books
A Child of Books, by Sam Winston and Oliver Jeffers, has
illustrations assembled out of letters; the technique is an
astonishingly effective new departure.

internationally recognized for the
quality of its illustrators, more
should be done to push locally
produced picture books into the in-
ternational market.
An industry on the rise
Besides expanding subject matter
for illustrated works, another area
in which Taiwan cannot afford to
lag behind is that of professional ed-
itorial teams.
Page Tsou points to his own ex-
perience of cooperation with inter-
national publishers. Overseas, there
are editors separately responsible
for the text and the illustrations,
staying in contact with the writer
and illustrator respectively. Spe-
cialized illustration editors are like
guides, and can provide extremely
insightful ideas and opinions to
illustrators, while direct conversa-
tions between the two can often lead
to exciting new inspirations.
In order to upgrade the interna-
tional competitiveness of Taiwans
childrens books, it is obviously very
important to learn from the experi-
ence of foreign publishing specialists
with editorial skills and experience.
This is the reason why the Museum
of the Fantastic organized a special
Sarah Ko has high hopes that Taiwans illustrated book sector will continue to upgrade
session in which international con- and produce even more original works with worldwide appeal.
sultants were asked to make sugges-
tions to the creators and editors of standing; it is original and creative the girl in tears, so the grandmother
three books currently in preparation. in artistic terms; or it can take an old stays up all night sewing the cos-
This not only helped raise the qual- topic and shed new light on it, or tume by hand, allowing the girl to
ity of the books themselves, but was examine it from a fresh angle. give her performance as scheduled.
an invaluable opportunity for Tai- For instance, says Ko, look at the Most stories would end right there,
wanese editors to observe and learn. work Grannys Favourite Toy, writ- but Lynn extended the plot. She
Sarah Ko suggests that any book ten and illustrated by Bei Lynn. A had the girl and her father hatch a
likely to sell well internationally has young girl asks her grandmother, secret plan to transform the sewing
to meet one or more of three criteria: who has a sewing machine, to make machine into a table. The book ends
it reflects the special features of its a costume for a performance. The with an image of the girl and her
culture of origin, but not to the ex- day before the performance the sew- grandmother happily having tea at
tent these become barriers to under- ing machine breaks down, leaving the newly made table.
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Page Tsou has carved out a career as an illustrator, winning numerous
international accolades along the way and finding many opportunities to work
with overseas partners.

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Lynn adopts a first-person point profound idea or philosophy of life. as many international competitions
of view, so the writing and the The background for Page Tsous The as possible, such as those sponsored
drawings are done the way a child Gift was the influential book Ways by illustrators associations in the
would do them, evoking the nave of Seeing (1972) by John Berger. Tsou US and the UK or by arts publica-
energy of a young girl. Especially adapted the form of an illustrated tions. Young people must, he says,
interesting is the way that Lynn, book to express the limitless pos- expand their horizons to a global
through text and pictures, expresses sibilities for art appreciation. By level, and continually search for
the soundthe voice, one might focusing on subject matter that tran- and refine their strengthsthats
sayof the sewing machine. The scends borders, Tsou has already the only way to get noticed.
book encourages children to trea- attracted attention from numerous Since the first Taiwanese illus-
sure old artifacts and to use their overseas publishers anxious to ne- trator to participate in the Bologna
imaginations, things that an inter- gotiate for the rights. Childrens Book Fair did so 28 years
national audience can readily iden- Based on his own experience, ago, illustrators have come a long
tify with. Tsou warns young illustrators that way in Taiwan and have done great
Although the stories in picture making a career in the field is not things. What will the future hold?
books are simple, they can have easy, even if you win a celebrated So long as creative new minds keep
hidden depth and be informed by a prize. He encourages them to enter entering the field, the dynamism of
this art form in Taiwan promises to
be inexhaustible. l
(Chen Chun-fang/
If everyone continues working diligently, there is no reason why the creative
force with which Taiwans illustration world is currently suffused should photos by Jimmy Lin/
not be able to continue to shine at the global level. (courtesy of Rex How) tr. by Phil Newell)
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n te ri n g Il lu s tr ated Worlds:
E
ters
Joyous Encoun
oks
with Picture Bo

1989

S ince 1989, illustrators from

Taiwan have often been se-
lected for the Illustrators Exhi-
bition of the Bologna Childrens
Book Fair. Selection is a vote of
confidence, an affirmation of an
illustrators ability. Brushstroke
by brushstroke, Taiwans illus-
trators are painting a beautiful
picture of our island nation for
all the world to see. Liu Hsu-kung

Hsu Ming-hung Cindy Wume
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Never losing his innocence, Liu Hsu-kung

puts in an appearance in this illustration
in Tell Me, Can You Touch the Bottom?
(courtesy of Liu Hsu-kung)

Three such illustrators are Liu life. For instance, the story he told in
2015
Hsu-kung, author of Whose Stop Is Tell Me, Can You Touch the Bottom?

This?, a story about a family of cars, winner of the 18th Hsin-Yi Illus- Liu Hsu-kungs Whose Stop Is This?
was selected for the 2015 Bologna
Hsu Ming-hung, author of The Last trated Book Awardwas inspired Illustrators Exhibition. (courtesy of
Three Things, a retrospective reverie by a scary experience Liu had in Liu Hsu-kung)
on important scenes in life, and a swimming hole. Another book,

Cindy Wume, whose Farewell is a entitled Off to Tortoiseland, was the
meditation on loneliness. result of a conversation he had with
Liu Hsu-kung: Lucy Chen about a friends delayed scenarios like the story of The Little
Imagination as a superpower reactions: this friend would finally Paper Boat: tipping the scales at two
Liu first encountered illustrated get jokes five minutes after every- beans, the little paper boat should
books when he was preparing for one else had stopped laughing. The only be able to carry a load of three
the entrance exam for graduate anecdote made Liu wonder what beans, but somehow manages to
school. To rediscover his childhood would happen if a hare went to ferry an elephant and a lion across a
love of drawing, he attended a class Tortoiseland. river. Its a story with a nonsensical
taught by Lucy Chen, who mentored With a background in the sci- twist that will charm children and
him and invited him to be one of the ences, he structures his stories amuse their parents.
founding members of the Childrens meticulously. He might consider as For Liu, illustrating has actually
Book Book Club in 1996. At the age many as ten different plots before been a process of self-discovery.
of 33 he quit his full-time job and deciding on how the tale should Once he felt inadequate because,
started to illustrate childrens books unfold. In all cases, he aims to avoid unlike most illustrators, he never
full time. Its been 21 years. rehashing the same clichs. His cre- went to art school. But then he de-
Lius main inspiration is daily ative process results in fresh, funny cided technique was less important
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baby
baby

Is skin color important? The Orange
Horse prompts reflection on issues
of race. (courtesy of Liu Hsu-kung)

I Want to Eat Durians! did well in
Thailand, which produces lots of
durians. (courtesy of Liu Hsu-kung)

2015


(courtesy of Hsu Ming-hung)
than his childlike love of the me- Hsu Ming-hung: how he worked earlier on, requiring
dium. Illustrating is also a very in- From realism to lyricism himself to meet exacting standards
tellectual activity for Liu Hsu-kung: It probably wouldnt matter to of light, material and perspective;
during our interview he kept on anyone in Taiwan if there were one he thought that was true skill.
engaging himself in a philosophical, fewer deliveryman, but for there But after his grandfather passed
almost scholarly dialogue, his way to be another illustrator, well, that away, he was called back from his
of seeking better answers to diffi- might be very interesting, says Hsu job at a design firm to work as a de-
cult questions. Ming-hung, who was selected to liveryman for the family business, a
Liu feels lucky to have had the take part in the Bologna Illustrators grocery shop. Though he was help-
chance to take this road in life: Exhibition in 2015. ing out at the shop, he never lost
My technique still isnt anything Unlike Liu Hsu-kung, Hsu did his love of art. Seven years later he
special, but I can express my fantas- go to art school, where he acquired finally took up his brush again, but
tical ideas through art, publish my a formidable almost photorealist this time he changed his approach,
works, and make a living. Taiwan, technique. He can paint pictures in forgetting all the rules he learned
too, is lucky to have a superhero of which iron looks like iron, water at art school and instead conveying
the imagination in Liu Hsu-kung. like water, just like life. And thats his finer feelings onto the page. He
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Selected for the Bologna Illustrators
Exhibition, The Last Three Things
explores the authors psychological
landscape. (courtesy of Hsu Ming-
hung)

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credits his wife, fellow illustrator The work that won Hsu an invite remained the same: he gets up and
Hsueh Huiyin, for his change of tack. to Bologna is The Last Three Things, draws in the morning and helps out
Once he used to check his work which he finished three years after at the family store in the afternoon.
against a photograph, not explor- he started creating art again. The il- He still dreams of taking another
ing inner realms. But after his lustrations were originally supposed trip into the larger world, but feels
wife introduced him to a more to be for a work of fiction about a he can take it one step at a time. One
subjective kind of illustrated book watchmakers workshop in the for- more illustrator in the world really
he discovered his fondness for a est. But Hsu ended up adding here is something, because he makes the
simpler, more down-to-earth style. and there, introducing new plot real world a more interesting place
With this approach to illustration developments as he painted new to live in.
its easier to see the true emotional pictures. It turned into the story of Cindy Wume:
inspiration. a person who happens to buy three Painting freestyle
magical bottles; that evening he Cindy Wume has come full circle:
dreams of three formative events after three years in an art stream in
in his life, journeying deep into the junior high, she left art to try other
landscape of his mind. It was this things in high school and college,
The Closest and the Farthest profound psychological exploration but has now decided to return to art,
Distance. Hsu Ming-hung excels in that caught the eye of the judges. to center her life around drawing
developing stories set in a single
space. (courtesy of Hsu Ming-hung) Since the exhibition, his life has and painting.

