Built in 1927, the nearly century-old Shuili Snake Kiln witnessed the prime time of earthenware jars and the bitter blow of decline. It was transformed into the first cultural park of ceramic art with educational, artistic, and tourism value in Taiwan in 1993 and became one of the few most well-preserved wood-fired kilns.

Shuili Ceramic Art Park, fusing traditions and new concepts, was nominated by the Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, on Oct. 28, 1998 to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) as the exemplar of socially responsible tourism development in Taiwan. There are multimedia room, history museum, ceramic art classroom, café, and gift shop in the park, where professional guides give guided tours, and ceramic art masters teach pottery classes. The old factory has been preserved to develop products with unique local features.

ADDRESS:

No.21, Ln. 512, Sec. 1, Shuixin Rd., Shuili Township, Nantou County 553, Taiwan 

HOW TO GET THERE:

Take taxi from Shuili Station (Taiwan Railways)

TEL: 

049-2770967

OPENING HOURS:

8:00 - 17:30 (Closed on Wednesday)

ADMISSION FEE:

Adults: NT$150; Discount fare: NT$120 (For students, military and police, seniors over 65 years old)

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Artists Lin Kuo-lung and Lin Chia-hsiang’s modern wood firing techniques produce diverse variations in their works, which links the old with the new, bringing traditional approaches into modern ceramics. Their works feature patterns of flames, spotty fish eggs, waterfall-like fallen ash, and glossy gold and silver colors. Along with the changing seasons, the different wood firing atmospheres brings nature into their creative expressions and culminate in vessels where the heart and the clay become one.