This is one of the few opera photos I digitized. Can’t remember the troupe, would have to dig out the negatives, but i think it was taken out near Lu Er Men Temple in Tainan County.
Related Taiwanese opera article here.
Drummer
Hiking Ku Ha Nuo Shin Shan
Hiking
Ku Ha Nuo Shin Shan
(and Guan Shan)
from Taiwan’s South Cross Island Highway
pics’r comin.
by: Richard Matheson
Taiwan is an incredibly steep island, going from sea level to 3952m and back down to sea level again in the implausible span of only 140km at it’s widest. Although this is the extreme of the island, it [...]
Taiwan’s Ba Jia Jiang 八家將 or 家將團
Taiwan’s Ba Jia Jiang
Photography and Text by Richard Matheson
I don’t profess to be an expert on Ba Jia Jiang. Everything about them is shadowy and mysterious. In fact, I would be wary of anyone who did profess to be an expert. As with most folk-religions, Taiwan in [...]
Roots
On a recent Rainy Flickr Tainan Group outing we went to Cheng Kung University where we took pictures of the famous banyan tree in Kuang Fu Campus, among other things.
Taiwanese Opera
A brief introduction to Taiwanese opera.
To the Taiwanese Opera(歌仔戲) neophyte, the involved story, myriad of elaborately costumed, intricately painted characters, pulsing lights, cacophony of instruments and ear piercing cries that are all typical of a performance, can be a bit much. Especially if one doesn’t understand the Taiwanese language. Fortunately, for the non-aficionado, there [...]
Welcome
Welcome to Liefintaiwan’s blog!
Liefintaiwan is simply a blog about my life in Taiwan. I am teaching English here in Taiwan and have been since 1991. I also am a partner(with my wife and her sisters) in an aboriginal themed pub called Hud La Voos, which means drink alcohol in her native language, and have recently [...]
