DISCOVER TAIPEI Jan/Feb 2015 Vol.105
Good Morning, Taipei!
“A good year starts in the spring, a good day starts in the morning.” This old aphorism is
the inspiration for this issue’s “Good Morning, Taipei” theme, with articles describing the
beauties of the dawn hours, introducing the early morning exercise routines of Taipei residents, taking you into traditional morning markets – and deeper into the world of the Taipei folk you’ll be meeting during your time here.
In our Taipei Metamorphosis section we tell you about what’s new, including the most recent winners of the Taipei Urban Landscape Awards, the Black Forest secret garden in Zhuzihu up on Yangmingshan, the renovated Nanmon-cho 323 in Taipei Botanical Garden, and the whimsical Moon Bus large-scale installation art in Xinyi District. These novel attractions fill any exploration of the city with endless pleasant discoveries, and with the newly opened Taipei Metro Songshan Line and Fun Travel in Taipei App, a tour of Taipei is now ultra-convenient.
This issue covers the Chinese New Year period, and in our In-Depth City Culture Explorations section we present the traditional folk art of lion dancing, and the craftsmanship involved in paint-ing the lion’s head. In our Exploring Taipei Tastes & Gifts editon we answer the common questions of what to eat and what gifts to buy for Chinese New Year, taking you to restaurants serving clas-sic military dependents’ village fare and providing suggestions on nifty New Year-themed gifts for family and friends. If interested in learning all about how Taipei folk go about buying all their trad-itional New Year necessities, spend time in our Taipei Slow Living section, taking a day-tour of the Taipei Main Station Rear Area, where you can load up on all sorts of new gadgets and curios. With a nod to the 2015 Taipei International Book Exhibition, we bring you through the doors of finest of
many special independent bookstores scattered around the city, where book-loving travelers im-merse themselves in Taipei’s heady book-reading culture.
Taipei has been selected as the 2016 World Design Capital. In the lead-up to the event, what changes has the city seen? Visit our Taipei Designing department, where we’ll tell you how trans-former boxes, walls, and bridge piers are being used as street-art canvases. In What’s New in Tai-pei Arts we introduce the Taipei Arts Awards, Taipei in Films exhibition, Angling for Years of Plenty: A Special Exhibition of Paintings with Fish at the National Palace Museum, and other happenings that shine a spotlight on this city’s imagination and aesthetic allure.
A friendly “Good morning” conveys Taipei residents’ kindheartedness. “Congratulations, get
rich!” conveys their New Year warmth and joyous spirit. Enjoy Taipei’s vitality and festive flavor this January and February!
“A good year starts in the spring, a good day starts in the morning.” This old aphorism is
the inspiration for this issue’s “Good Morning, Taipei” theme, with articles describing the
beauties of the dawn hours, introducing the early morning exercise routines of Taipei residents, taking you into traditional morning markets – and deeper into the world of the Taipei folk you’ll be meeting during your time here.
In our Taipei Metamorphosis section we tell you about what’s new, including the most recent winners of the Taipei Urban Landscape Awards, the Black Forest secret garden in Zhuzihu up on Yangmingshan, the renovated Nanmon-cho 323 in Taipei Botanical Garden, and the whimsical Moon Bus large-scale installation art in Xinyi District. These novel attractions fill any exploration of the city with endless pleasant discoveries, and with the newly opened Taipei Metro Songshan Line and Fun Travel in Taipei App, a tour of Taipei is now ultra-convenient.
This issue covers the Chinese New Year period, and in our In-Depth City Culture Explorations section we present the traditional folk art of lion dancing, and the craftsmanship involved in paint-ing the lion’s head. In our Exploring Taipei Tastes & Gifts editon we answer the common questions of what to eat and what gifts to buy for Chinese New Year, taking you to restaurants serving clas-sic military dependents’ village fare and providing suggestions on nifty New Year-themed gifts for family and friends. If interested in learning all about how Taipei folk go about buying all their trad-itional New Year necessities, spend time in our Taipei Slow Living section, taking a day-tour of the Taipei Main Station Rear Area, where you can load up on all sorts of new gadgets and curios. With a nod to the 2015 Taipei International Book Exhibition, we bring you through the doors of finest of
many special independent bookstores scattered around the city, where book-loving travelers im-merse themselves in Taipei’s heady book-reading culture.
Taipei has been selected as the 2016 World Design Capital. In the lead-up to the event, what changes has the city seen? Visit our Taipei Designing department, where we’ll tell you how trans-former boxes, walls, and bridge piers are being used as street-art canvases. In What’s New in Tai-pei Arts we introduce the Taipei Arts Awards, Taipei in Films exhibition, Angling for Years of Plenty: A Special Exhibition of Paintings with Fish at the National Palace Museum, and other happenings that shine a spotlight on this city’s imagination and aesthetic allure.
A friendly “Good morning” conveys Taipei residents’ kindheartedness. “Congratulations, get
rich!” conveys their New Year warmth and joyous spirit. Enjoy Taipei’s vitality and festive flavor this January and February!