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Yonghan Folk Art Museum

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The Yonghan Folk Art Museum is located to the right of Anping Fort. It stands on the site of the former Taxation Commissioner’s Residence, which was built in the 13th year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty (1887). In 1979, the Tainan City Government renovated the site and renamed it the “Yonghan Folk Art Museum.” The museum is a two-story brick building coated with plaster, with a plain and unadorned exterior that contrasts sharply with the rich collection housed within…

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The Yonghan Folk Art Museum is located to the right of Anping Fort. It stands on the site of the former Taxation Commissioner’s Residence, which was built in the 13th year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty (1887). In 1979, the Tainan City Government renovated the site and renamed it the “Yonghan Folk Art Museum.”

The folk art museum is a two-story brick building coated with plaster. Its simple and modest exterior forms a striking contrast with the museum’s abundant collection. Cultural relics are displayed on the second floor, where the museum is divided into nine exhibition areas. It houses early Taiwanese folk art pieces and daily utensils, with a larger proportion of artifacts from Han Chinese settlers during the Ming and Qing dynasties and more recent periods, followed by indigenous artifacts. These include various excavated pottery and stone fragments, glass beads from the indigenous people, wheel boards, ceramic jars and pots, traditional long gowns and mandarin jackets, decorative boxes, puppets, shadow puppet figures, fishing and hunting tools, and cake molds. These items trace the lives of early settlers and make the museum the most comprehensive folk museum in the Anping area. The most unique item in the museum is the “Anping Ancient Pot,” discovered later on the shores of Anping. It is the earliest excavated artifact related to Han Chinese activity in Taiwan. Legend has it that this pot was used as a gunpowder container during Koxinga’s campaign against the Dutch. Currently, it is publicly displayed only here, at the Tainan City National Museum of Ethnology in the Yenping Prince Shrine, and in the Anping Fort Relics Exhibition Room—making it a truly rare sight.

Address: No. 43, Guosheng Road, Tainan City

Phone: (06) 220-5282

Opening Hours: 08:00–17:00

Closed: Three days before Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Chinese New Year

Transportation: Take city bus No. 15 from in front of Tainan Railway Station and get off at Anping Fort.