Breaking the rules he learned in art
school has instilled Hsu Ming-hungs life
in illustration with leisure and poetry.
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(courtesy of Cindy Wume)

Farewell local friends, both of which helped Check out her Instagram ac-
Cindy Wumes Farewell draws loneliness

her realize that life isnt just about count and youll see in over a hun-
with simple lines and colors. finding a steady job. dred works how hard she tries. A
(courtesy of Cindy Wume)
Maybe everyone can find some habit she picked up in England, she
form of labor that isnt work. For carries a sketchbook with her wher-
To me, painting is something Wume its painting. But enjoying ever she goes and draws whatever
I always enjoyed, but when I got something is hardly the same thing she sees. Less is more, a principle
to high school I was under a lot of as doing it professionally. So she she learned from her teacher in
pressure and didnt find the same decided to go to England to study England, is her motto. Her style is
pleasure in it. So she switched to illustration. simple, her palette plain, but her
a regular academic high school and She had some setbacks along pictures are filled with emotion
took foreign languages at National the way. She went back to zero, and childlike whimsy. A person
Cheng Kung University, where, had to start all over again when who often describes her approach
after classes, she used to participate she realized how far behind her to drawing as freestyle, she never
in nongovernmental organization classmates she was. Sometimes she makes a draft before she paints.
projects. On one such project she just couldnt get it right. I felt like Instead, she does the composition
went to India to provide assistance Id never see the day when I got in her mind, in order to retain free-
to impoverished children. At first really good, she said, reliving her dom when she puts brush or pen to
I was teaching them English, but despondency. But she never gave paper.
then I started showing them how to up. She persevered, often spend- The work that was accepted for
draw. Thats how she rediscovered ing over ten hours a day drawing. the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition
the joy of drawing. She did a lot of Sometimes it was all she did be- is called Farewell. It was actually
doodling in India and made some sides eating, bathing and sleeping. h e r g r a d u a t i o n p ro j e c t f o r a r t
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Cindy Wume experiments with
many different media. (cover
design for Artcokids magazine,
courtesy of Cindy Wume)

Farewell

2016

Instagram

less is more
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Cindy Wumes lines and palette may be

spare, but her work is full of emotion and
childlike appeal. (courtesy of Cindy Wume)
school in England. It was a stroke of good

luck that she was selected, and an affirma-
tion. It gave her an injection of energy when
her self-confidence was low. It was also an
opportunity to get noticed, and to keep on
moving towards a career in illustration.
Having decided to make a living at il-
lustration, she came back from England last
year. At first, she was just getting started,
and felt like she couldnt let any opportu-
nity go. Soon, she had taken on a lot of dif-
ferent projects. But now she chooses to leave
some space blank in her daily life, time
she spends creatingmaking her own art
and writing her own stories.
To Wume, painting is life, and drawing is
like breathing, both natural and necessary.
On her Facebook you can often see her shar-
ing her sketches, which she makes when she
is traveling or at a caf.
Having entered the worlds of illustrators
and listened to their stories, maybe one day
you too will want to take up the pen and
doodle your thoughts and feelings. l
(Cathy Teng/photos by Chuang Kung-ju/
tr. by Darryl Sterk)
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a n d fo r C r e ativity:
Hand in H
s o f t h e I m agination
Adventur e

W hen reading a picture

storybook for children, do
you first read the words, or look
at the pictures?
In a world controlled by logic
and language, most people read
the words before checking out the
illustrations. But in recent chil-
drens literature from Taiwan the
pictures are no longer playing a
supporting role, but have become
the main means by which the
story is told.

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2014

Hsiao Ching-lien is the one who finds and develops local talent to publish one beautiful,
finely made illustrated book after another.

3

Emily

Insisting on doing its own books
from scratch, Papa Publishing
House has become a stage for
Taiwans illustrators to shine on.
A good illustrator is also a

thoughtful, sensitive reader. In
seeking out new talent, Papa doesnt
factor educational background or
technical mastery as highly as the
ability to tell a story, and to tell a
story you have to be a good reader.
You need to have a feel for liter-
ature, to intuit the feelings that re-
mained implicit in the text. Actually,
the visual and the verbal are simply
two approaches to storytelling.
Many illustrators are diamonds
in the rough that an editor has to
have the discernment to recognize
and the skill to polish until they
shine.
Lee Yitings Let Me Play a Bit Lon-
ger had been in the works for three
years before publication this year.
It started out as the story of a bear
cub that doesnt want to go to sleep,
even when it comes time to hiber-
nate. The sleepy Momma Bear has
When we saw the illustrations in Founded six years ago in Tai- had enough. She goes online to find
an online exhibition, explains Hsiao wans small, diversified, cost- out why bears need to hibernate,
Ching-lien, editor at Papa Publish- conscious childrens book market, but by the time shes discovered the
ing House, we felt the artist had a Papa has gone its own way by answer the cub has drifted off.
good sense of light and line, that the investing time and energy to build Hsiao liked the premise, but felt
art displayed great delicacy. So we a stage for Taiwans illustrators. Be- there were too many books about
invited Sixty-Nine to come over for cause of Papa, illustrators are now sleep aversion. Lee was willing to
a visit. But when a big, tall figure ap- telling the stories, not just embel- revise, but pretty soon they both got
peared in the doorway we cried: its lishing the texts. stuck in the revision process. One
a boy! We had assumed that, with Papa Publishing House: day Hsiao asked Lee to put the visu-
that style, he must be a girl. No longer second fiddle als aside and focus on the story. Lee
Ms. Hsiao strives to discover The visuals are central, because agreed, and the story they ended up
local talent like Sixty-Nine: artists they set the mood for the entire writing was about a cub that didnt
with fresh, distinctive styles. book, Hsiao explains. want to put away its toys.
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Papa Publishing House:
The Brain Asteroid Series

Brain Asteroid is the first creative platform in Taiwan

built exclusively for childrens book illustrators. From the
premise to the words to the illustrations, the illustrators han-
dle everything. Illustrators follow a distinct creative path.
For Chen Peihsiu, that path began with the desire to draw
something with a different touch, and it led to Sleeping All
Day Long. For Lee Jo-shin, it began with a picture she did of
an owl, and it led to a story told by an owl, called Benjamin.

Grimm Press:
The Giant and the Spring
With a spare, clean style, The Giant and the Spring

was the first book Grimm published, and the first
sale of foreign rights for the illustrator Eva Wang.
Among the Taiwanese illustrators works published
by Grimm, its one of those for which the most for-
eign rights have been sold.
Reading the draft we were both fer local illustrators a stage, a plat- many, and other countries. With
anxious, but also excited: we felt form. Its not easy to do it all your- outstanding artistic design and
wed finally gotten everything just self, but its necessary if you want marketing savvy, Grimm has made
rightthe story, the pacing, and the to take Taiwans editorial game to a name for itself in the international
visual design. Hsiaos face fairly the next level. market, winning the Best Chil-
glows as she recounts the magic Grimm Press: drens Publisher of the Year award
moment when the revision came An international stage at the Bologna Childrens Book Fair
together. While Papa Publishing House in 2014.
Hsiao never asks artists to imi- discovers sharp young illustrators, Given the universality of the lan-
tate. When they deliver something Grimm Press aims to increase the guage of art, the nationality of the
different from the original design, international visibility of Taiwans artist isnt the main consideration
she wont immediately reject it or childrens literature. for Grimm. Publisher Hao stresses
tell the artist what to do next. The Hao Kuang-tsai, the publisher at that quality is the top priority,
first question is always: Whyd Grimm, thinks that given the size not where theyre from. Hao has
you do it this way? of the childrens book market and worked with almost 400 illustrators
Papa is all about helping the il- the talent pool in Taiwan, the only from 32 countries around the world,
lustrator find the core creative idea. way forward for Grimm is to go illustrators like the internationally
Papa refuses to do translations. international. renowned Italian Giuliano Ferri,
Every book is crafted from scratch. Indeed, over half of Grimms whose first book, One Penny, One
Editor-in-chief Barkley Kuo has annual profits come from the sale Pizza, was a Grimm collaboration.
hoped since Papas founding not of international rights in the United In addition to a distinctive style,
just to create good books but to of- States, Britain, Japan, France, Ger- a good illustrator has what Hao
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With decades doing childrens books,
Grimm Press works with talent from
around the world, and is bringing
Taiwans illustrated books to the world.

2014

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Grimms publisher Hao Kuang-tsai insists

on doing every book right to have a
chance on the international market.
calls structure. Hes thinking of il-

lustrators like Eva Wang and Jimmy
Liao, for whose works Grimm has
sold the most foreign rights.
Hao is thinking about setting up
an art school for illustrators from
Asia. I want to make some soil
for Taiwans illustrators to grow in,
to give them a place to go to get a
professional training. Twenty-four
years after its founding, Grimm is
not only a window on Taiwan for
the world but also an aspiring ed-
ucator. Hao is doing all he can to
improve the environment for illus-
trators.
Creative division of labor
The illustrator 25Degrees is 25
years old. Last year he did his first
batch of work for the Mystery
Library Detective series of Com-
monwealth Education Media &
Publishing. The matchmaker for
this collaboration was Archi Lin, an
agent for illustrators at Foxy bug.
With their fruitful collaboration now
in its second year, 25Degrees leaves
the business side of things up to Lin,
so he can focus on being creative.
Lin has been an agent for over
a year. In addition to talking busi-
ness and doing deals, he provides
administrative support, including
space rental, fee collection, and
handouts, for classes that illustra-
tors like 25Degrees are teaching.
Last year, Lin and 25Degrees
took a number of works by Taiwan-
ese illustrators to the Illustration
Arts Fest 2016 in Singapore, put on
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2525
25
225
25
Duga&Hook
(facing page) The agent Archi Lin handles
the business side of things so illustrators
can focus on the creative process. (lower
image courtesy of Duga&Hook)
A lot of hard work has brought beautiful

illustrations from Taiwan to the world.
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annually by the local illustrators Lin hopes to find a wider audience
association. Back in Taiwan, Lin for their works, creating a better
brought the illustrators he rep- environment for them to create in.
resents up to speed on international In sum, to raise the profile of
trends and brought back encourag- illustrated books from Taiwan, tal-
ing news: the very positive recep- ented illustrators need the help of
tion illustrated works from Taiwan editors, publishers, and agents, the
got at the IAF. people who build bridges between

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Lin likes to draw, but never Taiwan and the world.

became a professional illustrator. (Chang Ching-wen/
Instead, he became a nanny to photos by Lin Min-hsuan/
l other illustrators. As their agent, tr. by Darryl Sterk)
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Jumping ansfor mations
ook Tr
Picture B

I llustrators draw on their rich

stores of creativity to design
e x u b e r a n t l y c o l o r f u l p i c t u re
books. Today these illustrations
are jumping off the page to enter
the real world through emotively
vocal readings, props that parents
and children can play with to-
gether, or stage readings accompa-
nied by orchestral performances.
These transdisciplinary mashups
are putting a new spin on experi-
encing the childlike world of pic-
ture books, in ways that can warm
the hearts of old and young alike.

(courtesy of the NSO)
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2010
01
English Funtime
Workshop

Ted Hayashi hopes that the imaginative
spaces created by picture books can help
children and adults alike experience the
joys of reading.

