This arts centre occupies 24 hectares along the scenic Tongshan River and is a venue for the research and performance of folk music, opera, dance, toy-making and temple decorations. For visitors there is an exhibition hall loaded with artefacts and informative displays (in English), which change regularly but could be on everything from family shrines to the life of students under a Confucian education system.
Along the river sits a genuine traditional scholar's house that was rescued from the wrecker's ball and reassembled on the centre grounds. The folk-art street shops sell good-quality glassware, paper cuttings and glove puppets in what is rather oddly a re-creation of the various touristy 'old streets' one finds around Taiwan.
It's a short taxi ride to the arts centre or you can catch a Taiwan Tourism Shuttle Bus (www.taiwantrip.com.tw) from Luodong station. Buses (NT$22) run every 30 minutes.
