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Tsung Yeh Art and Cultural Center is an usually beautiful
part in Taiwan. Thanks to the cooperation and support
of governmental departments and cultural workers, we have
transformed the closed-down Tsung-Yen Sugar Factory into
Nan Ying Tsung-Yeh Art and Cultural Center, revitalizing
antiques and re-utilizing the unused space. In order to
create community bounding, develop creativity in industries,
and invite artists to move here, the county office hopes
to make this area important for its art and culture, as
well as establishing an international art village.
A long green tunnel of trees filled with the tenderest
breezes and the most elegant lights welcomes you here.
You will be charmed by the beauty of the park as you stroll
leisurely. Ancient relics, acres of green grass, old trees
and varieties of small animal speak to us as if we were
best friends. |
Su Huan-chih
County Magistrate |
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Nan Ying Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultural Center is located
in Matou on the site of the previous Tsung-Yeh Sugar Factory,
which had been built by Lin Po and others. In December
1907, through political force, this Sugar Factory was
purchased by Mitsubishi Group, which had great success
managing it, making it number One in the sugar industry.
Mitsubishi has three sugar factories in Japan, one in
Shanghai, and seven in Taiwan, including
.Tsung Yeh, Hsiaolung, Wushulin, Nanching, Shuantou, Hsihu,
and Nantou.
In 1910, Taiwan Government made a few adjustments to all
sugar plantations under respective sugar factories. Since
Hsiaolung Sugar Factory was overloaded with sugar production,
Tsung Yeh went into construction in September. Within
10months, in June 1911, 76 different size of buildings
had been constructed, including the office, repairing
workshop, parting-lot, post-office, clinic, club and dormitory.
The head office of Japango Sugar Corp also established
here at the same time.
In April 1911, Tsung Yeh sugar factory underwent various
reorganization. By December, the vaporization room, crystallization
room, sugar room, steam room and extracting room were
all completed, as well as different machines all up and
running. Sugar production then went into effect in January
in the following year.
In 1945, after the war, all Japanese sugar corporations
in Taiwan were taken over by the Taiwan Provincial Office.
In 1946, Japan go Subsidiary under Taiwan Sugar Company,
with the head-office still in Tsung Yeh Sugar Factory.
In July 1950, the subsidiary was cancelled and Hsiaolung,
Yuching, Wanli, Sankantien and Cheluchien sugar factories
were brought under its jurisdiction. In July 1958, Tsung
Yeh and Hsiaolung merged into Machia Sugar Factory. In
1974, it was renamed Matou Sugar General Factory. Later,
due to the decline of sugar prices in the world and the
slightly higher cost of sugar production in Taiwan, Taiwan
Sugar Company stopped its production in order to reduce
the losses. Tsung Yeh Sugar Factory was closed down in
1993, and its chimneys were removed in 1998. From that
point on, Taiwan Sugar Company began to rent out its factory
area.
At this time, Lin Chuang-shan, Yang Chen-wei, Liang Mao-lung,
Hsu Ching Pao, Legistrator Su Huan-chih and his assistant
Chen Chun-an actively advocated the temporary delay of
passing the bill concerning the bid of leasing Tsung Yeh
Sugar Factory as one of Taiwan’s ancient relics. In September
this year, Tainan County Government invited Wang Chi-tsung,
Li Chien-Lang, Lin Huei-cheng, Hung Min-lin, Fu Chao-ching
and Hsueh Chin as members of a committee evaluating ancient
relics, published on Njov.19. In order to revitalize ancient
relics and re-utilize unused space, Tainan County Government
formally set up Nan-Ying Tsung Yeh Art and Culture Center
on Nov.4, 2001.
Tsung Yeh Sugar Factory, evaluated as one of the ancient
relics, covers with an area of 2.16 hectare, including
the redbrick office, wooden reception house, red brick
dining hall, wooden official residence, Japanese-style
courtyard and old tees all around. |
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Red-Brick Office
The main office of Tsung Yeh Sugar Factory was an imposing
two-floor red-brick building in 1912. It housed the offices
of Japango Sugar Corp, well-know for its strict personnel
management, streamlined of human resource, excellent work
performance and high salary. This management style reveals
itself in the building’s architecture. Today it is used
as the venue for the exhibition of art and culture, often
displaying works of art and culture of famous people. |
Wooden Guest House
The guest house, originally the club for employees, is
a two-floor wooden building in the style of Kyoto, Japan,
and has a strong humanistic appeal. At the time of its
design, it was well equipped, harmonized with the stiffly-looking
main office to add humane connotations to the strict company’s
management style. |
Red-brick Dining Hall
The front gate of the red-brick dining hall beside
the guest house has Baroque-styled decoration with red
and white in sharp contrast, presenting a bright and simple
feeling. The red-brick dining hall is smaller and caters
to cadres. The western room, which is spacious, served
ordinary employees. Now, the eastern room sells iced food
while the western room is the dining hall. The western
and southern spacious verandas prevent sunshine from directly
shedding too much light into the room, hence resulting
in a tranquil dining space. The spacious courtyard is
extremely pleasing to the eye.
Built in 1954, the west wing of the dining hall is called
the Hall of Freedom, because that was the time when many
anti-communists fled mainland China to Taiwan looking
for freedom. |
Wooden Official Residence
The official residence is a high wooden building, with
a courty-ard covering an area of more than 6000 square
feet. There are flowers, grass and trees all around it.
To its south is a quite imposing, Japanese-style courtyard.
In its early days, this dormitory was heavily guarded
and non-residents were not allowed to get in. |
Japanese-Style Courtyard
To the north of the red-brick office is a Japanese-style
courtyard. Though deserted, it still looks quite elegant.
A stone lamp provides a quaint appearance and unique style,
and, the remains of a small Japanese bridge can still
be seen. Various other tableaus add beauty to this courtyard.