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Shimarisu Picture Books is filled
with the sounds of storytelling,
laughter, and childrens voices.
ingly attracted six families. That

greatly boosted his confidence, and
over the years he has added a 01
infant class, English Funtime, a
childrens illustration workshop,
and a secret base for stories class.
Nowadays, participants need to
register a month ahead of time.
Hayashis decision to open an
illustrated books shop is connected
to his childhood. He recalls how
his grandmother would recount
folktales and his mother would take
the time to read bedside stories to
him. When he was six, he received
two picture books that a friend of
his parents brought back from the
United States. The rich illustrations
spurred Hayashis imagination. For
a long period, he would read those
two books over and over, utterly
captivated.
From his deeply felt experience
with the charms of picture books,
as well as an irreplaceable sense of
intimacy with the members of his
A tranquil shop occupies a cor the neighborhood was not to maxi family that grew out of books and
ner location in East Tai peis bus mize profit, but rather because To storytelling, he has steered Shima
tling commercial district. But rather kyos Ginza, New Yorks Manhattan risu toward increasing parentchild
than selling the latest fashionable and other ritzy areas of interna activities and cultivating childrens
items, its racks are full of colorful tional cities all have stores special reading habits.
picture books. When people enter izing in illustrated books. Bustling Apart from the operations of the
this youthful and fun space, they Taipei ought to have its own stylish store, some years ago, in the wake
leave their worries behind them. childrens bookstore, he thought. of the floods caused by Typhoon
Conveying an intangible treasure Not long after Shimarisu opened, Mo ra kot in August 2009, he vol
This is Shimarisu Picture Books, Ha ya shi organized its first book unteered for a service mission to
which was opened in 2010 by Ted reading. Although the activity was affected Aboriginal villages. Out
Hayashi. His rationale for selecting held with little fanfare, it surpris of that experience came Hayashis
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The National Symphony Orchestras
Kids Concert Series cultivates an
aesthetic sensibility in children.
(courtesy of the NSO)

4

2003


plan to read stories in kindergartens Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, they horn to represent the wolf. Percus
nationwide. Although resources and projected onto the stages backdrop sion is used to signify gunfire. The
compassion were pouring into the The New Clothes of the King of Yasi. music and narration create an alter
devastated areas from across Tai The author of the books text, Liu nately tense and joyous atmosphere.
wan, there wasnt a strong reading Qing yan, read aloud up on stage. It is a classic among musical perfor
ethos in the tribal villages, so do The majestic symphony sounded to mances oriented toward children.
nated books were just stacked idly accompany the bright illustrations, Joyce Chiou, executive director
in warehouses. That pained him. leading everyone to enter the world of the NSO, explains that back when
Consequently, he worked with non of beetles as explored by Yasi, who they originally started planning this
profit kindergartens from various has Aspergers. program, they would first decide on
places and brought his employees to The My Little Big World con the music and then plan and struc
tell stories to the children and pro cert was held in April of this year ture the narrative elements. A fan of
mote picture books. Hayashi grew as part of the NSOs longstanding picture books, she has discovered
up mostly in Japan and his Manda Kids Concert Series, which has that Taiwan is producing illustrated
rin is weak, so he used Taiwanese since 2003 integrated music and art, books of ever higher quality, so the
to read the books. Sometimes, they hoping to spark childrens aesthetic NSO has started looking for suitable
would dress up as Santas. Seeing the sensibilities. art first and then looking for music
childrens rapt attention and sense When the concert series was first to match. They have even asked
of expectation, he understood that established, the orchestra looked composers to write music for the
he was planting seeds of reading, for a performance repertoire from illustrations.
which would germinate in them. within the Western classical tradi For instance, they invited com
Listen! Illustrations are singing tion. Peter and the Wolf is a famous poser Chen Ting chuan to create
When the National Symphony symphonic fairytale that uses a flute music for Bei Lynns picture book
Orchestra played Handels The to represent a bird and a French Grannys Favorite Toy, and they asked
Lynn herself to get up on stage at
the concert and read from her book.
The NSO also once invited
the illustrator He Yun zhi to paint
during performances, with a feed
of her worksinprogress projected
on stage. At the four concerts she
joined that year, she used different
media and materials, such as sea
sponges, toy car wheels and other
improvised materials, to convey the
spirit behind Spring in Vivaldis
The Four Seasons.

Jimmy Liaos books have been turned into
large-scale installations, bringing their rich
imagery into everyday life.
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H T C

VRvirtual
reality
360

VR
VR

For virtual reality to be convincing,
4 meticulous consideration must be
given to the relative size of the
characters. (courtesy of Jimmy SPA)

Chious enthusiasm for picture Jimmy Liaos books by crossing dis to Jimmys book All My World Is
books has infected other members ciplinessuch as by turning them You, moving what had existed on
of the NSO. Everybody pays atten into movies and plays. In a similar the twodimensional surface of the
tion to the latest childrens books vein, take the huge mural at the page to the three dimensions of VR.
to hit the market, so that they can Nangang MRT station in Taipei or All My World Is You tells the story
collect the ones that are suitable for the Happy Station at Yilans train of a little girl who loses a puppy she
performances. From these, three station. Both have turned scenes loves dearly. Missing the puppy,
of four are selected to match per and characters from Jimmys books she traipses through the rooms of
formances of various kinds, as the into largescale installations, bring an abandoned hotel formerly run
NSO continues to imagine bound ing a picture books imaginative by her family, trying to find mem
less new possibilities for blending flights of fancy into the reality of ories of herself and the dog. Many
picture books with music. everyday life. different characters wander into the
Picture books to virtual reality Last year smartphone maker drama as she gradually accepts the
Jimmy SPA Plus Co., Ltd. has HTC and Next Animation Studio little black dogs death, eventually
long been working on transforming collaborated to bring virtual reality happily embracing her memories.
VR

Wearing VR headsets brings people inside the landscapes
created by Jimmy for his picture books.
(images at left courtesy of Jimmy SPA)
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A trip to Yilans Happy Station will give you a sense of the childlike innocence of
Jimmys world. VR

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With a VR headset strapped moves, lighting up the virtual scene important that you produce some
on, the vivid illustrations from the and leading the players into the thing that conveys the original cre
book are turned before ones eyes wandering womans memories. ative spirit of Jimmys illustrations.
into imaginative threedimensional Eventually she ends up out in the H T C Vi v e s V R e x p e r i e n c e
spaces. This time one could choose middle of the sea, surrounded by Jimmy Liaos All of My World
among four separate segments spun colorful balloons as the crescent Is You was a hit at the Frankfurt
off from the book: The Gardener moon emerges from the water and Book Fair 2016, and areas have
and the Big Fat Tree, which dis the girl and the little dog happily been establised at both Tai peis
cusses the idea of letting go; The wave goodbye. Syntrend Creative Park and Yilans
Monster and the Television, which Illustrated books are twodimen Happy Station for people to try it
expresses the value of cherishment; sional media, and to be experienced out, breaking down the distance be
The Mover and the Piano, which in VR, Youve got to extend the tween Jimmys work and the public.
interprets the importance of making books story and provide 360degree As the creative imagination
new starts; and finally The Wan scenes, says Lee Yu san, general found in these illustrations is
dering Womans Reminiscences, manager of Jimmy SPA. The graph brought to life, the lines between
which delves into forgetting. ics must be very detailed. Otherwise the real and the imaginary start to
As the little girl sits with a wan its easy to spot the flaws. When blur, and the power of imagination
dering woman on a boat being you combine one of Jimmys picture pierces everything. l
buffeted about by the dark sea, the books with VR, you not only have (Chen Chun-fang/
VR controller becomes a flashlight to create something entertaining photos by Jimmy Lin/
that illuminates wherever the hand and interactive, but its even more tr. by Jonathan Barnard)
Reinterpreting picture books across disciplines

suffuses life with imaginative possibilities.
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PENGHU

Penghu Rocks!
Taiwans Most Beautiful Bay in the Limelight

Glittering sunshine, deep-blue ocean, and long

stretches of white sandy beaches combine
to make up the beautiful scenery of which
Penghu is so proud.

T heres a pop classic in Taiwan called Grandmas
Penghu Bay. The lyrics speak of the gentle even
ing breezes that waft over Penghu Bay, the white
capped breakers and sundrenched beaches, and of
course the sea of blue, so blue. The Penghu Islands (also

known as the Pescadores) attract tens of thousands
of tourists annually, especially during the Ocean Fire
works Festival, and most cant help but start singing
Grandmas Penghu Bay to themselves.
2018 It would be a shame if the beautiful scenery of
Penghu were to be enjoyed only by the people of Tai

wan, which is why in recent years Penghu has been
actively promoting marine tourism for visitors from

home and abroad. Not only has Penghu joined the
25 Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club, it will be the
venue for the clubs 2018 annual meeting, providing a
fabulous opportunity for marketing itself to the world.
Walk into the visitors room at the office of the Penghu

County magistrate, and you will see on the wall a newly
hung map showing the 40-plus member sites in 25 countries
of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club, with iconic
6
photos from each. Magistrate Chen Kuang-fu, Penghu born
599
and bred, points to his home island on the map and says
with pride: With our pristine white sand and basalt geo-
logical formations, the scenery in Penghu is second to none
of any beautiful bay anywhere in the world.
Wonderfully weird
There are six types of basalt formations in the world,

and five of these occur in Penghu. Of the 99 islands and
islets that make up the archipelago, all but one are com-
posed of volcanic basalt. The one exception is Huayu, the

easternmost, which is formed from andesite.
Penghus basalt configurations originated when volca-
500 nic magma cooled at different times and under different
conditions, producing variations that include columns,
folds, and faults. For example, the Daguoye Columnar
Basaltperhaps the most popular sight on the islands
comprises a series of hexagonal basalt towers, with
sharply defined corners and edges. Then theres Jingyu
(Whale) Cave, located on Xiaomen Islet, where relentless

erosion by the ocean has cut out a sea arch. Over on
Yuanbei Islet, meanwhile, the basalt appears as radiating
columns, looking for all the world like a pleated skirt.
Besides the plethora of interesting basalt vistas,
Penghu also boasts more than 500 stone fish weirs

The hexagonal Daguoye Columnar Basalt is one of the hottest tourist attractions in the archipelago.
There are more than 500 stone fish weirs (tidal fish traps) scattered around
the Penghu Islands, showing the ingenuity of early settlers on the archipelago. The
photo shows the famous Twin Hearts weir in Qimei. (courtesy of the Penghu County Government)
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Visitors flock to Penghu in

the summer, drawn by the
richness of the natural vistas.
The photo shows the Moses
Parting the Sea sandbar in
Huxi Township.
Penghu has not only natural

attractions, but cultural and
historical ones as well, such
as this traditional settlement
at Erkan.

