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June 12, 2005
We unusually had a one-day local tour before the elementary school graduation ceremony of Chritine. It had been having showers and thunderstorms for several days. We finally decided to go to the northeast coast. We reached the Yehliu Geopark around ten o’clock. I had visited here probably 20 years ago. Time runs so fast. I turned to the middle age and my daughter was turning to an adolescent girl.
Though humans are temporary, the sculptures along the seashore have been here for million years. These art works had been created by wind, waves and rain. The natural sculptors would continue doing so forever. I revisited those shaped rocks that look like mushroom, tofu or candlesticks, and learned geography from the illustration aside. I wished Christine would appreciate this nature lesson. I regretted not to go with her for pleasure pretty often. Although I unfortunately tumbled on slippery rocks and got hurt a bit, this visit was truly worthy.
We later visited the Juming Museum, which reminded me of the museum of Insho-Domoto in Kyoto. In addition to Juming’s works, this Museum also collected several works by early Taiwanese artists and a few by famous artists of modern arts like Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and Henry Moore. I pretty much like Chang Wan-Chuan’s Fauvism-style paintings that often show simple but strong outlines and vivid colors. The subjects are common still-life around us, but the overall images look somewhat abstract.
Because of the heavy rain, we stayed in an arbor beside the lake and did not visit the gardens and other exhibition halls. Christine was feeding fish, like her in a younger age. Because the rain kept the noisy tourists away, the outdoors was quite. I liked such an atmosphere, and fell into a kind of mediation. We then drove back and got home near the evening.
更寮古道
Sunday; July 10, 2005
Geng-Liao Old Trail is not far from Academia Sinica. However, it was unusual for us to visit this trail. One day Ben and I planned to go hiking around the mountains of Jiuzhuang. We drove to the entrance of the Geng-Liao old trail and started our excursion. This trail was built in Ching dynasty and wound up into the mountain TuKu. We climbed the wooden ladder up the hill. At most time, we walked under the canopy of trees. The wax apple trees were laden with immature and pale fruits but plenty of fallen fruits were mashed by hikers’ feet, which messed up the path. On the way, we could hear frogs’ melodies and see butterflies’ dance. It soon brought us about 300 meters above sea level, where we could see southern Taipei in a panoramic view. It took us only 30 minutes to reach the taoist temple “Jiu-Chong-Kung”, which was perched on the hill. From there, one could continue going on the trail or go through the highway to the Nanshen Road. However, we made a wrong decision. It eventually took us more than one and a half hours to go down the hill. Because of heavy sunshine, we were so thirsty and exhausted in the middle. The “endless” walking also made me depressed.
We then had several times of Geng-Liao excursion. We appreciate that we lived so close to the mountains.
June 12, 2005
We unusually had a one-day local tour before the elementary school graduation ceremony of Chritine. It had been having showers and thunderstorms for several days. We finally decided to go to the northeast coast. We reached the Yehliu Geopark around ten o’clock. I had visited here probably 20 years ago. Time runs so fast. I turned to the middle age and my daughter was turning to an adolescent girl.
Though humans are temporary, the sculptures along the seashore have been here for million years. These art works had been created by wind, waves and rain. The natural sculptors would continue doing so forever. I revisited those shaped rocks that look like mushroom, tofu or candlesticks, and learned geography from the illustration aside. I wished Christine would appreciate this nature lesson. I regretted not to go with her for pleasure pretty often. Although I unfortunately tumbled on slippery rocks and got hurt a bit, this visit was truly worthy.
We later visited the Juming Museum, which reminded me of the museum of Insho-Domoto in Kyoto. In addition to Juming’s works, this Museum also collected several works by early Taiwanese artists and a few by famous artists of modern arts like Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and Henry Moore. I pretty much like Chang Wan-Chuan’s Fauvism-style paintings that often show simple but strong outlines and vivid colors. The subjects are common still-life around us, but the overall images look somewhat abstract.
Because of the heavy rain, we stayed in an arbor beside the lake and did not visit the gardens and other exhibition halls. Christine was feeding fish, like her in a younger age. Because the rain kept the noisy tourists away, the outdoors was quite. I liked such an atmosphere, and fell into a kind of mediation. We then drove back and got home near the evening.
更寮古道
Sunday; July 10, 2005
Geng-Liao Old Trail is not far from Academia Sinica. However, it was unusual for us to visit this trail. One day Ben and I planned to go hiking around the mountains of Jiuzhuang. We drove to the entrance of the Geng-Liao old trail and started our excursion. This trail was built in Ching dynasty and wound up into the mountain TuKu. We climbed the wooden ladder up the hill. At most time, we walked under the canopy of trees. The wax apple trees were laden with immature and pale fruits but plenty of fallen fruits were mashed by hikers’ feet, which messed up the path. On the way, we could hear frogs’ melodies and see butterflies’ dance. It soon brought us about 300 meters above sea level, where we could see southern Taipei in a panoramic view. It took us only 30 minutes to reach the taoist temple “Jiu-Chong-Kung”, which was perched on the hill. From there, one could continue going on the trail or go through the highway to the Nanshen Road. However, we made a wrong decision. It eventually took us more than one and a half hours to go down the hill. Because of heavy sunshine, we were so thirsty and exhausted in the middle. The “endless” walking also made me depressed.
We then had several times of Geng-Liao excursion. We appreciate that we lived so close to the mountains.
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