I spent a few hours checking out the National Palace Museum– one way to get out of the sweltering 87° heat here. I’ve always loved Eastern art, especially sculpture (the Buddha collection was mind blowing) and the scriptures and paintings were also great, all older than I can even fathom. There was a section of ancient stamps I also really enjoyed. It was nice to see one of the most well-known museums in the world which holds some of Taiwan and China’s most precious treasures. Unfortunately it looks like I just missed the Old is New ‘Modern T-Shirt Design Competition‘ that was held at the musuem just a few days ago. The t-shirt competition website is in Chinese, which I’m not so hot at reading– so looks like I’m out of luck on that one.


Brian Liu Wednesday, 05.10.06 @ 1:46 pm

you should definitely check out the night markets – shilin night market is a big one and ones by the universities (like shida night market) are pretty fashion-forward. it would be cool if you did a mini-feature on the things you buy from these night markets and take pictures of some people with new asian fashion trends.


Cathy Thursday, 05.11.06 @ 1:54 am

If you’re into very reasonably priced clothing definitely check out Wufenpu Garment Wholesale Area.

Here’s a brief introduction and directions of how to get there:
http://www.taipeitravel.net/pda/article.asp?pcode=2&indexId=40&mrtId=-1&uId=3081&pageNo=1

Have fun in Taipei!


tom Friday, 05.12.06 @ 12:03 pm

Isn’t a modern tshirt design competition the type of thing you should be hitting?




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