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.
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| 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!
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| I took this photo from a footbridge and from this same spot I saw a park with large ceramic structures. |
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| 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
2025 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
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| 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
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
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