Yingge (鶯歌) - Yingge Old Street (鶯歌老街) - New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum (新北市立鶯歌陶瓷博物館)

To complete my month-long birthday celebration I went to the pottery town of Yingge (鶯歌) [Filipino: ing-ga]. It is a district of New Taipei City and can be easily reached by taking the 'chu chu' train. I took the train from Nangang Station and the ride was approximately 45 minutes but if I took the train from Taipei Main Station the ride would be 26 minutes.
 

Yingge Station

There are two main attractions in Yingge District. The first one is the Ceramics Old Street and the other one is the New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum. I arrived at Yingge train station at around 9:30am. I asked for an English map of the place and that helped me find my destinations. 

I followed the map until I reached the Old Street. It was 10:00am and most of the shops were still closed and I took the chance to take some photos with stacked pots in one shop. Seeing giant clay pots reminds me of the 1986 film 'Halimaw sa Banga'. Haha!

I took this photo from a footbridge and from this same spot I saw a park with large ceramic structures.

I went back to the Yingge Museum after having fun in the ceramics park.

I went to the Yingge Ceramics Museum after walking around in the Old Street. The musem was built to promote the ceramic culture of Taiwan and based on the handout that was given to me it is the only theme musuem in Taiwan about ceramics. I was impressed with the civil works of the musuem. The mixture of glass, concrete and steel makes the museum building the most important artwork in Yingge.

An audio guide was given me to helped me understand the collections inside the museum. It was my first time to use that kind of gadget. Of all the collections inside, I was intrigued by a white ceramic flute. If I remember correctly, there was one episode either in 'Shaider', 'Maskman' or 'Bioman' that a similar kind of white ceramic flute was used. I want to have one and bring it home to the Philippines.
 

I asked the staff in the musem on where I can experience making my own pot. The staff said that the museum doesn't offer that kind of service and they told me that I should go back to the Old Street where there are a lot of Do It Yourself shops.
 

I went back to the Old Street until I found a tunnel. I entered the tunnel and I was surprised to see that at the end were people sitting on small chairs molding their clay on the potter's wheel. I took some videos on how 'pottery' is done. Kids, teens and adults have tried making their own pots and my Taiwan Day 273 would not be complete if my hands won't get dirty.

I paid 250 NTD for the service. I took an apron and sat on one of the chairs then an old guy guided me on how to make my own 'pot'. I dipped my hand on a container with muddy water and then I hold my spinning clay on the potter's wheel. Never in my life that I imagined to experience the art of pottery! The old guy taught me how to transform the shape of the clay from one form to another. His hands were amazing and I called his hands as 'The Potter's Hand'.

I made some finishing touches on my bowl and after that I was told that I can get my bowl after three weeks. The bowl when I get will be part of my 'Taiwan collections'.

Thus, I have ended my month-long birthday celebration. Sand-sational! (Taiwan Day 245), Spirited Away (Taiwan Day 252 ), The Queen and I (Taiwan Day 259), Greener Pastures (Taiwan Day 267 ) and in Taiwan Day 273 I learned the skills of the 'The Potter's Hand'.

Long-live the birthday celebrators of the month of May! Yehey!

THINGS TO DO IN TAIPEI

Sakura Series - Taiwan

2026 Forecast

Taipei 101 first flowers

Tianyuan Palace backyard

Taipei Flower Test Center

Pingjing St. Lane 42

Broadwood Park

Sunshine Sports Park kawazu sakura

Wuling Farm (武陵農場)

