"Bronze Body Painting Enamel Black Ground Multicolored Flowing Clouds Jade Rabbit Autumn Fragrance Snuff Bottle" from the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty.

(Photo by Gao Yifen)

The Year of the Rabbit welcomes the spring, so come here to find the art and culture route of "Rabbit" according to the occasion. Under the influence of various rabbit installation artworks, I hope that there will be a "Rabbit" exhibition this year, and everything goes well.

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[Recommended route 1] Taipei Xinyi Xintiandi + Huashan 1914

In Yuan "Qiujing Playing Baby", the children are playing with 3 cute little rabbits.

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Photographer/Reporter Zhou Xingrui

Qingshui Niuhuatou Ruins Cultural Park.

Xinyi Xintiandi in Taipei is a gathering place for department stores. During the Chinese New Year, each department store has carefully decorated its facade and interior. It is full of joy inside and out. It is suitable for the whole family to visit. Shopping, tasting delicious food, watching movies, let people fully experience the new atmosphere of the Year of the Rabbit.

In this fashion world where trendy men and women gather, there are actually hidden sculptures to appreciate. Just walk along the pedestrian area outside the museum, you can see many "1997 Taipei International Art Fair International Stone Sculptures" Lover's Outdoor Creation Camp", such as: Korean artist Hyun Hye-sung's stone sculpture "Moon", Peruvian artist Millerton.

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Spinoza's "Mountain of Deception"...etc.

They are located next to the pedestrian seats, accompanying tourists for a short rest, waiting for everyone to appreciate.

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The Hanging Garden of the National Opera House held the design exhibition of "The Three Caves of the Rabbit".

Walking from Xinyi Xintiandi towards the Zhongyou Building, you can enjoy the work "Posse to be able" by Japanese sculptor Takeshi Tanabe here, and see how he uses landscape stone and metal to express the infinite power hidden in these two materials.

Going forward, there is an animal statue standing on the other side of the building. When you look closely, it turns out to be a rabbit!

This is Berry, a sculptor who once won the Order of the British Empire.

Flanagan (Barry Flanagan, 1941-2009), in his work "Hare Standing on a Ball and Paws" around the 1990s, the compact hare stands full of vitality like a boxing pose, which makes people feel raised eyebrows immediately. The new atmosphere of "rabbit".

"The Rabbit's Three Caves" installation art design exhibition takes rabbits as the planning theme to welcome the Year of the Rabbit.

If you want to feel the soft and lovely rabbit style, the limited-time store of "Esther Bunny / Esther Bunny" is opening in Huashan 1914. Learn how Esther Bunny wins the hearts of men, women and children, and let yourself become popular as a "rabbit" this year Forge ahead.

"Esther Bunny／Esther Bunny" pop-up store is opening in Huashan 1914.

[Recommended Route 2] National Taichung Opera House + Taichung Arts and Cultural Attractions

Sculptor Barry Flanagan, "Hare Standing on Ball and Paw."

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Photographer/Reporter Zhang Xuanzhe

"Mountain of Delusion" by Peruvian artist Millerton Rivera Spinoza.

To welcome the Year of the Rabbit, the National Taichung Opera House specially planned the installation art exhibition "Three Caves of Rabbits" in the outdoor sky garden on the top floor. The cute and playful appearance of the three cute rabbits is charming no matter day or night. Come to take pictures in the spring, and take a trip to Taichung to welcome the new year with raised eyebrows and "rabbit" spirit.

Taichung City is rich in humanities and is known as the "City of Arts and Culture". Both Shanhaitun and the urban area have art and cultural attractions suitable for taking pictures in spring.

Tourists visiting Haixian can not only pay homage to Dajia Zhenlan Palace, but also go to the Niufutou Site Cultural Park on Qingshui Aofeng Mountain to spy on Neolithic cultural relics; Text Exhibition.

Tourists visiting Tun District can arrange to visit various exhibitions and cultural relics at Wufeng Lin Family Garden, Guangfu New Village, and Asia University Art Museum.

Especially during the Chinese New Year period in Guangfu New Village, various stores will sell gardening plants, small cultural and creative items, desserts and drinks, etc., making it a good place for parents and children to hang out.

In the urban area, you can go to Lu Siyi Church of Tunghai University, Taichung Cultural and Creative Industrial Park; or stroll along Caowu Road to Fan Texi Cultural and Creative Village, Audit New Village, Qinmei Eslite Green Park Road, National Museum of Art and other artistic and cultural attractions. It is suitable for tourists who take public transportation to visit.

Leisurely take the bus along Taiwan Avenue and use the public bicycles to experience the urban culture of Taichung.

Finally, go to the opera house to take a photo with the cute rabbit in the night; go to the nearby department store or Fengjia shopping district to taste the food, which will satisfy your body and mind.

[Recommended Route 3] The Palace Museum + Exhibition at the South Campus of the Palace Museum

Text/Gao Yifen

The southern branch of the National Palace Museum has carefully selected 5 rabbit paintings from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty in the exhibition area specially planned for the Year of the Rabbit, including "Chang'e Flying to the Moon" by the talented Tang Bohu (Tang Yin) of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan "Qiujing Playing Baby" and Qing "Qiao Song Lying Rabbit", etc., show the same gentle and lovely side of rabbits in the eyes of painters of different ages.

After admiring the boutiques in the South Campus of the Forbidden City, you may wish to take a five-minute bus ride to the nearby Garlic Sugar Factory to recall the historical splendor of the century-old railway station and the architectural beauty of the wooden Japanese-style dormitories in the park; or go to the Chiayi Railway Station next to the Visit the Chiayi Municipal Art Museum, which combines the special design of 3 buildings of different ages, which is both retro and novel.

This special exhibition "Gaze of Displacement" conveys their life experiences through the creations of six local artists, and looks forward to resonating with viewers.

Rabbits are not only found in the south courtyard, but also in the permanent exhibition room of jade wares on the 3rd floor of the north courtyard, you can also see the "rabbit-shaped pendant" with a simple shape in the early and mid-Western Zhou Dynasty. There is also a fairyland-like enamel snuff bottle "Jade Rabbit Autumn Fragrance" decorated with colorful flowing clouds on a black ground. There are two rabbits of different colors on both sides of the snuff bottle. The surrounding scenery is described in detail in this small consecration.

After watching the exhibition, the vast "Zhishan Garden" in the Forbidden City is also a place for spring travel. In the park planned by the Eastern Jin Dynasty calligrapher Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Collection Preface", there are flowing cups of water, pen washing pool, and Songfeng Pavilion. Wait for 8 scenes.

If you have enough time, there is also the Aboriginal Culture Theme Park and the Shunyi Taiwan Indigenous Museum on the side. On the first basement floor, there is the "Atayal Witch Doctor Phgup-Amuinoyan Special Exhibition", which is a memory of the aborigine youth who was a witch doctor. Great-grandmother, spent years filming documentaries across tribes.

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