Yilan National Center for Traditional Arts & Lanyang Museum
Experience Rich Traditional Culture and Arts
Enjoy Natural History, Humanity, and Architectural Masterpieces
｜National Center for Traditional Arts (NCFTA) - Yilan Park
Located within the Dongshan River Scenic Area in Wujie Township, the Yilan NCFTA Park covers 24 hectares. It integrates innovative experiential models into traditional settlement spaces, allowing visitors to deeply appreciate Taiwan’s diverse crafts, folklore, theater, music, and dance. The park is primarily composed of **3 Museums** (Music Interactive Museum, Exhibition Hall, Theater), **3 Streets** (Wenchang St., Luban St., Linshui St.), and **3 Historic Buildings** (Wenchang Temple, Guangxiao Hall, Huang Juren Mansion).
This is a "Living Museum" where traditional arts are integrated into daily life. With its replica antique streets and traditional architecture, the park embodies ancestral wisdom and cultural depth. Daily performances—including Taiwanese Opera, Puppet Theater, Acrobatics, and Traditional Music—not only entertain the public but also provide a stage for artists to pass down their heritage.
▲ Wenchang Temple
▲ Huang Juren Mansion
▲ Guangxiao Hall
▲ Park Map
Learn more about the program: https://www.px-sunmake.org.tw/activity/detail.html?id=10a6261d-1767-853f-b5d1-2c3bfabf8788&cate=news
｜Lanyang Museum
Integrating local maritime tourism, the museum connects the Northeast Coast Scenic Area, Toucheng Old Street, and local communities to form a tourism corridor. It serves as a window to cultural travel, aiming to recreate the historical glory of the "Wushi Harbor Sailing" while practicing the philosophy that "Yilan itself is a museum."
The main building's highest point points toward Guishan Island in the east, gradually descending toward the southwest until it merges with the ground, forming a unique triangular prism. The exterior walls appear to be embedded directly into the earth, mimicking the image of a standing giant rock, echoing the Wushi reefs in the surrounding waters.
The exterior wall design is inspired by Vivaldi's violin concerto, "The Four Seasons." The architect translated the musical notes into a sequence of stone and cast aluminum panels, reflecting the rice field landscape of the Lanyang Plain like a dynamic musical ode to the land.
【 Permanent Exhibition Introduction 】
Entering the Lanyang Plain offers an experience where mountains and sea converge. The permanent exhibition is structured across four floors based on altitude and logic:
4F "Mountain Level," 3F "Plain Level," 2F "Sea Level," and 1F "Time Corridor." With Yilan’s characteristic rainfall as a central theme, the exhibits showcase the region’s natural assets and cultural history, sparking the imagination of every visitor.
▲ The Plain Level Exhibition
▲ The Sea Level Exhibition
The Lanyang River meets the plain’s rivers and flows into the ocean, joining the Kuroshio Current from the equator. Follow the current to dive, surge, and wander among schools of eel fry and swaying corals while feeling the tremors of undersea volcanoes.
