Guihuaxiang Art Village

The unique and characteristic Lugang Guihua Lane Art Village in Zhanghua county has not only made the village a new tourist attraction of Changhua, but also promoted the tourists to appreciate the beauty of crafts since the first artists entered the village in May 2010. Guihuaxiang art village is located at the end of red brick road in front of Lugang Hall (Art and Culture Museum). It was originally a Japanese style dormitory group (built during the reign of rizhizhaohe). After the reconstruction with central subsidy in 2009, it has changed into an exhibition venue and workshop for craftsmen. The contract between the artists and Lugang town hall is signed every six months, To market the traditional craft of Lukang.

Guihuaxiang Art Village

Guihuaxiang art village is located in Lukang Town, Changhua County, Taiwan.

brief introduction

The Guihua Lane Art Village in Lugang Town, Changhua County, which was founded for one and a half years, has turned an ancient and simple winding lane into a tourist attraction. However, with the popularity gathering, the essence of the art village is out of tune. It's worrying to pass on, create and communicate there. In this regard, Lugang Town Office pointed out that in the future, the art village will be regarded as a cultural and creative industry, creating wealth with art, encouraging artists to create, and making creativity a feature of the art village. Lugang Town Office renovates 12 Japanese style dormitories preserved during the Japanese rule period. It is named Guihua Lane Art Village after the location of Guihua lane. For half a year, artists are allowed to enter the exhibition place for creation. Artists are allowed to open the exhibition place for tourists to visit at least four days a week. The reuse of idle space has not reduced the art village to a mosquito Museum, but it has become a place for elementary school children to learn and work free of charge. Even if there are tourists on holidays, most of them take a stroll to see the flowers. When it comes to folk festivals, the public sector will have a free DIY activity to cooperate with the performance, which is a mere formality. Chen Congjing, an artist based in the village, pointed out that they have living expenses. The art village restricts commercial activities. Artists have no income and have to pay extra expenses. In the end, they have to give up. He believes that artists can not be bound by tradition. Only when their creation is integrated with modern life can they attract young people to study. If the art village becomes a tourist attraction like a home stay, it will be distorted.

history

The unique and characteristic Lugang Guihua Lane Art Village in Zhanghua county has not only made the village a new tourist attraction of Changhua, but also promoted the tourists to appreciate the beauty of crafts since the first artists entered the village in May 2010. Guihuaxiang art village is located at the end of red brick road in front of Lugang Hall (Art and Culture Museum). It was originally a Japanese style dormitory group (built during the reign of rizhizhaohe). After reconstruction with central subsidy in 2009, it has changed into an exhibition venue and workshop for craftsmen. The current contract between the artists and Lugang town office is signed every six months, To market the traditional craft of Lukang.

Artists' comments

Xu Chenchun, an artist, said that DIY courses have been promoted in public sector activities for a long time free of charge, which has reduced the chance for people to pay for them. At most, they can walk around, making artists no profit. Chen Sihong, a citizen of Lugang town who is interested in learning the art of lion head painting, said that cultural inheritance can not be done only when there is money, but not when there is no money. DIY activities in the art village should become normal, so as to train seed teachers and bring the art atmosphere into families and communities. Chen Zhaokun, a non resident calligrapher, believes that artists can't be self limiting. Only through communication and learning can new ideas and works appear. If an art village relies on activities to increase its popularity and increase the number of tourists, what's the difference between an art village and a tourist attraction. Shi Shunrong, President of Lugang arts joint workshop, disagrees with the view that the essence of the art village is out of tune. He says that the art village is constantly making progress. For the arts workshop, the apprenticeship system attracts young people to join, and members strive to maintain traditional culture and create culture. He stressed that if commercial activities are introduced into the art village, it will be no different from the tourist shops in the old street nearby. The art village should be a platform for people to contact with artists, not a trading platform, and the business can be carried out in the artist's individual studio. Kong Bingjie, the Secretary of Lugang Town Office, said that at the beginning, considering that there was a tax problem in the art trade, the trade was prohibited. However, art creation belongs to the category of cultural and creative industries, and cultural and creative industries also need to be marketed. In the future, the town office will set up a tourist center outside the art village, which will display the works of non resident artists, and display and sell the works of resident and non resident artists through consignment, Let artists have income as their creative backing.

Address: Guihua Lane Art Village, Lukang Town, Changhua County, Taiwan

Longitude: 120.43194841

Latitude: 24.0560823828

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