Old School Tainan
Michella Jade Weng, Presenter:
Hello everyone, welcome
to Tainan. Most people��s
impression of travel here
is visiting buildings
centuries of years old.
But today, we��re going
on a trip slightly more
modern, yet nostalgic.
Welcome.
Theater one is on
the first floor. Thank
you.
Thanks.
Michella
Jade Weng, Presenter:
This is one of Tainan��s
oldest movie theaters.
And what��s interesting
about it is that it��s
been renovated a few
times and it looks
modern inside, but
they still use hand-drawn
billboards.
Wang
Hao-yi, Tainan Historian:
When we were young,
we used to skip class
a lot and go watch
movies. We didn��t
have a lot of money
to spend, but there
were these cinemas
that showed old movies.
Since each ticket
got us two movies,
we��d stay in there
all day. And so this
turned into some place
where all the young
artsy kids spent quite
a bit of time at some
point in their lives.
Talk
about old-fashioned!
Well, maybe the theater
isn��t equipped with
all the most modern
facilities, but it��s
fun and it brings
back memories for
some people.
Through
an alley as wide as
about a crack in the
wall, there��s a hidden
cafe. The building
was built sometime
between 1895 and 1945
during the Japanese
occupation, and this
was the home of a
Japanese doctor.
Wang
Hao-yi, Tainan Historian:
It��s hard to imagine
that coming through
the narrow alley and
up the steep steps,
there��d be an elegant
little cafe here.
The old creaky wooden
floors are still here
too. There��s a window
seat here that I say
is one of the top
ten corners of Tainan.
When you look through
out the window, you��ll
realize that the Confucius
Temple is right across
the street.
But
before cafes became
popular, people in
Tainan loved to hang
out at fruit and shaved
ice shops where you
can sit down and ��talk.��
This one here has
been around for more
than 60 years.
Wang
Hao-yi, Tainan Historian:
Young men and women
would go on dates
there. Those days
even marriages were
arranged there. Or
if things needed to
be taken care of,
they were discussed
there.
So
this is the life of
old timers in Tainan.
Most travel plans
here revolve around
visiting centuries
old buildings and
eating a lot of food.
But this old school
Tainan theme was quite
different and refreshing.
