2011 July 9-Aug 11: Ilan Children's and Folklore Festival

Last year, we attended this festival and had the time of our lives.  I'm sad we will miss it this year.  If you are in Taiwan with your chidren at this time, do try to make it out to the DongShan River for this event.

Here are a two images from our day out last year:

And a short documentary about how Ilan's children get involved in the event:



As usual, an English site showcasing this year's event is hard to search for.  Someone needs to talk to the people in charge of these event websites!  If anyone finds a link, please share!

Jiayi & Ilan: Puppet Theater - Curious Po Po

October 17th and 23rd in Jiayi and then Ilan.

http://www.artsticket.com.tw/CKSCC2005/ProduCt/Product00/ProductsDetailsPage.aspx?ProductId=hx0fZA09nGc94NYLjRHJJg

National Center for Traditional Arts

I have never been here, so any comments are most welcome. From the map, it looks like a huge park, containing a temple, kiln, scholar's residence, art education theater, library, exhibit hall, and restaurants, all running along the Dong-Shan River.


On weekends starting at 10am, they have a number of activities for children. During Chinese New Year, they will be held daily.

Ilan County, Wu Jie Xiang, Ji Xin Tsun, Wu Han Road Sec 2, No. 201

Entry: 150/person, children under 110cm free, discounts for groups of 20 or more or residents of Ilan County.

Hours: Open daily

Tel: 03-9602121

Website: http://www.ncfta.gov.tw/

Upcoming Events

• 2010 Daily 11am-2pm: Family activity mixing traditional stories with modern storytelling methods. "The Magic of the Mountain" (my own translation, I think it's actually a volcano)

• Feb 14-21 Daily 9am-7pm - Children's Game Fair

• Feb 14-21 Daily 10:40am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm - Performances to welcome the New Year

• Feb 14-20 Daily 10am and 4pm - Acrobatic performances

• Feb 14-21 Daily 12 noon and 6pm - Chinese Opera

• Feb 27-28 Lantern-lighting activity (numbers limited)

• Feb 27-28 3pm - "Tang Yuan" eating together



*March 20&21 there will be National Thai Dance performances

*April through June is the 2nd Traditional Children's Art Festival