A museum centered around what is likely Taiwan’s only surviving oyster shell kiln (蚵灰窯). Residents of this maritime community burned oyster shells to produce cement for boat construction and housing, later enhancing the mixture with sugar and glutinous rice water. The industry disappeared into history by the mid-1980s, and only in the mid-2000s was this site rediscovered and registered as a municipal monument.
Map
Heritage Status
- Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.