The yellow duck's face is no longer crossed by "music lines" as cable lowering work is completed today

By MOOK Scenic Spots Family Travel Life Network, reported and compiled by Chen Guanxin

 

The yellow duck that made its debut at the Taoyuan County Land Art Festival last weekend has recently been affected by overhead power lines in front, resulting in "three lines" or a "musical staff" appearing on its face in photos, which has drawn complaints from many netizens. Although Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman expressed that he is happy to see the duck blend into the local original landscape and does not believe the exhibition environment needs to be altered because of the duck’s presence, the organizers, aiming to help visitors take beautiful photos of the duck, worked with the power company to complete the lowering of some cables in front of the duck’s face after 17:00 today.

 

The row of power lines that have been heavily criticized recently includes three high-voltage lines above the duck’s head, which are part of the basic power distribution facilities in Xinyi Township, primarily supplying electricity for local residents’ daily use. These do not affect photo opportunities with the yellow duck or the entrance sculpture, so they have been retained. However, the cables in front of the duck’s face—consisting of grounding and streetlight lines, coaxial cables, and telecom transmission wires—have been lowered in height through the proactive cooperation of the telecom and power companies. This engineering work does not affect the original functionality, and the original cables will be restored after the event concludes. It has been confirmed that before the event begins tomorrow (30th), the public will be able to see the yellow duck with only the three high-voltage lines remaining in front, allowing visitors to happily take beautiful photos with the little duck.

 

 

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Three lines on the yellow duck’s face? Hofman: Loves how the duck blends into Taoyuan’s local scenery

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