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The Penghu Ocean Fireworks
Festival, now entering its
15th year, always attracts
big crowds. (courtesy of the
Penghu County Government)
tidal fish trapsscattered in the waters on the edges of

the islands, revealing the ingenuity of Penghus early res-
idents in catching fish.
The most famous of these weirs is the Twin-Heart

Stone Fish Trap in Qimei, so called because it looks like
two intertwined hearts. Some visitors mistakenly assume
141950 that the twin hearts were constructed by the county
government as part of its coastal works to improve the
islands appeal for marine tourism, but in fact these weirs
date back 300 years. Fishermen came up with the brilliant
idea of using coral stone, basalt, or other materials to build
round pond-like structures in shallow water that would

flood at high tide and then, when the tide went out to be-
low the level of the stone walls, trap fish inside them.
But over time people stopped using this fishing
99 method, and many of the weirs collapsed and disap-
15 peared. Given the traps wonderful scenic value, in recent
years the county government has been investing in their
preservation and renovation, for which they hired a team
of local residents and craftsmen familiar with traditional

weir-building techniques. The team has successfully pre-
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served many of these beautiful structures, including the
Twin Hearts and Jibei fish traps.

Bay watch: The MBBWC
6 Tongpan Islet, Erkan Village, the Moses Parting the
55 Sea sandbar at Kuibishan there are interesting sights
everywhere you go in Penghu. To encourage travelers
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to explore more fully all that the islands have to offer,
Penghu plans to promote more island-hopping tours.
Chen Kuang-fu explains that each of Penghus 99 isles has
its own unique features, so there is great potential for is-
land-hopping itineraries. As part of this effort, this year for
the first time the Ocean Fireworks Festival will expand

beyond the county seat of Magong, with events being held
6 in all five other townships, including Qimei and Wangan.
Besides continuing to expand land-based tourism,
Penghu also plans to develop recreational boating.
440 Penghu has 68 harbors (mostly fishing harbors but also
a few military ones) that have been largely left idle by
the depletion of coastal fish stocks and the lack of young

people who want to work in fishing. Taking advantage
201810

2010 Penghu is promoting its own brands for its premium fisheries
products, creating market differentiation for these items as
22012 they make their way into the hands of consumers.

2011
2016
Since 2011 Penghu has been striving to become a low-
carbon county by developing green energy sources.
2018
2018
2018
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of Penghu Bays terrific scenery, the county government tatives from Penghu to meet regularly with experts from
has decided to transform some of these idle harbors into other countries to exchange views on managing the marine
facilities for pleasure boating. environment and preserving seaside cultural assets.
In June of this year, Penghus first yacht marina will In early 2016, at the annual MBBWC meeting in the
open in Magong City, with berths planned for up to 55 Philippines, Penghu beat out Barcelona to win the right to
craft. In the future similar facilities will be opened in host the 2018 annual meeting. Chen Kuang-fu finds this ex-
Qimei, Wangan, Xiyu, and Baisha. People who sail to tremely encouraging not only for Penghu, but for Taiwan
Penghu will have a variety of options of scenic offshore as a whole.
islands where they can dock. Our biggest strong points were ecological conservation
At the end of June there will be an event entitled 2017 and natural scenery, explains Chen. Despite the archipela-
Penghu Yachting Life, which will serve as the formal rib- gos unique marine panoramas, Penghu has had few oppor-
bon-cutting for recreational boating in Penghu, and plans tunities to advertise itself to the world. The 2018 MBBWC
are in the works for next years Taiwan International Boat meeting will be a prime occasion for Penghuand indeed
Show to be held here. Chen Kuang-fu relates that when for all of Taiwanto strut its stuff on an international stage.
the boat expo was held in Kaohsiung last year, it gener- In addition to the activities related to pleasure boating,
ated business worth NT$4 billion in just four days. He the events that will serve as preludes to the MBBWC meet-
has expectations that the results will be similar when the ing will also include an international food festival. Chefs
venue is shifted to Penghu. from around the world will be invited to utilize down-
These events will not only promote development of home signature Penghu ingredients such as cobblers tack
pleasure boating in Penghu, they will serve as warm-ups (Glossocardia bidens), a medicinal herb, and the cobia fish
for the annual meeting of the Most Beautiful Bays in the (Rachycentron canadum) to produce dishes that have that
World Club, to be held in October of 2018. authentic Penghu zing. On top of all that, concurrently
Penghu launched its bid to join the MBBWC in 2010, with the MBBWC conclave, Kaohsiung will host a meeting
and after two years of dedicated effort, succeeded in enter- of the Global Harbor Cities Forum, inviting scholars from
ing the organization. Membership has allowed represen- many lands to discuss issues of importance to port cities.
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Visitors gather on Guanyin Bridge to admire the sunset.

Culture and history too! Jinguitou Fortress Cultural Park, which opened in April
Penghus cultural and historical attractions are no less 2017. Constructed in 1864, this former artillery emplace-
delightful than its natural ones. For many tourists, the best ment was designated a national monument in 2011, and
place in the whole county is the Seven Streets area that years of meticulous renovation work were completed in
extends out around Zhongyang Street in Magong City. January 2017. It now is one of Penghus major historic sites.
Chen Kuang-fu notes that Penghu not only predates For the future, plans are in the works to link together
Taiwan proper geologically, but its history also boasts a Jinguitou and nearby sites of interest, including Guanyin-
number of firsts. For example, not many people know ting Recreation Area, Duxing Tenth Village, Tianhou Tem-
that before the Dutch built Fort Zeelandia in Tainan, they ple, Magong Port, and several local fishing harbors.
landed in Penghu and built a fortress at Fengguiwei in The sun, sea, sand, and style of Penghu attract many
Magong. travelers from home and abroad, with total visits topping
In 1624 the Ming Dynasty responded by sending forces 1 million last year. At peak season, it is hard to even buy
to dislodge the Dutch, who reached a negotiated settle- an air ticket. But this year there is a new option for getting
ment to withdraw to Taiwan. They dismantled their fort at to and from Penghu. Following the opening of a ferry-boat
Fengguiwei and shipped a great deal of the basalt to An- service from Budai in Chiayi County to Magong, a ferry
ping in Tainan to be used in the construction of Fort Zee- line from Longmen in Penghu back to Chiayi went into op-
landia. This explains how colonial walls in Tainan came to eration in April of this year. Chen Kuang-fu points out that
be built of Penghu basalt! no one had expected PenghuChiayi round-trip services
Another spot rich in historical significance is Magongs to be up and running for three or four years yet, so hav-
ing them now is like a miracle! A one-way journey takes
less than an hour, and there are seven sailings a day, with
capacity of up to 300 passengers per journey. This should
take some of the pressure off existing transport capacity.
It should be added that Penghu is more than just about
tourism, and is working to develop other industries as
well. Since 2011 Penghu has been cultivating the green
energy industry, with the ultimate goal of becoming a
low-carbon county. Magistrate Chen tells us that the
winds are very strong during the winter monsoon season,
making Penghu ideal for developing wind power, with
generators able to run at full capacity for 3800 hours per
year. There is also plenty of sunshine for solar power, and
the future possibility to use the tides to generate wattage.
The county government has also been stepping up
efforts to promote local fisheries and agriculture by cre-
ating Penghu brand names to differentiate their most
outstanding products in the market. Chen says that they
also intend to set up a traceability system to let consumers
track the source of their purchases all the way back to the
producers in Penghu, assuring quality and authenticity.
If you come to Penghu youll find great seafood and so
many scenic spots that its impossible to name them all. In
fact, one visit isnt enoughPenghu is worth visiting again
and again! Chen Kuang-fu strikes his chest as he speaks,
signalling his assurance that you will feel the same way. l
(Liu Yingfeng/photos by Jimmy Lin/tr. by Phil Newell)
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T he Japanese author Haruki Murakami once remarked how

awesome it would be if words were whiskey. And in an age
full of music, one cant help but wonder: Why do we still need
language?
In this era when digital technology dominates,
there is a group of people who insist upon sticking
with the traditions of vinyl records, believing that
those analog recordings not only bring music to
people but also allow them
to return to a slower, more
peaceful pace of life.
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New Wave, Old School


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Ever since Wang Hsinkai chanced upon vinyl recordings, he has been captivated by
their charms.

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Ever since Thomas Edison invented the first phono-
graph, the methods that people use to record and store
music have constantly moved in step with technolog-
ical innovation. From phonographs and records, to
Veronika
cassette tapes and CDs, to the various forms of digital B o r i s o v n a
music today, the hurdles that keep people from enjoy- D u d a r o v a
ing music are getting lower and lower. Yet oddly, mu-

sics importance in peoples lives seems to be growing Vinyl recordings
of the Soviet
smaller and smaller. conductor
Perhaps as a reaction against the digital age, some Veronika
Borisovna
have begun to look wistfully back to those days when Dudarova are
quite rare.
people would devote their full attention to music. Vinyl
records, with their strong ritual element, are once again
becoming favored on the market, with reviving interest
in them seen in many places around the world.
It may be a short-lived fad. Or it might have long-
term staying power in the world of music. Maybe we

simply cannot define whats going on. At any rate, a co-

hort of people was early on attracted to the charms of vi- Folk singer Chyi Yus You
Are All My Memories.
nyl, and they have for many years ensconced themselves
in its subculture and been happy to sing vinyls virtues
to others. As far as they are concerned, listening to mu-
sic should not just be something one does in ones spare
time. Rather, it should be part and parcel of a free life.
CPS: Let music be a bridge to cosmopolitanism
Are you in a hurry? If youre busy, say so now.

