Visit art museums and eat the limited-edition ice cream from Wanwei’s family on National Day. (Photo by reporter Hong Ruiqin)
[Reporter Hong Ruiqin/Tainan Report] Visit art museums and eat limited-edition ice cream on National Day! The Tainan National Gallery of Art is open to the public free of charge today in conjunction with the National Day. Coupled with the launch of the "Taiwan Spectrum" limited edition ice cream by Wanwei Family, queues outside the museum to eat ice cream and queues inside the museum to view the exhibitions have become bustling with crowds. What’s even more coincidental is that Mazu from Miaoli Mountain also visited South America for the first time today, and her portable palanquin appeared in the square outside the museum, setting off another wave of believers.
Eat limited-edition ice during National Day! There was a long queue outside the Tainan National Art Museum. (Photo by reporter Hong Ruiqin)
In conjunction with the Double Ten holiday, the "Taiwan Spectrum" exhibition launches a limited-edition ice cream event from the 8th to the 11th. By presenting the museum ticket stub and completing the check-in task, the public can purchase a piece of exhibition-limited ice cream for an additional price of NT$50. It is available from 12 noon to 3 pm every day, with a daily limit. General admission to Nanguomei is 160 yuan, and admission is free today. You can buy limited ice products for 50 yuan, attracting people to queue up to buy.
Today, National Day, National Day, Tainan National Museum of Art is free to visit, and the museum is packed with people. (Photo by reporter Hong Ruiqin)
The museum is equally popular. "Taiwan Spectrum" has four major exhibition areas: "Island's Appearance," "Taiwan's True Colors," "Light Woven Nature," and "Island's Sound Spectrum." They present Taiwan's diverse culture from modern art, local crafts to ordinary people's beliefs. Among them, "The Look of the Island" and "The True Colors of Taiwan" are interactive or immersive experiences. In order to maintain the quality of the exhibition, each session is limited to 15 minutes, and there are also queues waiting to enter the venue.
Mazu from the Miaoli Mountains visited the United States for the first time today, attracting worshipers. (Photo by reporter Hong Ruiqin)
Another surprise today is that Mazu from the Miaoli Mountains visited South America for the first time. Mountainside Mazu has a long history of friendship with Yongkang Wulong Palace. This time she went south to Fucheng alone to participate in the "Fucheng Two Moms Meeting" jointly organized by the Grand Thean Hou Palace, Kaiji Yonghua Palace in Taiwan, and Miaoli Mountainside Mazu Palace. While walking around the area, the mikoshi suddenly stopped in the square outside the driving hall. The ice cream queue just happened to have dispersed, and immediately attracted believers to gather, making the scene lively again.
"Taiwan Spectrum" was originally the Ministry of Culture's 2025 "We TAIWAN Taiwan Culture in Osaka Kansai World Expo" exhibition, which was previously exhibited in Osaka, Japan. This time it will be moved to the Tainan National Art Museum and will be on display until January 10 next year (2027). For those who miss the free admission during Double Ten, there will be free admission opportunities on October 17, "Taiwan Culture Day".