SYS kawazu sakura

Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village

CKS Memorial Hall

Shibafen Yoshino Sakura

Hope River

Dongfang Temple

Tianyuan Palace

Neicou Stream Trail

Orange Garden Cafe

Yangming Park Visitor Information Center

Yangming Park Service Center Bus Stop

Huashan Road

Qianshan Park

Zhongshan Hall Entrance

Tenglong Sakura Farm

Flower Test Center Shōwa Sakura

Neihu Creek Trail

Shulin Land Office

Xióng Kōng Cherry Blossom Forest

Lung Yen Sakura Forest

Yangming Park cherry stream

Yangming Park fountain

CKS Memorial Hall Tairyō sakura

Wugu District Tianyi Road

CKS Memorial Hall yaesakura

Loving Farm

Yong Long Farm

Zhongbaling Sakura Road

Sun Link Sea

Tai'an Police Station

Cherry Hill Slope

Hsinchu Park

Taipei 101

Kāng Gào Kēng Creek

New Garden City

Broadwood Park

Tianyuan Palace backyard

Pingjing St. Lane 42

Alishan Ranger Station

Alishan House

Alishan Police Station

Alishan Forest Railway

Alishan Station

Alishan Entrance

Alishan Gou Hotel

Alishan Magnolia Garden

Wulai tour

Wun Chang Elementary School

Bishanyan

Sanzhi Sansheng Trail

Sakura Series - Taiwan

Nei Cuo Stream

Orange Garden Cafe

Sansheng Trail

Tenglong Sakura Farm

Yangming Park Cherry Stream

Yangming Park Fountain

Flower Test Center

Broadwood Park

New Garden City

Yinghua Park

Pingjing St. Lane 42

Yangmingshan Visitor Center

Taipei 101

Tianyuan Palace backyard

Sakura Series - Japan

Kamonyama Park

Near the Nippon Maru Memorial Park

Shinko Park

Minato-mirai 21 area

Tokyo Tech Suzukakedai Campus

Onda River

Tenryuji

Byodoin

Kiyomizudera

Himuro shrine and Yakushi-ji Temple

Hōryū-ji Temple

Nara Park attractions

Tokyo Tech Ookayama Campus

Sumida River

Tsuruma Park

Gion

Maple Series

Taipei Aowanda

Shimen Dam

Alishan

Aowanda

Shanlinxi

Taoyuan Valley Garden

Fushoushan Farm

Yehliu to Jiufen? Yehliu to Shifen? Cheaper than yellow taxis

The "Taipei kong mahal" (My beloved Taipei)

Always in my heart

MRT birdman

Valentine's Day

Tulips Festival

2018 Taipei Lantern Festival

City of Azaleas

Linji Huguo Temple

Nanjichang Night Market

Gudetama Chef restaurant

Dalongdong Bao'an Temple

Shilin hollyhocks

Ningxia Night Market

Ximending graffiti

Discovery Center of Taipei

Chunghwa Postal Museum

Double-Decker Bus

Shilin Cold Balls

Jingimoo

GomanMango

mud volcanic ice

Fire and Ice Dumpling

Opium Fen-Yuan

Ichiran Ramen

Liu Shandong Beef Noodles

hydrangea flowers

National Palace Museum

Other attractions in Taipei

Taipei on a budget

Japanese buildings

Dāoxiāomiàn beef noodles

Presidential Office Building

Yongkang St. and Elephant Mountain

CKS and SYS Hall

City tour

Beitou ramen

MRT Monopoly Game

Winter city tour

Zhicheng Park

Shilin Plum Blossom

Art museums

Shopping in Taipei

Summer desserts

Qingtiangang

Qixingshan hiking

2015 Calla lily

2016 Calla lily

Beitou tour

Beitou-Zhuzihu tour

NTU

Confucius Temple

2015 Dadaocheng Festival

Puppet Museum

Fantasy Ice World

2016 Bread Show

Strawberry picking

2015 Rose Garden

Modern Toilet

Shilin Night Market

NASA Exhibit

Raohe Night Market

Longshan Temple

2013 Taipei Zoo

Maokong Gondola

Lupin flowers

Taipei 101 day visit

Taipei 101 night visit

Tiger Mountain

Din Tai Fung

Taipei Story House

2014 Flower Show

Chrysanthemum Show

Miramar Ferris wheel

Miniatures Museum

Archery

1600 Pandas

Wulaoguo hot pot

Upside Down House

2016 101 Fireworks

New Taipei

Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival

Elephant Rock SUP/kayaking

Meteor Garden school

Tamsui Pumpkin Tunnel

Shifen Waterfall

2017 Sand Sculpture

Dragon Caves

New Taipei tour

2016 Kite Festival

Pingxi Crags

Bitou Cape

2016 Sand Sculpture

2015 Christmasland

Juming - Jinshan

Houtong - Pingxi

Sandiaoling Waterfall

Jiufen foodtrip

Guanyinshan hike

Yehliu Ocean World

2014 Kite Festival

Pingxi Rail tour

Jinguashi tour

Vigor Kobo Pineapple

British Consulate

Yehliu Geopark

2014 Sand Sculpture

Paragliding

2014 Christmasland

2014 Pingxi Lantern

firefly watching

Yingge Ceramics Street

Jiufen tour