The Core­tronic Culture and Arts Foundation was established by Core­tronic, a manufacturer of LEDs, projectors and related equipment. By using light as a medium, the foundation brightens locales and awakens people’s passion and concern for the land.

In 1975 Hu Ding-yi started working at the Central Motion Picture Corporation, where he worked on sound effects as a Foley artist for more than 100 films, devoting 40 years of his life to film production. In 2016, A Foley Artist, Taiwan’s first documentary about film sound effects, debuted at the Golden Horse Film Festival. Director Wang Wan-jo chose to focus on Hu, a national treasure, exploring the three components of film sound—words, music and sound effects—as a way of documenting the history

“Casting away your personal judgment, facing the images, watch­ing the film again and again, getting absorbed in the footage the director has shot, discovering and bringing out its life force, and liberating its soul.” This is how Liao ­Ching-song describes film editing.

s the audiovisual entertainment industry expanded, open-air cinema was gradually squeezed out by movie theaters and cable TV. Although the golden days of outdoor movies are long gone, Gao Xiang­qing and his son Gao Pu­yuan have not forgotten the warm feeling of gathering together during screenings in their hometown of Tai­nan. To this day, they are preserving the traditions of open-air cinema and hoping to entice new generations to enjoy those magical memories from the 1970s.

People have very different takes on travel: some like to squeeze in as much as possible, while others like to take it easy. But traveling by bus or train means following a route chosen by someone else. If you want to regain your autonomy as a traveler, try cycling, which lets you choose your route, pace, and departure times for yourself. While cyclists have a variety of reasons for taking to the road, they have at least one thing in common: the personalized pace and topography of each of their j

Extending into remote townships, rural backwaters, and coastal areas, the branch lines of the Taiwan Railways Administration network are giving passengers on Taiwan’s main north‡south rail lines the opportunity to set out in search of new adventures. Coastal lines snaking between land and sea, remote unmanned stations that seem enveloped in the stillness of a lost world…. Away from the busy main lines, branch lines offer riders the opportunity to venture forth on journeys of the soul—escaping

In an era when subway systems and bike-share schemes are all the rage, buses keep plugging along in their own low-key, unpretentious manner. While high-speed and even traditional trains may get you to your destination faster, buses feature the densest network of routes, reaching almost every settlement in Taiwan.

As you approach the Atayal indigenous village of Qing­­quan in Wu­feng Township, Hsin­chu County, you see a little church nestled in verdant hills, its gray walls decorated with stained-glass windows. Against a cloudy sky, the Holy Cross Catholic Church is conspicuous yet reserved. Its historical ambiance seems to make time stand still, conveying a sense of serenity. For Father Barry Martinson, the keeper of this church, and the village of Qing­quan, 40 serene years have passed as if in the blin

For 60 years now, the Swiss priests of the Bethlehem Mission Society have lived in poor communities in the mountains of Tai­tung. They have witnessed the area’s hardships and deprivations, while providing education and relief to the poor, and saving souls. Today, their exotic faces are gradually disappearing from the Tai­tung countryside, but the contributions they have made to Taiwanese society will never be forgotten.

Throughout the six decades since its founding in 1955, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Yun­lin County has been watching over the health of the local population. Several times it has been voted the best medical center in Yun­lin, and has received 11 Medical Dedication Awards. It acts as a good neighbor (in the Christian sense) to the people of Yun­lin. Nicknamed the “three treasures of St. Joseph’s,” senior staff members Father Antoine Pierrot, chaplain Godelieve Franssens and pediatrician Dr. Marguerit