Today we went to Ying ge, the ceramic capital of Taiwan. I really wanted to purchase a proper handmade purple clay tea pot and had been recomended to go there. I managed to get us both up this morning which, ill be honest, had my doubts about, but anyway, when we arrived, it started raining so we went to the ceramic museum. It was very good and wasnt really just a museum, more a gallery, history, education playtime, eatery place. There were some great modern ceramic art exhibitions, my personal favorite was a new take on the archetypal english view of the orient as 'willow pattern'. The artist explored the mass produced and instantly recongnisable pattern by looking closer at its elements and story, and also added modern scenes on to the plates in the same style.
after a secondry luncheon, we hit the pot shops and found a tasty tea pot. Mission Ying ge was a success. I liked the town and felt it had an intimate feeling to it, i guess it would though after spending the last month in Taipei. Nevertheless, it was a nice place to visit.
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