Hi everyone, welcome to Tainan Park!
This park is the largest park in Tainan City,
it actually was open
during Japanese colonization exactly 100 years ago.
This year is the 100th birthday of this park.
As you can see today, in the mornings,
a lot of elders like to exercise here,
but not only is this a place for people to exercise, play, and have fun in,
there’s also a special place inside this park
that I really want to show you.
This is Tainan Children’s Science Museum,
not a lot of tourists would notice this place
but as kids we actually come here on field trips often
and it is definitely a place worth discovering.
Let’s go find out more!
Tainan Children’s Science Museum opened in 1978 to the public.
In 2014, this place was renovated and reopened.
This year, in 2017, to celebrate the park’s 100th anniversary,
they designed a special exhibition.
This is Tainan Children’s Science Museum.
This entire first floor
is packed with the exhibition, “The Adventures of Park.”
“The Adventures of Park?” You might wonder
Well, Park right here, is our little seed,
and this story tells the journey
of his throughout the entire Tainan Park.
There are various games, interactions, and designs
for visitors to learn more about
the ecology, the history, and views of this park,
as well as grow more connected to the nature here.
Right now I’m walking inside this huge white cage.
This is the part of the story where Park is imagining himself
locked inside a cage as an animal.
and you see all these eyes and animals and children staring at him.
And here you see Park shedding a tear. It’s really sad.
I think this is a very interesting part of the design and exhibition
because you are actually inside the cage.
So you can imagine and put yourself
into perspective what is happening in the story right now.
Wow,
this is a mini map of Tainan Park.
This is so colorful.
There are even QR codes on the floor
where you can interact with them!
Let’s try it.
Let’s see what happens.
Oh wow,
this is actually a 360 degree angle of where we were at the park.
Look! This is the lake where we were at.
This is the playground.
Playground! This is the place that the grandmas dancing at.
Really interesting and cool!
After the exhibition, I wanted to follow the storyline
and visit Tainan Park by myself.
Here I am, under the magical Tree of Hope.
I can also imagine Little Park
swinging and dancing through the branches.
No matter if you’re from Tainan City or not,
you should definitely find some time to pay a visit to this park,
maybe you’ll have a new discovery yourself!