Otherwise, its easy to lose track of time here. As you

walk into the Classical Palace Society, a bastion of vinyl
celebration in Taipeis Beitou District, in a house that Taiwan Folk Music is a
precious collection of
was originally a private residence, the busy clamor of live recordings made
by musicologist L
the outside world quickly fades away. Its comfortable Bingchuan.
chairs all face the stereo system. This is one of Taiwans
few classical music teahouses. Customers here cant
loudly chat or take photos. Rather they must give their
time and attention to the palace master Wang Hsinkai,
and enjoy a rare stretch of time without Facebook. No

updates can disturb ones time with the music.
Occupying a special place within the world of Tai-

wans vinyl aficionados, CPS is a center for musical
For The Mistake, Li
exchange with an emphasis on researching sound and Tai-hsiang took eight
of Zheng Chouyus
preserving culture. Wang, who holds a doctorate in his- poems and set them to
music.
tory, is a great music lover. For more than 20 years he
has immersed himself in the world of classical music.
It was his fate to encounter the charms of the unique
sounds of vinyl records during his doctoral studies.
Once he caught the vinyl bug, he has never lost it.
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As the record revolves under the needle,
beautiful music springs forth.
As far as Wang is concerned,

music is both a source of entertain-
ment and a bridge to different eras.
He takes an historians approach to
vinyl: The preservation of music is
a vital endeavor. The power of the
music differs depending on the con-
dition of the turntable and the audio
equipment. Furthermore, there are
analogies to the study of history.
Wang is always considering how to recreate reality with
materials at hand. There is no end to his quest.
Unlike most vinyl album dealers who go abroad to

buy in bulk at the lowest price, whenever Wang goes

overseas to purchase records, he only buys albums that
he truly likes. Because hes always so anxious to take

his haul back to Taiwan to listen to, he wont ship them
back by sea. Instead, he brings them back with his lug-
gage in business class.
This operational MO seems to run counter to con-
ventional business logic, yet Wang proudly says, Ive
discovered that Im pretty persuasive. By sharing, Im

able to get more people to like these recordings. Its a
happy cycle. Just as sounds cut into vinyl can only
be played back with the proper equipment, it is only

through explanation and sharing that Wang can bring
an understanding of the essential value of music to
more people.
Although Wang is very familiar with vinyl records,
he isnt a fundamentalist or zealot about them. Theyre

just a means of reproducing the music. There are
terrible -sounding vinyl records and good-sounding
CDs. But ultimately, he does prefer the analog sound

of vinyl. The most interesting thing about the analog
world is that it is limitless. Its like aura as described
by Walter Benjamin. We ought to consider why tech-
nology is constantly improving, but aura is becoming
weaker and weaker.
Come listen to music and savor a cup of tea at Wang Hsinkais
Classical Palace Society. When it comes to the revival of interest in vinyl in
recent years, Wang believes that whats important isnt
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Vinyl Depots
owner Wang
Qiguang has
collected nearly
10,000 vinyl
records.
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In Wang Qiguangs estimation, the
avant-garde Japanese folksinger
Kazukis music comes in at number
one.

A classic album by
Japanese singer Maki
Asakawa.
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the move backwards in terms of the quality of playback
equipment. Rather its providing a means for people
to enter the representational world behind the culture.
Before CDs first appeared in 1982, there existed a huge
quantity of beautiful music, much of which is not avail-
able in a digital format. Via vinyl recordings, the eras

of artists or bands such as the Beatles, Li Tai-hsiang,
or Johannes Brahms unfold before us, as people listen,
gain understanding, and become immersed and capti-
vated, and their lives grow richer and more interesting.
The East Wind isnt blowing. Marchs catkins arent
flying away. Wang plays Li Tai-hsiangs song The
Mistake. Through Lis graceful tenor voice, listeners
seemingly get carried off by a poet to a small city south

of the Yangtze River. It turns out that voices dont just
appeal to our sense of hearing. They seem almost able
to conjure the look of another era in three dimensions.
Vinyl Depot: With music, words are unnecessary
Nestled in an alley near National Taiwan Normal
University, in what looks like a residence, the record
shop Vinyl Depot lacks any signage or posters an-
nouncing its presence. The only clue that what lies
within has a musical connection is a single vinyl record
hanging from its red door.

The longhaired proprietor Wang Qiguang is an in-
teresting guy. He attended two universities. Both times
Tucked away in
a back alley near
National Taiwan
Normal University,
Vinyl Depot offers
a treasure trove of
music.
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he was close to graduation before losing interest and But after Wang chanced upon his music, he knew: This
dropping out. He has worked as a concrete pourer on is the sound! The Chinese name of Vinyl Depot is
construction sites and as a sales clerk in a record shop. taken from a Kazuki lyric.
He came and went from school to school and work- Wang has ended up becoming a friend of Kazukis,
place to workplace. From a conventional perspective, and whenever he goes to Japan they go out drinking
he may lack any markers of elite accomplishments, but and play pachinko together. In 2015 Wang even invited
his philosophy is to do only what interests him. Kazuki to come to Tai pei for a concert. Interestingly,
Wang has broad interests, from music, photography, Wang cant speak Japanese and Kazukis English is less
and electronic synthesizers to collecting all manner of than fluent. So how do two men with no language in
knives. But only music has remained a constant source common communicate? We drink together. Listen to
of passion, and it defines his way of life. music together. We dont need to talk.
In his record shop, he has more than 10,000 vinyl Haruki Murakami once remarked how awesome it
records and CDs. In the high-rent commercial area would be if language were whiskey. And in a world full
around NTNU, Wang relies on online sales and the of music, what need is there for words? Since it opened
support of loyal regulars to keep Vinyl Depot in oper- in 2014, Vinyl Depot has always been more than just a
ation, as well as occasional small-scale concerts in the record shop. It is more like a utopia with music at its
basement. For instance, not long ago the renowned core. No matter what time one visits, the store is full of
Japanese jazz musician Kazutoki Umezu and his band regular customers and friends. After saying hello, they
Chibi Brass performed there. And on the weekends, look for a seat and flip through some albums that inter-
Taiwanese and mainland Chinese performers of noise est them, or otherwise simply drink tea and chat with
rock sometimes play there. Wang.
Classical music, free jazz, improvisation of all kinds, Here neither age, nor profession, nor gender, nor
noise rock. These are the forms of music that Wang language is particularly important. The truth is people
favors. But when asked what musician he loves the dont need to talk. So long as there is music, they can
most, he answers, Its definitely Kazuki! He doesnt fit communicate. l
into any category. Kazuki is a cutting-edge Japanese (April Wang/photos by Chuang Kung-ju/
folksinger who isnt even particularly famous in Japan. tr. by Jonathan Barnard)
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Vinyl Spaces
A Musical Time Machine


A ndy Dufresne (played by Tim Robbins) gen-

tly places a record on the turntable, puts the
needle down. As the music begins to flow forth, he
flicks the switches to turn on the prison intercom,
filling the lock-up with the soprano sounds of The
Marriage of Figaro. For a moment, the men behind
the bars stop, raise their heads, and listen to the
heavenly serenade.
1995 In this memorable scene from 1994s The Shawshank

Redemption, not only were the prisoners moved by the
incomparable singing, but in the words of Red (Mor-
gan Freeman), as that music filled every corner of the
prison, It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our

drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away,
and for the briefest of moments, every last man in
Shawshank felt free.
Truly, music always gives us more through the shar-
ing of it.
Donate vinyl, share the sound

Located in Zhubei City, Hsinchu County, Manifesto
Vinyl Club is dedicated to the sharing of music. The
founder of Manifesto is a successful entrepreneur whose

father is a longtime vinyl lover, but was getting old
and rarely had the chance to listen to the collection of
thousands of records that sat idle in their home. Think-
ing this a shame, he told his father he had a friend that
wanted to buy the collection, paying for them on behalf
of his actually invented friend to help his father out

while also starting to realize his own dream of giving a
second wind to second-hand vinyl.

Vinyl records were the biggest music format of the
20th century, providing the soundtracks to untold num-
bers of youths. But in the face of the implacable march
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Manifesto Vinyl Club has a calm atmosphere that helps listeners
relax and listen.

of technology, vinyl began to fall from favor, piling up records, often bringing her own children in and making
and gathering dust in various homes until some people listening to vinyl a family custom.
began thinking of trying an experiment in sharing vinyl. The classic sound of vinyl
Manifesto Vinyl Club executive director Zooey Lee In addition to sharing music, another mission of
joined the effort in its early days in 2015. Starting from Manifesto is to introduce the younger generations to
scratch, she sought out a dozen or so experts in vinyl and vinyl. Many of those who grew up in the age of digital
began to understand how incredibly precious vinyl could and streaming music can find the delicate nature of vi-
be in the market, especially given how easily records are nyl difficult to understand, from carefully extracting the
scratched and damaged. Collectors will generally not album from its sleeve, through placing it on the turn-
lightly even lend out records unless its to a like-minded table and wiping the dust off, to moving the tone arm
friend, and this is a big part of why Manifesto hopes to and putting the stylus down. With digital formats, all
share the sound of vinyl with more people. you need to do is press a button, but while simple, dig-
Zooey Lee shares the story of one donor, Wang ital audio lacks the warmth, purity, and sense of being
Qiongjuan, who stumbled across her late fathers vinyl right there that vinyl can bring.
collection while cleaning up the family home. The al- The club not only lends out albums, but also provides
bums covered a vast array of genres, a far cry from the a dedicated listening room and high-quality sound
image she had had of her father, and bringing her a little systems, helping visitors get the full, warm vinyl expe-
closer to the man he really was. Later, she donated the rience. Their digital lab, meanwhile, offers conversions
from vinyl to digital, helping preserve musical classics.
In its effort to share the joy of vinyl and pass on family
memories, Manifesto Vinyl Club has expanded to three
Choose an album and head for the listening room to immerse

more locations, all in the Greater Taipei area. Each has
yourself in the charming sound of vinyl. its own style and customers, and the original location in
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Domongo Chung left his old job to head back to his hometown with his wife
and daughter and lead a cozy life surrounded by vinyl records.

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Zhubei provides each with its own particular collection, bookstores and happened upon a vinyl copy of Chyi
giving the people of Greater Taipei some special hide- Chins album Wolf, priced at NT$7,800. Later, he saw vi-
aways in which to rest, relax, and take in the music. nyl editions of albums by Teresa Teng selling online for
Vinyl and an old home more than NT$20,000 each. This got him thinking about
In the hills of Meinong District, Kaohsiung, is a space his mothers beloved collection of thousands of albums
rich in memory and dedicated to vinylYellow and in the familys old tobacco barn. And so he got his
Black B&B. Yellow and Blacks host, Domongo Chung, grandfather to pass along the 80-plus-year-old building
was previously a photographer for CommonWealth Mag- and gave it a makeover, combining the vastly different
azine. We photographers tend to like contrasting visu- elements of vinyl records and traditional Taiwanese
als, and that kind of contrast can be found in the pairing architecture to create a new landmark for Meinong.
of this old building with vinyl records, he remarks. In 2013, Chung set to organizing the records therein.
The yellow and black of the name refer to bananas and As he started, he says, he felt a gnawing apprehension
vinyl records, both of which have been big parts of the whole place stank of termites, and briefly he worried
Chungs lifewhen he was young, his grandfather pro- about the state of the collection. Fortunately box after
vided for the family by growing rice, bananas, and to- box of classics turned up in fine condition, including al-
bacco. In fact, the records found in Yellow and Black are bums by Lo Ta-yu, Sarah Chen, Michelle Pan, Julie Sue,
mementos from his mothers work at the Broadcasting Tsai Chin, and Fong Fei-fei. And as luck would have it,
Corporation of China (BCC). the final box turned out to contain Teresa Teng albums.
With a laugh, Chung remarks that all of this is thanks A place called youth
to Eslite Bookstores efforts to revitalize the vinyl International tourists come for the old building. The
market. Several years ago, he was browsing one of the Taiwanese guests, meanwhile, come from all around

(top left) 1000 Springs is a classic folk album
by legendary Mandarin duo Tianshui Music.

