2025年2月23日 星期日

Xinshr District, Tainan City 台南市新市區


Xinshr is north of both Yongkang and Xinhua.  Its defining feature is the South Taiwan Science Park, which was established in Xinshr and nearby districts in 1996.* 新市位於永康新化的北部 , 它最知名的地方是1996年新市與鄰近地區一起建立的南部科學園區 。 

According the last census, 37,940 people live in Xinshr. 上次的人口統計中,新市的人口是37,940人 。


The Tree Valley Life Science Museum is in the northwest corner of the district.  It's an older museum, and kids will probably get more out of this place than adults.  The exhibits in the basement were interesting, but the exhibits on the first floor had me scratching my head. 樹谷生活科學館位於新市區的西北部 ,  這個博物館比較老舊 , 它比較適合小朋友來參觀 。  我覺得這裡地下室的展覽滿有趣的,  但它一樓的展覽安排有點奇怪 。


It resembles the Fossil Museum in nearby Zuozhen Distrct, but the museum in Zuozhen is a lot newer and is, in my opinion, more interesting. 這個博物館很像附近的左鎮化石園區 ,  但是左鎮化石園區比較新,也比較有意思 。



Some of the exhibits in this museum are also kind of... spooky?  Weird?  For example there's this guy, riding his skeleton horse, and there's also a wall of skeleton arms coming out of a wall.  It's all there for the sake of science of course, but I can imagine more impressionable children being a little freaked out by this museum. 博物館的部分展覽有點恐怖 ,  例如這位骷髏先生騎骷髏馬 , 還有幾隻骷髏手從牆壁伸出來 。  雖然這些展覽都是跟科學有關, 但我可以想像一些比較容易受影響的孩子可能會嚇一跳 。


There are rides, a zipline and a small petting zoo outside the museum, but all of it costs money.  This aspect of the museum seemed a little greedy to me.  They should just charge a single entrance fee and let kids (and their parents) enjoy the "extras" without paying extra money. 博物館外面有遊樂器材 、 滑索跟小動物園,但那要另外付錢 。 我覺得這樣額外收錢的作法有點貪心 ,應該買一次門票後就讓小孩(和家長) 享受所有的設施。


To the east is the National Taiwan Museum of Archaeology.  This museum is only six years old, and it's an excellent addition to the area.  It makes the Tree Valley museum look pretty bad by comparison. 東邊有國立台灣史前文化博物館南科考古館 。  這棟博物館六歲而已 , 它也是一個很有趣的景點 , 比樹谷生活科學館好很多 。

I would rank this museum among the best in Taiwan.  The Taiwan Museum of History, also in Tainan, is better in my opinion, but this one might be my #2. 我覺得考古館臺灣最好的博物館的其中之一。 我認為臺南臺灣歷史博物館是最好的 , 而考古館大概是我名單中的第二名 。

The Museum of Archaeology is located in Tainan for two reasons: 1) the money flowing into the area via the Science Park, and 2) the construction of many factories in the area led to several archaeological discoveries.  People have lived in what is now Xinshr since pre-Dutch times, and there are many old things hidden in its soil. 考古館設立在臺南的原因有二個 : 1) 科學園區的投資與發展讓地區的資源更多 , 2) 隨著愈多工廠的建立, 考古學家發現更多遺址 。  荷西時期前就已經有人居住在這個地區 , 這裡的地底下藏了許多的秘密 。


The exhibits here are very carefully designed, and you can tell that those running the museum put a lot of thought into how this place was organized. 這裡的展覽經過非常仔細的計畫 , 看的出來博物館的負責人員深思熟慮的規劃展覽的內容 。


My only complaint is that it really needs a coffee shop.  It's possible that the museum has plans to add one, but it's just not open yet. 問題是這裡沒有咖啡館 !  可能博物館有這種計畫 , 只是還沒有付諸實行。 .



I couldn't tell you what this central plaza has to do with archaeology, but I feel like I'll see this tree on Instagram sometime soon. 我不知道展館中間的空間跟考古學有什麼關係 , 我只是覺得這棵樹會在IG出現。


This is across the street from the museum.  Most of the South Taiwan Science Park looks like this, newer buildings and cleaner streets. 在博物館對面。 南部科學園區差不多都看起來這樣子:  建築比較新 , 馬路比較乾淨 。

There's a nearby food court and shopping arcade by the name of Park 17 where food and drinks can be purchased.  We went to the beef noodle place and it was very good. 可以在附近的Park 17買飲料和餐點,   我們吃過裡面的牛肉麵 , 很好吃 。



To the southwest is the Xingang Community Culture Museum.  It's an exhibition space for local artists, with an annex explaining some of the history of the South Taiwan Science Park.  There's also a lake/pond behind it where you can go for a stroll. 西南邊有新港社地方文化館 。  在那裡可以欣賞當地藝術家的藝術品 , 旁邊有一間小房間介紹南部科學園區的歷史 。  文化館後面有水池 , 水池岸邊有小步道 。


To the south of the Museum of Archaeology is Yingxi Lake, where this dragon lives. 考古博物館南邊有迎曦湖 ,這隻龍住在那邊 。



And to the south of all the above lies central Xinshr, where the Xinshr Train Station is located.  It doesn't look like much, but this train station was built by the Japanese way back in 1901.  The fruits depicted in the statue are white wax apples, which are grown in the area. 更南邊有新市市區跟新市車站 。  看起來不怎麼樣 , 但是這棟車站是日本人於1901年的時候蓋的 。  車站前面的水果雕像是新市的特色農產: 白蓮霧 。

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*The spelling used by the Tainan City Government is "Xinshi," not "Xinshr."  I use "shr" for ㄕbecause it more closely approximates the sound in Chinese.

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