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On August 21, 2021, Luo Dayou won the Golden Melody Award Special Contribution Award. /Visual China
On August 21, 2021, the 32nd Golden Melody Award was held in Taipei, and Luo Dayou won the Special Contribution Award. This slightly contemporary name once again evokes our musical memory.
In 1982, Luo Dayou released his first album " Zhihuzheye ", and the first song in the album was " Lugang Town ".
"Taipei is not my home, my hometown has no neon lights." The song caused a sensation as soon as it was released. Due to its contradiction with the policies at that time, it once became a banned song.
Decades later, young people who are wandering in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou can still empathize when they listen to this song again.
In fact, Lugang is not Luo Dayou's home. Luo Dayou was born in Taipei and never even went to Lugang when he created "Lugang Town".
But if you want to write about homesickness, it is probably difficult to find a better place than Lugang.
The inspiration for the creation of "Lugang Town" comes from Luo Dayou's chat with a young man in Lugang. It is said that the young man stole 20,000 yuan from his family and came to Taipei from Lugang to work hard. As a result, the money was squandered, but I didn't make a name for myself, so I didn't dare to return to my hometown. /TuChong Creative
Lugang Town is located in Changhua County , known as the "Taiwan rice warehouse". It was once a famous port city. The Taiwanese proverb "One Mansion, Two Lu, Three Mengjia" refers to the three largest ports on the island: Fucheng (now Tainan City), Lugang and Mengjia (now Taipei City).
During the Qing Dynasty, Lugang was the official designated port of , and it was frequently navigated with Quanzhou on the other side. The trade exchanges were so lively that Lugang's accent still retained a strong Quanzhou flavor.
Lugang and Quanzhou have been frequently used in history. /National Geographic Information Public Service Platform
is such a prosperous and prosperous small city, which is gradually declining under the impact of urbanization. The little Lugang can no longer tolerate the ambitions of young people. They left their hometown and went north to find their dreams, but they became a duckweed in the metropolis.
"Shenzhen" town
songs are the most important place in the entire Lugang - Tianhou Temple.
Even in Mazu Temple in Taiwan, Lugang Tianhou Temple is an extraordinary existence.
During the Spring Festival, Lugang Tianhou Palace was particularly lively. /Lugang Tianhou Palace
In Taiwan's Mazu Faith , only the Mazu ancestral temple "invited" from Mazu ancestral temple on Meizhou Island, Fujian can be called "Kaiji Mazu". The Tianhou Temple, which has received incense from Meizhou Ancestral Temple , can be called "Kaiji Tianhou Temple".
Mazu worshipped in Lugang Tianhou Palace was invited by General Shi Lang from Meizhou in the early Qing Dynasty. There are 6 statues of the Kaiji Mazu gods in Meizhou Ancestral Temple, and they have been invited to worship them everywhere, but the only one that has been preserved in Lugang Tianhou Palace, which has a history of nearly 400 years.
The founding Mazu of Lugang Tianhou Harem. /Lugang Tianhou Temple
Because this unique Mazu is too precious like . It is said that pilgrims came to worship and the faces of the statue were blackened by incense.
The Heavenly Palace in Lugang also distributed incense to more than 70 Mazu temples across Taiwan. On special days, the Mazu statues of these more than 70 Mazu temples will come to Lugang from all directions to burn incense.
From 2006 to 2008, Mazu of Lugang Tianhou Palace went to Fujian Meizhou Ancestral Temple to pay homage to her ancestors and incense for three consecutive years. /Lugang Tianhou Temple
Lugang Town not only lives in Mazu, but also "Buddha's residence" is also not ordinary.
Lugang Longshan Temple has exquisite carvings and complete preserved historical buildings, making it a must-visit for tourists.
The dragon pillar carving lines of Longshan Temple are smooth and very artistic. /TuChong Creative
This is also the oldest Buddhist temple in Taiwan. It was built in 1653 and later moved to its current location. The current layout of Longshan Temple was built in 1831, and later it was expanded and improved by famous teachers, becoming the most complete Qing Dynasty building in Taiwan.
The door posts of the dragon and the crane, the carved windows of the carp leaping on the dragon door, the shape is vivid and the brushstrokes are delicate; the complex and gorgeous caissons, the exquisitely designed stage, and the door god paintings that are not angry and domineering... makes architects and art lovers dazzled.
Bagua dome-shaped caisson on the top of the Longshan Temple stage of Lugang. /Visual China
Woodcut Leo on the Longshan Temple Building Blockchain of Lugang. /Visual China
The town is lost, Renaissance
The ancient belief cannot keep young people.
In the 1980s, Taiwan's economy developed rapidly and was known as the " Asian Four Little Dragons " together with South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore . Under the wave of the times, young people in small towns have devoted themselves to urbanization and entered the metropolis with neon lights everywhere.
Lost young people, and the once lively Lugang Old Street seems a little deserted.
Lugang Old Street Scene. /TuChong Creative
In the Qing Dynasty, Lugang Old Street was also a wharf and commercial center in the entire Taichung. There were constant ships coming and going, transporting strange goods and bringing fresh information.
The industrialized train rumbled by, but the track did not choose this small city. The former port city declined at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Walking on the old street, you can still find some traces of the old times: the road is paved with quaint red bricks, the lintels of old houses can be seen everywhere, and some shops still retain the traditional layout.
Residential houses in Lugang Old Street. /TuChong Creative
Once a trade zone and residential area with sails and crowds of people, it has now become a tourist destination with more out-of-towners than locals.
Although the commercial atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger, the endless stream of tourists has also brought more possibilities to Lugang Old Street.
Many tourists came here because of Luo Dayou's song "Lugang Town". /TuChong Creative
A brand new community is breaking out.
In 2009, a group of artists settled in Lugang Guihua Lane, building the idle and abandoned Japanese-style dormitory group in the Japanese-occupied period into workshops, galleries and performance venues. Guihua Lane Art Village came into being.
Sorrow in Osmanthus Alley. /TuChong Creative
Artists need to apply to stay in the village. Usually one period is one period from half a year to a year, with the longest period of two consecutive periods. If you still want to stay in Art Village after two periods, you can apply after one term.
This cultural and creative area not only left behind a group of literary and artistic youth, but also brought travelers from afar, allowing local residents to be exposed to more young blood.
Art Activities in Osmanthus Alley. /Instagram@watery725
In Lugang, there are always young people who choose to leave, and there are always young people who are coming.
Lugang may be destined to be a not-so-simple town.
