The local culture of the town is an important reflection of the characteristics of the town. Making culture close to life and making culture lively and interesting is something every town is very happy to do. Swim in the town, feel the cultural connotation and charm of the town in the cultural atmosphere that comes to your face. This kind of experience is simple and pure, concentrating, rather than pretentious, arrogant and light-hearted. I believe that this in-depth cultural experience is also something that every tourist wants to experience. But how to grasp the balance between purity and frivolity and make the cultural experience more in-depth? This question is a bit difficult to answer. Let’s take Lugang Town as a case and first see how it is done.
Luo Dayou
Lugang Town
"Taipei is not my home, my hometown does not have neon lights! Lugang streets, Lugang fishing villages, and people burning incense in Mazu Temple."
Do you still remember the song "Lugang Town" that Luo Dayou sang back then? Lugang Town is not only the well-known restaurant in China, but it is a real town that exists in Taiwan. In the early development of Taiwan, the so-called "one mansion, two deer, three monga", "deer" refers to the Lugang town of , Changhua County, . Lugang was once the second largest city in Taiwan, and was the most prosperous period from the 50th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty to the end of Daoguang. Under the tempering of humanities and history, Lugang Town has become a traditional town that is now quaint. Here, there are many historical sites and old streets that are mainly humanistic, as well as authentic traditional delicacies, and a strong sense of humanity.
Town Introduction
is located in Changhua County, Taiwan. This town on the west coast of central Taiwan once had a prominent cultural history.
Lugang was originally a river port, but later due to the influence of the war and the problem of congenital river sand silt is becoming increasingly serious, and it eventually became a waste port. Compared with the simple environment of Lugang, the prosperity of Taipei has become a faint sadness and nostalgia in Luqiao who works far away.
Today's Lugang, the dense temples and traditional buildings are enough to confirm the grand occasion of the past. In the port and city structure, it also retains the flavor of the mainland's historical and cultural city Quanzhou , and has the reputation of "the prosperity is like Little Quanzhou".
Lugang Old Street
Walking on Lugang Old Street, in addition to seeing the ancient streets and houses, you will also find that there are many alleys in the old street, and there are other alleys in the alleys, like a maze. If you are careful, you will also find that the old street is not straight, but is curved from time to time. In fact, these curved alleys are designed to withstand the disasters caused by the weather. Lugang was an early commercial port and had no obstacles to the sea breeze of Linglie. In order to prevent the strong sea breeze from entering and making the residents' lives more convenient, these curved alleys were built to help block the invasion of strong winds. And the tunnel does not adopt general crosses, but is replaced by T-shaped crosses.
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Lugang also has three major historical sites, Wenkai Academy, Longshan Temple, and Tianhou Palace, as well as a folk cultural relics museum specially built to preserve folk relics. In addition to the rich historical sites, the streets and alleys of Lugang Town are also full of the simplicity and ancient meaning of the country, such as the ancient houses and old houses located in the alleys, and ancient Chinese medicine shops and cloth shops that can still be seen on Zhongshan Road. For a tour of Lugang ancient style, you can visit the line at Zhongshan Road. Modern attractions include the Bailan Health Museum, the Taiwan Glass Museum and the Changbin Xiuchuan Health Park.
Days of the Palace of the Emperor harem
ranks as a third-level ancient temple. It was created during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and worshipped the second mother, who was respectfully invited by the Emperor Tianhou Temple in Meizhou. The small temple was originally built to seek peace of navigation, but after continuous expansion, it became today's scale. In the past, most residents of Lugang depended on cross-sea trade and fishing to make a living, so they believed in Mazu in a particularly devout city. The Tianhou Palace is still very popular and is also the most important faith center in Lugang. There are more than 600 temples in Taiwan that have been distributed incense from Lugang Tianhou Temple, so there are endless streams of pilgrims coming back to incense all year round. For 300 years, cigarettes have blackened Mazu's face, so believers call it "black-faced mother" or "cigarette mother" which shows the popularity of incense. Every year on the birth of Mazu on March 23rd of the lunar calendar, the incense ball that surges in the tide makes the Heavenly Palace boil, which is a grand event in Lugang. In addition to the importance of faith, the architecture of the Tianhou Palace is also quite impressive; exquisite detailed decorations, simple stone sculptures, the vivid Qianliyan and Shunfeng-ear statues in the main hall, and the imperial pen plaques given by Emperor Qianlong and Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, etc., are not to be missed. In addition, the back hall of Tianhou Palace was built as a Mazu Cultural Relics Museum, displaying various phoenix crown and magical sedan chairs used for Mazu's tour in the past, and the Lugang religious cultural relics exhibitions were launched from time to time.
