Objectives
Holding local cultural activities help energize festivals, exhibit local characteristics, promote tourism and show vitalities of the community. By holding activities, the local officials aims to provide the public with more opportunities of exposure to art so that popularity and recognition of the local culture is cohered and hopefully to bring everyone closer to facilitate education and business opportunities as well as to continue the inheritance of culture. Through the contest held in the festival, the geographical landscapes and cultural features are further spread to draw more people from local and other areas to discover the beauty of Bali and to generate output value of tourism. Moreover, by linking the local art workers and groups together to further integrate the educational system into these activities as part of the "Art and Culture" learning in schools for discovering and nurturing local art talents.
Introduction
Resources of local schools, communities and villages are integrated to organize painting and photography contests themed at local natural culture characteristics. Local artists, art teachers of related art classes, photography clubs, and local art and history workers are invited to be judges of the contest. In addition to improving the cultural level within the area, it also prompts the interaction among local art and culture workers and teachers. Moreover, the chosen photos and drawings are used as publicity and online promotion materials.
About the Activity
1. Resources of local schools, communities and villages are integrated to organize painting and photography contests themed at local natural cultural characteristics. Local artists, art teachers of related art classes, photography clubs, and local art and history workers are invited to be judges of the contest. In addition to improving the cultural level within the area, it prompts the interaction among local art and culture workers and teachers. Moreover, the chosen photos and drawings are used as publicity and online promotion materials.
2. Opening & Award Ceremony: The opening ceremony of the activity is scheduled to be held on September-17-2011 at Left Riverbank. A contest of 3 main cultural topics of "Mountains & Forests ", "Waterfront" and "Temples" are held in a period of one month. The award ceremony is scheduled to be held in the activity center of the district on October-22-2011 for displaying the winning works and honoring the winners while demonstrating the diverse aspects of Bali sceneries.
Local Highlights
There are rich natural resources and cultural landscapes along Bali Left Riverbank. Scenic spots include Bali Ferry, Tianhou Temple, Dazhong Temple, Old Banyan Fortress, Left Riverbank Park, Left Riverbank Pier, Left Riverbank Hall, Left Riverbank Theater, Mangrove Park, Waziwei Ecological Reserved Area, Ocean View Long Dike, and Shihsanhang Museum, etc. Along the trails and bicycle lanes, numerous tea houses and coffee shops with cultural atmosphere are offering coffee with the beautiful view of Tamsui river. Apart from the view, local delicacies such as peacock clams, salted eggs, pepper cakes, shrimp rolls, Taiwanese-style popsicles, fish balls, and brown-sugar sticky rice cakes are worth trying. The ferry ride is also something visitors can't miss.
Shisanhang Museum is the first archaeological museum in northern Taiwan. The architecture is of great features inspired by archaeological excavations and the voyage of our ancestors to Taiwan. In addition to permanent exhibitions (i.e. "Return to Shisanhang" which is divided into six units) that preserve, display and illustrate the archaeological findings in Shisanhang ruin (e.g. the most representative artifacts - ‘human face pottery pots'), there are learning experience room, special exhibition area, lecture hall, stores and restaurants. Moreover, It showcases the special "Time Chair". Tour guide mechanism provides lively and diverse courses and environment. Guanyin Mountain is located among Tamsui, Bali and Wugu with an attitude of 612 meters above sea. There is a Tough Man Hill at the peak which is a must-see spot for hikers. There are 18 small hills crouching around Guanyin Mountain. Guanyin Mountain got the name from resembling image of the Guanyin Buddha lying on his side if looking from Taipei Basin or Tamsui. Guanyin Mountain is usually covered by ever-changing clouds and fog and is one of the 8 views in northern Tamsui which used to be "Xi Hill Breathing Fog". By looking to the distance from the peak, mountains, hills afar or the basin, plateau and coastal plain close by come into view. The winding silk like Tamsui River and the dark green volcano reflect with the sky-blue sea. Not many views as breathtaking as the one here can be found in the world.
