'FROM FAR FORMOSA' (GEO.L.MACKAY,D.D.) Edited by the Rev. J.A.MacDonald 1895 Hsiaojingua Peak 小金瓜露頭  Teapot Mt and Keelung Mt @ Shumeiping historical trail  樹梅坪古道 Location (cave) where first gold was discovered   @ Hsiaojingua Peak  小金瓜露頭 Ruins of an old Gold-Mine-Office, Diaoshan old trail  舊礦場事務所遺址,  貂山 古道   @Shumeiping historical trail  樹梅坪古道 We explored a section of   Northern Danlan  淡蘭北路 ( K nown Northern Official Route 官道 )   in car and hike .  O ur route marked in yellow dots. Ruifang  瑞芳 - Jiufen  九份 -  Shumeiping historical trail  樹梅坪古道 -  Diaoshan historical trail  貂山古道 - Dacukeng historical trail  大粗坑古道 -  Mudan  牡丹 -    Shuangxi  雙溪 - Shifen  十分 - Nuannuan  暖暖 - Xizhi  汐止 -  Taipei 台北   双扇蕨  The Coupled Dipteris    (Dipteris conjugata Rein...

Bakan Nawy 彭秋玉 Tayal Weaver 泰雅織女 Strip ramie fiber using a bamboo device   Fish fresh from boat at Chaoyang fishing harbor 朝陽漁港 Job’s tears 薏苡 . Special gift, special as is the result of cares over 30 years  to retain natural colors! One of  彭秋玉's woven piece picked from a boxful range of  pattern, design and colors. 彭秋玉  Nan'ao Master of Tayal Weaving I joined a one and half day ramie workshop at Nan’ao organized by and located at  食藝居 . Our teacher was Ms 彭 , widely acknowledged the best Tayal weaver in the Nan’ao area. For the time we had, we enjoyed two meals of tasty local flavours, some spare time to walk around the Chaoyang 朝陽 neighbourhood, visited Ms  彭 's weaving workshop and of course purpose of the trip - Spring harvesting and treatment of ramie fiber.   食藝居  Facebook photo    (A  private company run by Mr Liao and Mr Lin) Some information on indigenous fabric ...