Translated by Lester Wu

In order to promote Taiwanese literature, a literary author, Chen Ming Ren, pub-
lishing Taiwanese prose collected storiesthe Tales of Discontinued Farming,
audio books, creates the real interests and delights through the first chapter, which
vividly describes Taiwan society in 1960s and 1970s.
With the combination of lively description and fresh terms, the prose delineates
the period of Taiwan in 1960s and 1970s, the life of basic level citizens, and the tra-
ditional cultures. Recalling the memories of the old generation, the audio books
provide the chance for experiencing the epitome of former life through profound
descriptions of Taiwanese literature.
Through the lecture of the creator of association of poets in Taiwanese literature,
we invite your coming for the further cognition of Taiwanese mother language and
the roots of culture. Furthermore, we are also looking forward to discovering the
multicultural features and enriched connotations.

Time: 2014/9/30 Sat. 14:00-16:00
Topic: Ballad of Tainan& Local Handwriting
Lecturer: Chen Ming Ren
Location: 2F, Ye Shi Tao Memorial Museum of Literature
Lecture
Ye Shi Tao Memorial Museum


Translated by Burton Chou
Have you ever spend 2-3 hours, slow down your step and try to enjoy the city,
walking with professional yellow vest tour guide, moving between alleys and
streets, experience a free but heart touched trip.
Maximum of 20 people per group, for a group with more than 20, please
make an appointment and tour guide would be arranged with a specific time.
Want to know more about this city? please click on the apply online, once you
applied, our system with automatically send you a confirmation email within
a period of 2 days, if you do not receive an email beyond this period, please
contact us to enquire of the booking status.
On the appointment day, please be there 5 minutes ahead, if you cannot be
there on that day; be sure to call us or the tour guide.
8am every Friday, reservation will be available for two weeks later. Online ap-
plication will be expire Thursday the week after for every group of people.
Schedules for each tour and route:
Walking Tour
Tainan Michelin Guide

Line Confucius
temple
line
Chihkan
line
Anping
Street
Parade
Yanshuei
Yuejin
port roaming
Wuqiao port
old town night
line
Wuqiao port old
town day
line
Sat 9 11am 4 6pm 9 11am 3 6pm 7 9pm 4 6am
Sun 9- 11am 4 - 6pm 9 11am N/A 7 9pm 4 6am
Location Taiwanese
Literature
Museum
Front gate
of Sidian
Mo Temple
Front gate
of Anping
tree house
Qiaonan st.
entry
Haian Rd. and
Shennong St
Intersection
Haian Rd. and
Shennong St In-
tersection

Starting the international route from Tainan to Hong Kong, China Airline planned to de-
velop another international route in the late October: from Tainan airport to Kansai air-
port, Japan. There will be two flights every Tuesday and Sunday: one is from Tainan to
Kansai; the other is from Kansai to Tainan. The residents in Tainan do not need to go to
Taoyuan airport or Kaohsiung airport if they plan to travel to Kansai area in the future.
Tainan airport became international airport since last April. The first international route
was between Tainan and Wuhan. In July, 2013, China Airline developed the route be-
tween Tainan and Hong Kong. In this case, the new route between Tainan and Kansai
will be the third international route of Tainan airport.
China Airline revealed that the passenger load factor of the route between Tainan and
Hong Kong was approximately 80%, and it was still improving. On the other hand, the
amount of visitors traveling to Japan from Tainan was tremendous. Therefore, China
Airline decided to add the route between Tainan and Kansai in the late October. The
flight will be on Tuesday and Sunday initially, but the price of the flight has not been de-
cided.
China Airline stated that four main city of the Kansai area was Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe and
Nara. Kansai area, which has precious and rich historical and Japanese cultural monu-
ments, has attracted numerous Taiwanese tourists to experience the local cultural cus-
toms. Besides, Tainan was also called Taiwanese Kyoto. Having the route between
Tainan and Kansai will be a great event for people in both countries.

Route from Tainan Airport to Kansai Airport Will
Started in Late October
Translated by Chih-Kai Hong

Translated by Ching Chun Lin

Guantian District is in the heart
of Tainan City, and has long since
made a name for itself nation-
wide as Taiwans top producer of
water chestnuts. Every Septem-
ber and October is the peak sea-
son for water chestnuts in Taiwan, and all over Guantian youll see farmers
out collecting their harvest, rowing their boats out or wearing full-body
wet weather gear out amidst the fields, turning leaf after leaf to collect
chestnuts in a demonstration of pastoral elegance. The sight of the farm-
ers boats in the fields has become renowned as one of the must-see
sights of southern Taiwan. Every year, this old-fashioned location on the
banks of Hulupi is home to the Guantian Water Chestnut Festival, bringing
together the local chestnut industry and cultural activities, including lion
dances, dragon dances, concerts, special sales and tasting sessions for wa-
ter chestnuts, opportunities to go water chestnut picking, and folk art per-
formances.
Guantian Water Caltrop Festival

Tainan Foreigner Assistance Centre
2F, 6, Younghua Rd., Anping Dist, Tainan City
http://foreigner.tainan.gov.tw/en
06-299-1111 #8244 or 0800-024-111