Longshan Temple
Lugang Longshan Temple is considered to be the most complete Qing Dynasty building in Taiwan. Longshan Temple was founded in 1653 and was built in the area of Dayou Street. It was not until 1786 that it was moved here. After several renovations, it was not until 1831 that it was what it is now. The building materials of Longshan Temple in Lugang, such as bricks and stones and Fuzhou cliffs, all came from Quanzhou across the ocean, and they hired famous Fujian and Guangdong craftsmen to Taiwan for huge sums of money. The format and scale are imitated by the Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou. The temple covers an area of more than 1,600 square meters, and is deeply rooted in the essence of Quanzhou's architectural art.
Lugang Folk Cultural Relics Museum
Lugang Folk Cultural Relics Museum is one of the most complete exhibition halls in Taiwan's folk cultural relics collection. It was originally the former residence of the former Lugang Xianrong. The entire building is imitated in the Renaissance Baroque style, and is an exquisite work under the Westernization trend at the beginning of this century. The museum contains up to 6,000 traditional Taiwanese folk artifacts, which is like a rich historical treasure house. The cultural relics museum includes nearly 20 exhibition rooms, displaying cultural relics including daily objects, furniture, calligraphy and painting, religious customs and other items from the middle of the Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China; such as embroidery clothing in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, elegant mother-of-pearl furniture, ancient musical instruments, and even looms and barber stalls. Whether it is the home furnishings of wealthy families or the daily necessities of ordinary people, they all have historical value. In addition, the museum also displays old photos of Lugang and old city street models, and plays audio-visual videos such as Lugang ancient style, which are worth a detailed view.
Traditional crafts
In addition to historical sites, Lugang is the place with the most traditional craftsmen in Taiwan. With 36 award winners in Taiwan, Lugang occupies 16. For example, Sanyi may be famous for wood carvings, but in Lugang there are gold carvings, silver carvings, wood carvings, etc. These craftsmen's craftsmanship attract many foreigners to stop. Wang Huimei pointed out that in recent years, the most mainland tourists visiting Lugang have visited the most. These craftsmen have always surprised scholars and officials from the mainland, and have also become a place that visitors must visit whenever they visit Lugang.
Moreover, there are many distinctive folk cultural creative products in the local area.
special folk activities, including praying for the lights of New Year's Eve, the God of Wealth circling the realm, the birth of heaven, the Lantern Festival welcomes the dragon formation, the land of land, the mad Mazu in March, the mad Prince in April, the mad Prince in Dragon King, the Dragon King Festival, the Qi Niang Mama in Zhongyuan Pudu, etc. In addition, there are birthday activities such as Tianhou Palace, Longshan Temple, Fengtian Palace, etc.
days of harem: Mazu's birthday on the 23rd day of the third lunar month, believers from all over the country have arrived, and the grand occasion is unprecedented.
Longshan Temple: Every year, the 19th day of the lunar calendar is the birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and a grand celebration will be held in the temple.
Fengtian Palace: Every year on the 12th day of the lunar calendar, the birthday of the Prince of Su's Mansion. Pilgrims from all over the world flocked to the scene, and there were also staged performances. The scene was spectacular.
Town food
Taiwan Lugang Town has many delicacies, such as Beidou Hong Ruizhen crispy candy, Changhua meat balls, beef tongue cakes, lard ginger ginger, oyster omelettes, mullet roe , barbecue strips, red terribles, plum buckles, Weizhen's fresh meat buns, Yujinchun's vegetarian buns, taro steamed buns and other specialties.
Zheng Yuzhen Pastry Shop
This famous local pastry shop is located in a two-story brick and wood house on Lugang Old Street. All the furnishings in the store highlight the history of the place. The most famous dim sum in the cake shop is the phoenix eye cake, which is in the shape of a slender date pit, and is named after it looks like a phoenix eye. This cake is made of rice and sugar using a special method. In local customs, it is a cake for ordinary women when they get married, which means that newlyweds have no worries about food and clothing and are happy and happy throughout their lives. The texture of the phoenix eye cake is extremely delicate. You should gently pinch it with your two fingers. If the force is stronger, it will be broken into small pieces. It is precisely because of this gentle texture that when put into the mouth, use your tongue and upper teeth to gently powder it in your mouth. This kind of cake is not suitable for a meal, but is suitable for a cup of tea. First, drink a few sips of tea to moisten your throat, and then taste a piece of cake carefully, and a hint of sweet fragrance appears in your mouth.