(top, center left) The soundtrack to the
film Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing was
also Julie Sues debut album.
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(top, center right) 8 is one of Lee Shou-
chuans most important contributions to
Mandarin music.

(top right) The Earths Most Beautiful
Time, composed and performed by Lee
Tai-hsiang.

Yellow and Black B&B has an
extensive collection of classic
Mandarin albums from the 1980s
and 90s.
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Traditional architecture and vinyl make for a striking contrast,
and it is this pairing that makes Yellow and Black B&B a standout
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the island to revisit their youths. Yellow and Black B&B Tai-hsiang for intellectually disabled children that was
boasts a comprehensive collection of over 5,000 vinyl often put on by Chungs mother. The song, with its
albums from the golden age of Mandarin pop in Tai- beautiful melody coupled with the powerful singing
wan, 19701990. voice of Lee and the crystal-clear voice of Christine
Chung himself is almost like a DJ, taking requests Hsu, is one of Chungs most important connections
from his guests. A Mr. Huang, who has come down with his mother.
from Keelung, requests the song Speaking as Before, Sitting in the B&Bs vinyl room as The Earths
written by renowned author San mao and performed Most Beautiful Time fills the air, Chung holds his two-
by Monique Lin; a middle-aged man asks for the first year-old daughter as they dance. Since leaving his old
track on Side B of Sarah Chens Talk to You, Listen to job and returning to the family home, Chung has had
You, Speaking Without Words, which reminds him of more time to be with his family and watch his daugh-
his first girlfriend. ter grow, all accompanied by a vinyl soundtrack. The
The track Forgotten Times, from Tsai Chins de- experience has shown him that the things that are most
but album Leaving Home, is also a common request, easily overlooked are also the most precious, teaching
having come back into vogue thanks to its appearance him to enjoy the little details in life.
in Andy Laus 2002 film Infernal Affairs. Also popular Vinyl, which dominated so much of the last century,
are 90s classic albums like Lo Ta-yus Zhi Hu Zhe Ye, has always had its own pace and quality, a particular
Tom Changs Miss You Everyday, Chyi Chins Wolf and purity it imbues to the listening experience.
Happy Heaven, and Michelle Pans Forever Blue Skies. For How long has it been since you really listened to
guests, Yellow and Black is a veritable treasure trove, some music? Why not give yourself the chance to find a
full of the sounds of days gone by. vinyl space where you can slow down, open your ears,
After being asked to recommend a particular gem and truly let the music take you away? l
from the collection, Chung proposes The Earths Most (Cathy Teng/photos by Chuang Kung-ju/
Beautiful Time, a song written by musical titan Lee tr. by Geof Aberhart)
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ARTISTS AND ARTISANS

Music from the Lips
International Acclaim for
a Father-and-Son Duo

S trolling through countryside, a traveler whis-
tles a lively tune, exchanging greetings with the
birds. That whistling sound, made with puckered
lips, is produced by reverberation of the air passing
through the mouth.
Lee Chen-chi, whose interest in whistling evolved

into passionate study, was the first ethnic Chinese
to produce an album of whistling music. He was
also the first to transport pastoral whistling tradi-
tions to the National Concert Hall. For the last two
decades and more, Lee, always eager to practice his
art, has often performed with his son, Lee Yu-lun, in
concerts at home and abroad where they have pro-
duced splendid music with their whistling.

People in high spirits are often wont to hum or whistle
a lively tune. Yet these spontaneous improvisations belong
to age-old traditions. The Book of Songs, an ancient Chinese
poetry collection, describes how scholars considered whis-
tling music and the art of whistling as an indispensible
part of the literary tradition.

When father and son perform, their

whistling is more expressive than
words.
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Su Zhaoxing (right), known as the guitar prince of the East,

was instrumental in promoting Lee Chen-chis whistling music.
(courtesy of Lee Chen-chi)

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A young Lee Yu-lun (front) fearlessly performs. He and his father
have received a steady stream of invitations to participate in
musical performances abroad. (courtesy of Lee Chen-chi)
For many people whistling was just another way to a most primordial and emotionally moving sound, says
express themselves during their childhood. Lee Chen-chi, Lee. Unlike music produced on instruments like the flute
who hails from Pingtung Countys Wandan Township, or the pipa (a four-stringed Chinese lute), whistling relies
was no exception. When he was not in class, Lee often solely on the lips.
whistled to amuse himself while he tended water buffalo In his transformation from whistling cowherd to master
by a riverbank. At times the buffaloes were so entranced of whistling music, Lee had to rely on self-study until he
by the melodies that they would stop grazing. grasped the essence of the art. This involved developing
An ancient musical tradition many techniques on his own, including learning to use his
Lee is sometimes described as Taiwans first whistling abdominal muscles to control his breathing and air flow.
musician, and his love of music originated with his family. A difficult repertoire
His father and his older brother were both musicians, Lees most famous song, Yang ming Chun xiao
one skilled at the huqin (a Chinese two-stringed fiddle) (Spring Dawn on Yangmingshan), was the theme song
and the other at the clarinet. As a child, Lee was not al- for the TV program The Daily Characters. Most songs
lowed to touch their instruments, which were expensive are performed at 6070 beats per minute. But the tempo
and were relied upon to support the family. But this in the most difficult sections of Yangming Chunxiao
didnt stop Lee from developing a deep interest in music. speeds up to 180 beats per minute, while the slowest re-
When he was in middle school, Lees classmates con- quires 40 beats per minute. It picks up to the point where
vinced him to give an impromptu whistling demonstra- I can hardly breathe, and then slows down to the point
tion, and their applause convinced him that whistling where I must exhale painfully slowly, Lee says about the
really was a form of music. difficulty in changing tempo.
The allure of whistling stems from the fact that it is The sound during a rapid-tempo passage must be
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Aside from being good at music and calligraphy,
Lee Chen-chi is also a skilled painter. His
paintings often depict scenes from his ancestral
home in Pingtung County. (courtesy of Lee
Chen-chi)


Lee Chen-chi produced a type of

acrostic in the traditional cursive
calligraphic style; the work was
included in a special collection
of calligraphy and painting titled
Songs Without Words. (courtesy of
Lee Chen-chi)
steady and clear, Lee says. He uses his diaphragm to Zhaoyun, which helped him create a new work, Zhao-
control the pauses, and he creates variations in pitch by yun Youmeng. According to Lee the most difficult part
controlling the resonance of the air flowing between his was cultivating the depth of feeling and the means to
lips. Controlled breathing allows him to produce long, express it. Only through endless experimentation and by
gentle notes. asking for the assistance of vocalists and composers did
It took Lee two years of practice to perfect Yangming he manage to create a new musical piece.
Chunxiao and he had to adopt various techniques to Following in his fathers footsteps
attain mastery. Lees son, Yu-lun (a.k.a. U-Learn), has since followed
Not only has Lee managed to turn everyday whis- in his fathers footsteps. As a child he would try to imitate
tling into a musical art performed at the National Con- his father, and when he was four years old he produced
cert Hall, but he has been brave enough to incorporate his first whistle. When he was seven, he took the stage
experimentation and new techniques into his repertoire. with his father for the first time and with no rehearsal
This has been no simple feat. Lee, who is an excellent performed Colonel Bogey March (of Bridge on the River
calligrapher, has been inspired by tales of the Song- Kwai fame) to thunderous applause that left him feeling
Dynasty literatus Su Dongpo and his third wife Wang that being able to whistle was really something.
In elementary school, Yu-lun volunteered to perform
for his classmates, but received only their taunts. After
that, he didnt willingly whistle in front of other people.
But one day while Lee Chen-chi was practicing
Yangming Chunxiao, Yu-lun piped in and began to ac-
company his father. Not only did he perform the whole

Celebrated whistling musician Lee Chen-chi is also a well-known
calligrapher and is inseparable from his wife, to whom he is
devoted.
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Lee Yu-lun (left),
blind pianist Huang
Yu-siang and bassist
Minco Lu have
formed a musical
trio. (courtesy of Lee
Yu-lun)
piece splendidly, but his technique was even more re-

fined than his fathers. Im still practicing, but you just
nailed it, his father said. Lee then invited Yu-lun to
begin performing by his side.
While performing, Lee and his son infect the audience
with their passion, and the interplay of their expressions

and movements creates the unforgettable spectacle of a
masterful performance by the fatherson duo.
The secret to their success is that through the whole
performance, when Lee Chen-chi whistles Yu-lun intu-
itively understands his fathers cues. This makes them
ideal partners.
Lee Chen-chi is today a leading representative of the
art of whistling music. His finest protg, Yu-lun, can
not only perform renditions of Chinese music but also

of Western classical music, jazz and pop. He excitedly
shares this whistling art wherever he goes, demonstrat-
ing that the primitive, emotive music made by the hu-
man body has the power to penetrate the human soul.
Lee Yu-luns whistling can be heard enticing cus-
tomers at the end of MacDonalds commercials and in
the Taiwanese film The Village of No Return (2017). In

addition, he has released a whistling jazz album, Make
Me a Channel, and formed a trio with other whistling
enthusiasts.
Lee Yu-lun has also collaborated with a publisher to
l produce teaching materials for whistling music. These

materials rely on easy-to-understand combinations of form abroad, and his music has taken him to Lithuania,
text and illustrations that allow teachers to put them Russia, the United States, Canada, and many other coun-
to use in the classroom without the need for lengthy tries. As the popularity of his art was growing, he was
preparation. He has also worked to cultivate talent for also invited to perform with the Shanghai Symphony
cross-strait whistling competitions that include partici- Orchestra and to make Lip Serenade, the first album of
pants from both Taiwan and mainland China. whistling music recorded by an ethnic Chinese person,
Success bolstered by family and friends which was produced by a Hong Kong record company.
After being introduced to music by his father and The father-and-son team of Lee Chen-chi and Lee
brother, whistling music has been Lee Chen-chis life- Yu-lun have together built a stage for whistling music
long companion. Another major supporter of his musi- in Taiwan. They have put down roots for the art and
cal talent has been Su Zhaoxing, known as the guitar publicized it far and wide, unselfishly sharing their
prince of the East. When he performed in the past, techniques and establishing a Facebook fan page called
Su often asked Lee to take the stage and whistle a few Lip Music. In the future they hope to set up a society
songs, allowing a growing number of people to become for whistling enthusiasts to practice and share their
familiar with whistling as music. techniques. Ultimately the fatherson duo would like to
Other famous musicians who are at once friends and overturn stereotypes about whistling and to reintroduce
teachers include Fan Yuwen and Cheng Ming, who first the beauty of whistling music into everyday life. l
invited Lee to perform at the National Concert Hall. (Lung Pei-ning/photos by Jimmy Lin/
Lee has also received a stream of invitations to per- tr. by Robert Green)
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NEW TAKES ON FOLK CULTURE

The Soulangh
International
Contemporary
Art Festival
D oor gods, jiannian sculpture, processions. Tai-

wanese are well acquainted with the trappings
of temple culture. Now, those same elements are being
turned into rich fodder for the contemporary arts.