The park, covering an area of over 30 hectares, is interspersed
wit flowers and trees, and presents charming greenery
and natural beauty.
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Green Tunnel of Camphor Trees
The road across from the office-area, though only over
100 meters long, is flanked by 36 tall camphor trees sandwiched
between several maple trees, thus constituting a beautiful,
green, and cool passage. These camphor trees, over 90
years old, are unique. The pottery name-plate at the entrance
is inscribed by a local calligrapher and made by artist
Wang Chi-ming. |
Old Banyan Tree
The old banyan tee beside the red-brick office has been
observing all the changes of the sugar factory property
for over 100 years. This is the spot from which people
enter the park. The robust banyan trunk and its towering
branches constitute a vast green-shade, ver much to the
liking of tourists in the hot summer. |
Pterocarpus Tree
Right at the entrance of the park, there is a 28-meter
tall pterocarpus infusing the air with a pleasant light
aroma. Its robust trunk is amazingly entwined with a banyan
root. |
Old Locomotive
Displayed to the south of the red-brick office is an old
steam locomotive No.348, built in 1948 and used in the
early days to carry sugar-cane, rattling loudly the flat-cross
rail. The familiar sound of its whistle is a favorite
memory among the old people in this area. |
Millstone
A special millstone beside the locomotive was used in
the sugar factory to extract sugar from sugar-cane. In
the past two special millstones were placed on a stone-mill.
One millstone was fixed while he other was movable. An
ox was used to pull the stone-mill. With sugar-cane placed
between two stones, juice could be extracted for sugar
production. One of these millstones still remains. |
Defense Shelters
Old air defense shelters can be seen throughout the park.
They are leftovers of the war, leaving an everlasting
memory. Air defense shelters were necessary for the sugar
factory at that time. Tsung Yeh has seven air defense
shelters, one lies to the east of the old locomotive,
one to the east of the red-brick building, one below the
Japanese-style courtyard, one to the west of the flag-hoisting
stand, one to the west of the parking-lot, one to the
north of the warehouse and one to the north of the dormitory,
all in different shapes. |
Fruit Trees and Grass Land
To the east of the green tunnel of Camphor tree lies a
flat and spacious grass meadow. The grass was meticulously
planted by Evergreen Wood-ball Club after the dormitory
was dismantled. Green grass coupled with old trees constitutes
an elegant space. These old trees are mostly fruit trees,
such as longan, mango, wax-jumbo and carambola. Under
the shade of these people can enjoy themselves at leisure.
Most interestingly, the fruit trees to the north, carambola
to the east of the road and two longans to the west of
the road seem to form the Chinese Character「爺」as in nature
entity. |
Trees on Other Trees
In the courtyard of CEO dormitory, a banyan grows interestingly
on the sleek trunk of a coconut tree, which is quite beyond
human understanding. Probably, the machine-gun shot at
the coconut tree during the World War Two, leaving bullet-holes
on it. Later, banyan grew in the bullet holes, hence becoming
a curious tree on a different tree. This is the memory
of war. Trees grown on other trees can be seen everywhere
in the park, especially fruit trees on the grass land.
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Precious Old Trees
In the park, there are many precious old trees which have
been growing along with Tsung Yeh Sugar Factory.
South of the red-brick building:
● An old banyan tree from Hsiaolung Sugar Factory West
of the wooden guest house:
● Four Buddhist pine trees (there are three at the east
of the red-brick building) East of the red-brick
building:
● Michelia alba tree
East of the red-brick
dining hall:
● Bamboo, Terminalia catappa West of the official residence
● Lichi tree, coconut tree South of the official residence
● Melaleuca leucadendra, Camphor trees, Night-blooming
Gereus,
● Pithecellobium dulce Secondary forest area
● Falcate-leaved albizzia(3) |
Old Wells
Before treated water was available, drinking water
in the park came from the well. So far, there are still
four old wells left behind as part of the historical scenery.
One lies to the north of the red-brick office, one on
the grass-land, one to the west of official residence
and one in front of Tsung Yeh Elementary School. |
Stone Lions
The predecessor of Tsung Yeh Elementary School
was a Japanese temple gradually a pair of stone lions.
The temple, dismantled after the war, was turned into
Tsung Yeh Elementary School for the children of the factory
employees. Consequently, stone lions were discarded in
a corner of the school. In 2002, schoolmaster Hsieh Yao-tsung
placed them in front of the staircase of the office, hence
becoming a focal point of interest in the school’s setting.
Ecological environment is a major feature of this Arts
and Cultural Center, as it is a rare green asset of Taiwan. |
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Animals
Researchers have documented 29 kinds of birds, 15kinds
of amphibious reptiles, 54 kinds of insects and 3kinds
of mammals in the park. Among them, Crested Goshawk, Brown
Shrike and Malaysian Night Heron are under national protection.
Gray-headed Pygmy Woodpecker, Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler,
Muller’s Barbet and Himalayan Tree Pie can also be found
in the park. Chinese Bulbul and Japanese White-eyes are
the most frequently seen in the park.
With regard to amphibious reptiles, Rhacophorus arvalis
is undoubtedly one of the most precious animals in Tsung
Yeh Sugar Factory. It is a unique green tee frog of Taiwan.
All over Taiwan, it can only be found in Yunlin, Chiayi
and Tsung Yeh, which has the greatest number of Rhacophorus
arvalis. Besides, there are over ten other kinds of precious
butterflies, in addition to Polypedates megacephalus (tree
grogs), Ornate Narrow-mouthed Frog and deep-pool snake. |
Plants
This park has more than 74 kinds of plants and over 770
plants of different varieties. Different environments
in different small areas led to the development of a wide
variety and number of plants. |
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