Half-Day Folk Arts Tour to Yingko and Sanhsia from Taipei
Price: From 34 US$, per person
Duration: 4 hours
Today visit two neighboring towns of Yingko and Sanhsia. Yingko is Taiwan's ceramic and potter capital, producing magnificant hand-painted works of art, from earthenware tea sets to delicate statues. Also visit Tsushih Temple, which is one of the world's finest examples of current Chinese temple art built in 1769.

Tour Highlights

• Sanhsia Tsushih Temple
• Old Street in Sanhsia
• Yingko's Pottery Factory and Showroom
• Pottery Street in Yingko

This tour visits the neighboring towns of Yingko and Sanhsia. Yingko is Taiwan's pottery capital, a small town that produces hand-painted replicas of elegant Ming(1368~1644) and Ching (1644~1911) vases like those that once graced the places in Peking.

A special arranged courses including a visit to a local Pottery factory where you can watch potters' working the clay and artists painting vases. The main attraction in Sanhsia is the artistic Tsushih Temple, famous for its camphor wood carvings.