Taiwan’s desserts are very famous, and the same is true in Lugang. Whether it is cool mango milk ice or warm and glutinous honey potatoes. When you are tired of walking, stop and take a rest. A dessert is enough to eliminate the fatigue of travel.
Mulberry Sub
"html"Chinese on the tip of the tongue" praised this kind of Taiwanese specialty food. The scientific name of mullet is mullet, and it is everywhere, but its eggs are only abundant in Taiwan. The reason is that after the winter solstice every year, mullets on the coast of mainland China migrate south to lay eggs, pass through the Taiwan Strait, from the near Lugang Town, Changhua County, near the Taiwan coast, and goes south along the coastline to the south of Pingtung to mating and then return to the north. During the period when mullets are close to Taiwan's coast, their ovaries are at their most mature stage before mating, so mullets produced in Taiwan are particularly large. After people take out the mullet eggs, they marinate them with a lot of salt, then use heavy pressure on the wooden board to help dehydrate them, and then after exposure to the sun and drying in the shade, they make this mullet roe that can be sold and preserved. The easiest way to cook is to roast.
Town B&B
The old bicycle placed in the yard, the little yellow dog walking towards you with its tail, everything has a smell of home, less the coldness of the hotel, more warmth of home. From the moment you enter the yard, there is a nostalgic atmosphere everywhere, and the old objects scattered everywhere make people think of those long years. If you didn't know in advance that this is a B&B, you would think you have walked into a toy shop or a museum.
The house in the backyard has also been built into the appearance of Lugang Railway Station. The bigger surprise is still in every room. Each room here has its own theme: old theater, Transformers, Coca-Cola, Hello Kitty and other themes.
Experience summary
Unlike ordinary towns, Lugang town looks more primitive and simple. This place condenses the integration and evolution of ethnic groups such as southern Fujian, Hakka and indigenous peoples, and condenses the life scene of a century of life. Many tourists who come here to travel are impressed by the local characteristics and culture. This place has retained many traditional historical traces of local characteristics to a large extent. Not only that, the towns and streets and people are very nostalgic. The residents here still have inherited the daily routines and habits of the past century. Wherever they go, they feel the natural and simple culture. Visitors who have experienced cultural experiences here are sighing.
The author believes that cultural experience should be deepened.On the one hand, we must allow town residents to have a deep sense of identity and belonging to local culture, naturally integrate culture into life, and form a certain sense of cultural community. Just like Lugang Town, the residents of the town pay attention to the protection of cultural carriers, and many historical and cultural buildings and historical sites have been protected; not only that, they also pay attention to folk culture and rituals. Every festival is created in the name of awe. This kind of wholehearted dedication allows culture to enter the hearts of every household, every tourist. Culture is a subtle atmosphere. The sincere awe, worship and inheritance of culture by the residents of the town not only changes the spiritual outlook of the locals, but also affects their lives and habits. The transmission of this emotion will also directly affect the emotions of tourists in each town. Not only that, you can also feel the love of town residents for life through local food culture and characteristic homestays.
On the other hand, it focuses on the creation of cultural products in small towns. Visitors have an in-depth cultural experience, mainly through local cultural products, to perceive the characteristics and interests of local culture. Cultural products are the key to forming emotional resonance. Therefore, when creating cultural products, we must not only consider the diversification of products, integrating food, accommodation, entertainment, tourism, shopping and travel, but also consider the deep connection between the products and local characteristic cultures, enhance the cultural attributes of tourism projects, and create experiential cultural projects that can be seen, played and participated. For example, you can stroll in the town of Lugang, enjoy the beautiful scenery and historical relics of the local river and harbor, participate in the town's characteristic folk culture, and feel the local humanistic atmosphere. You can also experience the nostalgic children's fun games such as playing tops, pulling bells, playing marbles, hopscotch, fishing bottles, squirting circles, shooting wooden guns, and big-headed Buddhas in Baodao Times Village to experience the nostalgic children's fun. Go back and forth in the town’s specialty merchandise store, taste the unique regional characteristics of the food, experience the style of the homestay, and slow life makes everything simple and wonderful.