The 2017 Soulangh International Contemporary
Art Festival is taking a new look at Taiwanese tem-
2017 ple culture. Hosted by Tai nans Sou langh Culture
Park, this years festival will bring together domestic
and foreign artists for an examination of folk religion
that bridges the traditional and the contemporary.

It is a typically quiet May noon at the Soulangh Culture
Park, a cultural venue created from the remains of the old

Jiali Sugar Mill in Tainans Jiali District. As we slip inside
the first of its huge halls, we hear the voice of Gong Jow-
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Gong Jow-jiun and his team stumbled across the work of

Taiwanese temple painter Pan Lishui at Tainans Shatao Temple.
After making stone rubbings, they enlarged and recolored the
images and put them on display at the Soulangh Culture Park.

In Omnipresent, artist Tu Wei-cheng satirizes Taiwans
educational system by putting his own face on a sculpture of
Confucius.
Huang happened to attend that ceremony during

her second year on the job. A non-local, she found it
unique and fascinating, particularly the hundred-man
centipede formation performed by 108 children, all in
different outfits and makeup.
But Huang feels that the ceremonys Guinness -
World-Record-setting centipede formation and ritual
burning of Wang Yes boat deserve more attention than
they get. Taiwanese folk rituals and temple culture may
jiun, one of the curators of the 2017 Soulangh International be hugely popular, but they have yet to find a place
Contemporary Art Festival. Gong is standing in front of a within Taiwanese fine arts, and are rarely depicted in
huge mural that Taiwanese painter Chen Chiu-shan created the work of artists from the recognized arts community.
for the Dajia Tsu-chi Temple in Tainans Rende District, ex- The Soulangh Culture Park has therefore used the 2017
plaining it to the 30 or 40 festival visitors clustered nearby. iteration of the triennial ceremony to revisit temple cul-
The festivals five curators, including Gong Jow-jiun, ture through the lens of contemporary art.
dean of the doctoral program in art creation and theory
at Tainan National University of the Arts, photographer
Chen Po-i, and architect Eric Chen, spent three years
on the project at the behest of the Tainan City Cultural
Designer Ho Chia-hsing reveals the beauty of the written word
Affairs Bureau. Taking traditional folk religion as their by transforming and combining text written or printed in different
theme, they gathered together 38 domestic and foreign fonts and calligraphic styles.
artists to create pieces for the festival, and to mix tradi-

tional and contemporary elements within those works,
which include large temple paintings, images of door
gods, and photographs of paper arts.
Contemporary art takes on temple culture
Huang Chiung-ying, who heads the Tainan CABs Cul-
tural Parks Management Division and worked behind the
scenes to move the festival forward, notes that the one-
time Jiali Sugar Mill already has an artists village that
invites artists-in-residence to produce work that draws on
local culture. And temple culture and Wang Ye worship
are important aspects of Jialis local culture, says Huang.
Few people realize how deeply rooted temple culture
and Wang Ye worship are in Jiali District. Long settled by
Han Chinese, the surrounding area is home to the Nan-
kunshen, Daitian and Tsu-chi Temples (in Beimen, Ma-
dou and Rende). The neighborhood around the Soulangh
Culture Park also hosts one of Tainans major religious
processions, the Soulangh Incense Ceremony.
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(left) Gong Jow-jiun
explains Japanese
painter Chihiro Minatos
Ephiphany Drawing to
visitors.

(right) Lin Bo-liangs
photo series Vis--vis
shows jiannian sculptors
working on Tsu-chi
Temple in Rende and
Zhenxing Temple in Jiali.

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Another gallery displays paintings of temple door
gods done on paper by Liao Qing-zhang.
Liao, who studied temple painting with Tainan mas-
ters Ding Qingshi and Chen Bingshen, generally takes
people as his subjects, and has depicted Confucius ex-
pounding his philosophy and classic ghost stories in his
work. He began committing temple paintings to paper
after being awed by the human figures in the murals
he saw while visiting Shanxi Provinces Yongle Temple,
slowly developing his drawing skills and use of color.
Temple paintings are usually impossible to exhibit
because of their large size, the challenges of dismantling
them, and the difficulty of conserving them. Using paper
as a medium for the style resolves all of these issues.
The festivals Co-opposite Atelier gallery exhibits
pieces in which artists have applied contemporary
Gong says that the festivals Chinese name hints at approaches to the depiction of folk-religious arts and
its purpose: prefacing the formulaic international con- performances. Gong explains that the curators used a
temporary arts festival with the notion of mutual com- technique often applied to temple construction in as-
panionship (kau-pu) in the near future. The Taiwanese sembling the atelier. Temples often have two different
expression kau-pu originates with the old folk religious crews work simultaneously, not only to shorten the time
tradition of the kau-pu realm [a geographical territory to completion, but also to get the crews competitive
within which residents worship one primary deity], ex- juices flowing and keep them on their toes.
plains Gong. The atelier aimed to promote contemporary art and
A fascinating unfurling ignite the fires of creativity in a similar fashion. When
Visitors to the festival pass through an outdoor instal- the curators had artists Li Jiun-yang, Lin Shu-kai, Zhang
lation before entering the indoor portion of the exhibition. Xu Zhan, and Ciou Zih-yan work together in the atelier
Curator Eric Chen drew on the idea of city streets and made for three months in the second half of 2016, sparks flew.
use of the parks old railway tracks and factory space to Each produced pieces that hint at the presence of the
create his Urban Archipelago, ten floating islands arranged other three artists. Those traces are especially apparent
in a way that recalls temple processions and parades. With in the works that Li and Lin exhibited on facing walls.
folksy names such as Generals Island, Heavenly Em- Although the two artists differ in style, composition,
press Island, and Holy Child Island, the islands display use of line, and choice of subject matter, both produced
works by folk artist Hung Tung and photographers Chang pieces drawing on elements present in the others work.
Chao-tang and Lin Bo-liang, as well as photographs from The festivals Epiphany Theatre focuses on photo-
the collection of the Tainan Museum of Fine Arts that docu- graphic installations, pulling together the work of pho-
ment temple rituals and god processions from long ago. tographers Lin Bo-liang and Shen Chao-liang, and artists
The traditional and contemporary works exhibited in- Yao Jui-chung and Chihiro Minato.
doors are equally fascinating. Visitors first see a mural that Lin Bo-liang spent more than three months photo-
painter Chen Chiu-shan created for the Tsu-chi Temple at graphing craftsmen producing jiannian ceramic sculp-
the time of its restoration. Another area displays sketches, tures for the Dajia Tsu-chi Temple in Rende District, a
letters and other works that show how Chen, a passionate place hed visited in his youth. Literally meaning cut
social critic, breaks with traditional practice by incorpo- and paste, jiannian is a sculptural style in which sculpted
rating present-day political figures and events into temple forms are finished with a mosaic of colored ceramic frag-
paintings that more commonly take historical scenes as ments. He then assembled the photos into Vis--vis, a
their subjects. series that he hopes will make the public more aware of
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Photographer Chen Po-i deliberately echoes the asking the
water ceremony of Taiwanese folk religion by displaying his 3
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the beauty of the craftsmens work and heighten peoples 10

appreciation of the spirit and value of traditional crafts. Artist Eric Chen drew on the idea of city streets to create his
Lins photos have brought new attention to the exqui- ten-island archipelago, laying it out in a way that recalls temple
processions and parades.
site work of master jiannian sculptor He Jinlong and his
apprentice Wang Baoyuan, examples of which include
depictions of Xiang Zhuangs tension-filled sword dance
and of the storied Yang family. The dusky hall also in- Labs installation of the outdoor Urban Archipelago, which
cludes works from Shen Chao- liangs 20062014 Stage Chen Po-i photographed in the runup to the opening.
series, as well as Yao Jui-chungs Links Between Colossal With the three-month-long Soulangh International
Deities, which consists of photos of giant images of gods Contemporary Art Festival entering its final days, Gong
from around Taiwan. Removed from the context of tra- admits that he was initially worried that the culture
ditional religion, the dozens of black-and-white images parks relatively out-of-the-way location would neg-
ponder modern humanitys endless pursuit of objects atively affect attendance. But groups of people began
and desires. hiring buses to travel to the venue as soon as the festival
From movement to creation opened. Interestingly, enthusiasm for the festival has
It isnt just the works on display that are filled with extended beyond the arts community to members of Tai-
the kau-pu spirit, it was also the whole process of com- wans older generation, who have taken great pleasure in
rades and artists jointly curating the festival. seeing childhood memories of temple parades and god
During the three years the festival spent in devel- processions rekindled and recast as contemporary art.
opment, Gong also carried out fieldwork at temples The festival hasnt just used art to reflect on temple
throughout Taiwan; planned, assembled, and published culture, it has also sought to seek out new creative possi-
four issues of Kau-pu Art Associate magazine; and in 2016 bilities transcending those offered by the large religious
organized both the Kau-pu x Photography Forum: 2016 festivals of the 1990s and the more recent appropriation
Taipei Biennial Exhibition Plan and, with the Museum of religious sites and events to promote tourism.
of Contemporary Art Taipei, the Folk Art x Contempo- Are temples and god processions merely the tradi-
rary Art talks as warmups for the coming years event. tional religion of the people? A visit to the Sou langh
Unfortunately, a severe earthquake in Tainan in early International Contemporary Art Festival to check out its
2016 disrupted his preparations for the Soulangh festival, ten halls, four alleys, and ten-island Urban Archipelago
badly damaging the halls in which the festival was to be may change your mind. l
held and so delaying the start of the event. Fortunately, (Liu Yingfeng/photos by Lin Min-hsuan/
the quake had no impact on Eric Chen and his ArchiBlur tr. by Scott Williams)
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PHOTO ESSAY
The Immigrant Dream
Multicultural Taiwan is home to many people who have come from other countries,
including many from Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and elsewhere in Southeast Asia
who have, with hard work, crafted new lives for themselves on the Beautiful Isle.
(photos and text by Lin Min-hsuan/tr. by Geof Aberhart)
Fu Yong-ming
Thai chef
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Originally from the northern Thai province of Nan, at the age of 17 Fu Yong-ming left
home to seek work in his fathers homeland, Taiwan. Upon arriving, he began assiduously
studying Chinese and working as an apprentice in a hotel kitchen. Now 28, he has become
the sous-chef for a famous Thai restaurant. An aspiring entrepreneur, Fu often uses his days
off as opportunities to drive to Nangang and set up a stall selling green curry, the distinctive
smell and flavor drawing in quite a number of people working in nearby offices. While his
profits may not be high, he regards his food truck as just a start, and he continues to work
toward fully realizing his dream one step at a time.

