Saturday 25 August 2012

探古蹟,到鹿港吧(Explore Heritage Site---Lugang)


到了彰化車站,順道走到了附近的扇型車庫。您只需要到車站的遊客中心索取地圖,步行約10分鐘即可到達目的地。扇形車庫為台灣鐵道文化保存完善的珍寶,扇形設計的火車軌道是為了讓火車頭在有限的空間順利迴轉而建,透過轉盤的旋轉,讓火車頭轉向任何方位,非常罕見。由觀景台上俯瞰,車庫就如張開的一把扇,因而得名!
Once reached Changhua train station, we went to fan-shaped train garage first. How to go there? You can ask for a map from the tourist centre at the train station and walk for another 10 minutes to reach the destination. This fan-shaped train garage was among the most important legacy in railway culture. Its railway tracks’ design is to enable the head of train to change its moving direction. It is really rare nowadays. From the watching deck, the garage looks exactly like a stretched fan, special enough to be named as fan-shaped train garage!





搭上彰化客運就出發到鹿港去了 !我們也懵懵懂懂地在鹿港某一站下車了,看著手上的鹿港摺頁不知不覺走到了位於後車巷隘門。這隘門原有大小兩扇木板門,現僅存兩側的花崗岩夾桂石。從照片可見到額上刻有“門迎後車”這四個字。走在後車巷,可看到古色古香的老房子,貼著春聯。
We took the Changhua bus and depart to Lugang! We stopped at one of the point and walked to “back car street” based on the leaflet. Suddenly, we saw Lugang Gate which is the only one heritage gate there. This gate actually had one big and small wooden doors, but it is now left with only stone structure. You can see from the picture that there are four words on top of the gate. Old houses with poem are all around us and we are surrounded with ancient atmosphere.





老街在台灣無處不在,鹿港當然也不例外啊!過了隘門後,老街就在不遠處了。這老街叫做瑤琳街。從瑤琳街右方走去,我們走到了鹿港藝文館,剛好裡邊有畫展,展出了各式鹿港廟宇的風貌。南靖宮新祖宮也在藝文館附近。
而從瑤琳街左方走去就可到達半邊井。講一講半邊井的歷史吧!以前有錢的王家蓋井時,為了惠及平民就把一半井建在家中,一半丼建在宅外好讓鄰居過客也可提水。我深深的體驗到了古時候那守望相助的美德,有錢人家不計較的付出幫助一些不幸的人。

            Old street are everywhere in Taiwan, for sure Lugang is not excluded. After you went through Lugang gate, the Yaolin Street is somewhere near. From the right side of the old street, we reached the Assembly Hall where there was a painting exhibition showing different kinds of temple heritage site in Lugang. There were Xinzu Temple and Nanjing Temple around there. As you walk to the left side of the old street, you can find famous Half-side Well. The well was separated by a wall, half inside the house and half outside for the passersby and less-fortunate neighbours to get water supply. I truly touched by the generosity of the rich people which had strengthened the relations between the neighbourhood.



            另外一個有趣的摸乳巷也挑起了我們的好奇心。跟著指示牌走到了摸乳巷果然是名不虛傳,一個那麼狹窄的空間在古時候男女若走在摸乳巷無意間撞個正著應該會很尷尬吧!九曲巷則是特別於其設計,迂迴的設計是為了防止秋冬強烈的『九降風』,身處其中會讓您有奇妙的空間感。十宜樓也在此巷中,它是以前風騷墨客飲酒作詩的好地方!

            Another special Moru Lane also ignites our curiosity. When we reached there, we were attracted by its narrow space. In ancient moment, when unknown girl and boy pass through this lane together they must be very shy as the space is too small to accommodate two people. As for Jiuqu Lane, the houses were designed in T-shaped and the lanes were curve --- to prevent the effects of September strong wind. The tourists can experience the unique space among the lane.

            鹿港古蹟真的沒辦法在一天內深入體驗。除了後來有到訪龍山寺,我們還是錯過了其他的寺廟如鳳山寺、金門館、文武廟、文開書院、三山國王廟、城隍廟等。。。
            We really cannot experience deeply Lugang heritage site in one short day. Besides Longshan Temple, we had missed out a lot of other temples like Fengshan Temple, Jinmen Temple, Wenkai Academy, Wenchang Shrine and Martial Temple, Sanshan Guowang Temple and others.(just to name a few)



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Written by Chia Yee

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