Taiwan Folk Culture Museum

Taiwan Folk Culture Museum

Taiwan Folk Heritage Museum, also known as Folk Park, is located in Beitun District, Taichung city. The park is full of all kinds of Minnan style buildings and Chinese style gardens, including quadrangles, traditional architectural style houses and patterns. Different from ordinary parks, Folk Park is a traditional theme park with educational significance.

building structure

The park is mainly composed of Minnan style buildings in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. In addition, there are garden landscaping imitating Suzhou garden design, in which pavilions, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water are scattered. The park is mainly divided into two areas: folk custom and folk art. In the folk custom area, the folk custom museum and Taiwan folk cultural relics museum are the main bodies. The interior furnishings of the folk custom museum of traditional courtyard buildings are modeled on the home life of Minnan people in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. In the main hall, there are ancestral shrine areas, offering tables, Tai Shi chairs, eight immortals tables and offerings. It seems that there are still people living in them. On both sides are the master's bedroom and rest room.

development history

In 1981, Taichung Mayor Lin Bailong, local gentry and cultural figures vigorously promoted the preparation of Taiwan's folk culture park. He Yong, chairman of Wenying foundation, donated funds and a large number of cultural relics from Taichung Rotary club.

In 1984, 1.6 hectares of land in the newly completed Zhongzheng and Dongshan rezoned areas were selected for construction and named "Folk Park".

The Lantern Festival officially opened in 1990.

In 2003, Zhongtai University of science and technology was entrusted by Taichung Municipal government.

In 2008, it was entrusted by the Cultural Bureau of Taichung City by the Asian University and transformed into a "Taiwan Folk Museum".

transport line

City Bus

Taichung passenger transport: 71

Air passenger transport: 58, 65

Renyou passenger: 72

Highway passenger transport

folk culture

The museum displays more than 3000 relics of the ancestors, including food, clothing, housing, transportation and other cultural relics that must be used in daily life, ranging from copper coins to farming utensils. The folk art museum is a two-story building, which is mainly for the exhibition and sale of folk arts and crafts. There are folk artists who have been in the museum for a long time to perform the skills of kneading dough, weaving bamboo, making paper umbrellas and so on. In the folk art square, there are various folk performances from time to time, such as dragon and lion dance, juggling and top beating. It is the first folk custom park designed and built with the theme of opening to the outside world in Taiwan.

Ticket Price

The full price is 20 yuan, and the student price is 10 yuan

Opening Hours

09:00-17:00 from Tuesday to Friday

From 09:00 to 19:00 on holidays and national holidays, Monday is a public holiday

Address: No.73, Section 2, Lushun Road, Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan

Longitude: 120.687186

Latitude: 24.174689

Tel. + 886-4-22451310