Monday, April 22, 2013

Shinhwa Historic Street/新化老街

この間「新華老街」に行って来た。台南市の郊外に有る、市内から自転車で一時間くらいしか離れていない。(もし車が有ればたぶん20分しかかからないだろう。)
I went on a short, half-day trip a little while back to Shinhwa Laojie recently.  Shinhwa Laojie is an old commercial street in the town of Shinhwa where a block of old buildings have been preserved.  It's only about an hour away from central Tainan by bicycle, so it's an easy trip to make.
我以前的禮拜天去新華老街看看。新華老街在臺南市、離市區不遠。我騎腳踏車去、差不多一個小時以內到了。這條老街跟別的比起來不太大、可是對臺南住民來說蠻方便、值得去看一看。
猶太教嗎!?
I saw this same symbol on a building in Quemoy too.  I wonder if this has some meaning in Han culture?  I only know of it as the Star of David...
だいたいこう言う感じだ。老街は長くない、でも結構綺麗な建物が密集している。
The old stores here all have their names in carved stone letters instead of normal signs.
小店的看板很有意思。
店の彫刻された名前は面白いだろう。

我也喜歡這些浮雕。
I liked the top-of-the-facade designs for these buildings.  (I'm sure there's an architectural term for these things, but I don't know what to call them.)
建物の正面のデザインもいい。


一個日本小姐。
鳥居と日本の少女。
なぜか分からないけど、この広場の隣りの建物はみんな同じ色塗られていた。
Someone painted all of the buildings next to this town square the same color.
在這個廣場旁邊、房子都是一樣的顏色。

這個建築是日本時代建的。日本時代臺灣有很多武得館。
This building is a "Martial Arts Center".  A lot of these buildings were built all over Japan in the pre-war period.  At the time, since Taiwan was also part of Japan, a bunch were built here too.  From what I understand though, most of them have since been torn down or converted to other uses.  This one appears to still be pretty much in its original form, though it seems to be a museum now rather than an actual martial arts gym.  It was closed for repairs though, so I was unable to get in and see.
武徳館!戦争以前、台湾は日本の支配を受けたため、政府によって武徳館が沢山建てられた。残っているのは数多くないらしい、でもこの一軒は博物館に成っている様だ。残念な事に現在は改造中なので、入館出来なかった。


旁邊的老樹。




舊舊的武得館跟現代的7-11。
7-11, viewed through the glass windows of the historic martial arts center.
戦前台湾と戦後台湾がこの一枚の写真に揃っている。













住在臺南的人、新華老街不遠、所以去試試看吧!
That's it for Shinhwa.  It's just a short trip out to here, so I recommend it to anyone who lives in Tainan and has a half-day or so to kill.
台南に住んでいる人に新華老街を勧める。遠くないので、簡単な日帰りが出来る。行って見れば?

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