After years of hard work, Fu Yong-ming has become the
sous-chef for a well-known Thai restaurant.
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Twenty-eight-year-old Fu
Yong-ming has made Taiwan
the starting point for his
entrepreneurial dreams, but
hopes to one day return to
Thailand and start his own
business.

Fu Yong-mings green curry, with its distinctive flavor, has
captured the taste buds of many diners.
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Julie Chiu
Vietnamese teacher of English
20
Now a childrens English teacher, Julie Chiu first came to Taiwan from Vietnam 20 years
ago to study English, eventually meeting someone and settling down in Chiayi. Overflowing
with creative ideas, Chiu makes use of vibrant pictures and body language to help young
children learn English and create an atmosphere of camaraderie with her young charges. In
her spare time, Chiu can be found leading tours at the Southern Branch of the National Pal-
ace Museum, or honing her skills in courses for local community tour guides. Some 2,000-plus
miles from home, Chiu has put down roots in Taiwan and found herself, becoming a model
Taiwanese along the way. l

Julie Chiu uses picture books and dance movements to make learning English
more engaging for the children she teaches.
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A lover of learning, Julie Chiu volunteers with the
Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum,
serving others while learning new things.

Taking part in classes teaching immigrants to be local
tour guides has been a great chance for Julie Chiu to
meet new friends from a variety of countries.

Julie Chiu, seen

here taking a stroll
in front of the
house she and her
husband share, has
fallen in love with
life in Taiwan.
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OVERSEAS ASSISTANCE

ASEAN and South Asia
Workshop
The ICDF Works to
Deepen the Talent Pool

5 I n early May the International Cooperation and
Development Fund (ICDF) invited participants
from ASEAN and South Asian nations to Taiwan
to attend a Workshop on Womens Enterprises
Start-up.
2 Participants took great interest in the womens
entrepreneurial services offered by the government
in Taiwan, including skills training, credit planning,
and marketing advice, and they were eager to share
the fruits of their studies after returning home.
Since 2000 micro-enterprises have been a hot

2000
topic in Taiwan, and to encourage women entrepre-
neurs, the government launched the Phoenix Micro

Start-up Program and the Flying Geese Program. At
APEC last years Women and the Economy Forum, sponsored
WEFwomens by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC),
empowerment Taiwan shared its experiences in fostering economic
APEC and entrepreneurial empowerment for women, and
the presentation was well received by participants.
Womens entrepreneurship and soft power
The 12 participants in this years workshop hailed

from Nepal, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka and
Thailand. And the workshops central theme was

Womens Enterprises Start-up.
12

Workshop participants from ASEAN and South Asian nations visit

Green-in-Hand, a woman-owned Taiwanese company.
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Workshop participants from Thailand and Sri Lanka check out
business practices at Green-in-Hand. They are eager to apply
the lessons in their own countries.
V W U
1930

Trendy retro designs featured on rice packages and other
products capture the attention of potential buyers.

Aside from the course of lectures, the workshop Headquartered in Hanoi, the Vietnam Womens
offered participants the opportunity to visit the Kao- Union (VWU) was established in 1930 to support other
hsiung City Government and local womens organiza- womens unions in Vietnam and to provide funds and
tions, as well as Anewei (a fashion brand), Xie Xie Tea microcredit to impoverished Vietnamese families.
and Green-in-Hand (sellers of agricultural products) The two representatives from the VWU who partic-
and other examples of successful companies started by ipated in the workshop described their experiences in
women entrepreneurs. By witnessing the operations Vietnam and shared some details of the agencys next
of these enterprises, participants experienced the soft ten-year plan, currently in preparation. Their chal-
power of Taiwanese society. lenges for effectively implementing the ten-year plan
Participants from different countries seized the include finding a model for coordination between gov-
opportunity to study in Taiwan and treasured the ex- ernment and non-government agencies and deciding
perience. It allowed them to build new friendship net- what services would best aid women entrepreneurs.
works and deepen the relationships between Taiwan Taiwans experience should provide some useful refer-
and the countries at the heart of the Taiwan govern- ence points.
ments New Southbound Policy. Finding new value in farm goods
In search of management strategies Four of the participants were from the National Ag-
Among the workshops participants was Cha mai- ricultural Training Center in Bandung, Indonesia.
porn Cha ro en tang som but, founder of 93army Coffee Indonesias farming population is rapidly aging,
in Bangkok and the granddaughter of a soldier who and younger generations are often unwilling to do the
was part of the Nationalist forces stranded in northern work. Farmers are generally idle from the rice harvest
Thailand at the end of the Chinese Civil War. until planting time. A workshop participant named
Her reason for returning to Taiwan was to study Shinta attended the lectures to find ways to add value
new management and marketing techniques to help to farm products and to cultivate a business-oriented
improve her expanding business. mindset among farmers.
After experiencing some success of her own, Cha- The marketing techniques used by Green-in-Hand,
ro en tang som but hopes to give back to society. Thai- which works with rice growers in Eastern Taiwan,
land has a serious problem with prostitution, and she were highly instructive for Shinta, and she learned
wanted to study the ways that Taiwanese enterprises much about packaging design and online sales by
contribute to society. She wishes to help Thai women studying the companys business practices. It allowed
return to the regular workforce, and hopes her busi- her to see rice not just as a foodstuff but also a gift
ness can be a force for good in society. item representative of local culture. Shinta hopes to
How to finance a business
The Phoenix Micro Start-up Program offers entre-
preneurs start-up financing at subsidized rates, mento-
ring services, and guaranteed loans. The Flying Geese
Program, on the other hand, offers customized, inte-
grated counseling measures. Both programs provide
services generally unavailable in the home countries of
the participants and are therefore an extremely popu-
lar part of the workshop.
Diep Nguyen
Diep Nguyen, a workshop participant representing the Vietnam
Womens Union, enjoys the give and take of the workshop
lectures.
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Moza Pramono, from
Indonesia, brims with
confidence as she shows
off her eyelash line. She
is her companys best
marketer.

take these lessons back to Indonesia, where she would
International participants happily pose for a group photo. The
like to offer similar courses to aid local farmers. workshops international nature fosters cross-cultural exchanges.
The power of marketing
Another workshop participant was Moza Pramono,
an entrepreneur who traveled from Jakarta, Indonesia.
She is the owner of three companies and was repre- she couldnt resist asking about it. Can you tell me
senting Southeast Asias oldest organization for female why theres no garbage strewn around? she inquired.
entrepreneurs, the Indonesian Business Womens As- She later made a video clip introducing viewers to the
sociation (IWAPI). clean streets of Taipei.
Bursting with energy, Moza took the opportunity A design enthusiast, Moza also founded a line of
before the lectures to introduce herself to other partici- false eyelashes called Lashes by Moza. They differ
pants and hand out business cards. from the common factory-made varieties because they
A mother of two, Moza explores ways for her family are made by hand with real hair by Indonesian house-
to travel on a limited budget, and she set up a family wives. She displays the Moza brand logo not just on
travel site (liburkeluarga.com) to share her experiences her products but also on accessories like handbags and
and to give friends a platform to share theirs. Aside phone cases. She also likes to wear Moza-emblazoned
from attending the workshop, she took the opportu- clothes, and promotes her brand wherever she goes.
nity to recommend products from Taiwan on her web- Because of the obstacles faced by women entrepre-
site and uploaded videos of notable places. neurs, IWAPI has become a major platform for them to
Moza was surprised by the cleanliness of Taipei share experiences.
City, and while visiting the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Moza also serves as the director of marketing for
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IWAPI and works with international companies on a
IWAPI plan to expand womens entrepreneurship. Their goal
this year is to assist 800 women in eight cities in Indo-
nesia.
IWAPIMoza
In Asia the issues of employment for women and
IWAPI
womens entrepreneurship have been met with in-
8 difference in the past. But increasing awareness of
800 womens rights and demands for equality have helped
narrow the gender gap. Taiwans own progress on this
front is a beacon for women in the region.
Following the Workshop on Womens Enterprises
Start-up, the ICDF is planning further workshops this

year, including one on finding new value-added for
agricultural products, and one on facilitating trade.

They estimate that they will be able to assist about 80
participants annually from ASEAN and South Asian
countries and so deepen the ties between Taiwan and
10 countries targeted by the New Southbound Policy. l
6 (Lung Pei-ning/photos by Lin Min-hsuan/
l tr. by Robert Green)
4
Four participants from the National Agricultural Training Center in Bandung,
Indonesia, enjoy a stroll through Taipeis streets.

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Vol. 42 No. 7 July 2017

Imagination EDITORS NOTE

I magination is your superpower! This

Artists and Artisans

New Takes on Folk Culture

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The air in Bologna is full of passion

C olors, lines, geometric shapes. Watercol- Drawing and painting for me

T he annual Bologna Chil -

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Faced with competition from Eu-

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including homosexuality and domestic products in Taiwan is

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S ince 1989, illustrators from

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Never losing his innocence, Liu Hsu-kung

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on important scenes in life, and a swimming hole. Another book,

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(courtesy of Cindy Wume)

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Cindy Wumes Farewell draws loneliness

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Cindy Wumes lines and palette may be

school in England. It was a stroke of good

W hen reading a picture

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A good illustrator is also a

Brain Asteroid is the first creative platform in Taiwan

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With a spare, clean style, The Giant and the Spring

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Grimms publisher Hao Kuang-tsai insists

calls structure. Hes thinking of il-

A lot of hard work has brought beautiful

got at the IAF. people who build bridges between

Lin likes to draw, but never Taiwan and the world.

I llustrators draw on their rich

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Glittering sunshine, deep-blue ocean, and long

capped breakers and sundrenched beaches, and of

course the sea of blue, so blue. The Penghu Islands (also

Penghu were to be enjoyed only by the people of Tai

Walk into the visitors room at the office of the Penghu

There are six types of basalt formations in the world,

posed of volcanic basalt. The one exception is Huayu, the

comprises a series of hexagonal basalt towers, with