If National Palace Museum is mostly dedicate to lives of royal family, then Taiwan Folklore Museum features charming ones of common Taiwanese.

如果故宮是皇家世界，那台中的民俗公園就是老百姓活力文化的舞台拉～

When I biked through rustic villages in ChiChi or Ershui, I often jumped out of bike to awe at traditional Chinese residences. What would it be inside of those cute boxes? And a visit to Taiwan Folklore Museum provides answers and more. I strolled through elegant bookroom, exquisite wooden beds, dressing tables, simple kitchen, beautiful hall and scared shrines and couldn’t help but envy my ancestors. I did love quaint housing in antique atmosphere.

每次在集集或是二水看到古厝，就有股衝動想進去人家家裡看看，是什麼樣子的世界呢？這小小願望，在民俗文物館修成正果了～耶～我愛怎麼看就怎麼看耶～古樸書房（在裡面唸書好幸福喔）、溫暖睡房、古色古香的大廳、每個人家裡都有的一個供桌… …歷史活脫脫跳出來在眼前，古代人住屋有股特殊的美感與藝術，就像飄渺美麗的仙女雲遊在霧中層巒山水一樣阿，真好。

 Down to the ground floor, I found treasures. They got, I guessed, thousands of collections from all corners of Taiwan to preserve and record quaint folklore’s lives ranging from eating to study, clothing, transportation, contracts, entertainment and religions. They even collected keys, tea trays, tobacco pipes, hooks of nets for preventing mosquitoes (my ancestors could even beautify such small tools), lamps, earthenware bowls, clothes irons, vanity case, soles (lol), embroidered slippers, and more. Life was complicate but full of fun, fun in enriching our lives. And our ancestors did great jobs.

下了樓，發現一個藏寶處。他們蒐集各色各樣與老百姓生活有關的器物，從食衣住行育樂都有。煙管、茶盤、契約、文房四寶、蚊帳掛勾、繡花拖鞋、粉盒甚至到神像的頭飾都有，各色各樣，看的不亦樂乎，神奇的有趣耶。

Even though introduction for each collection is lack of English version, I still had fun in just appreciate the beauty of artifacts. The shapes, the colors, the arrangement, oh…. ….

I hoped I got more time to stroll but it was closed at 5:00pm. Plant more time here next time! On the right side of park, there are several shops, restaurant, platform and recreation area. We got fun in Chinese toys and then left with fulfillment.