府城的東門大街

古老的台南府城有八個城門，東西南北各有一大一小的城門，想當然爾，古早的時代是通往城內外的通道，這在現代的思惟中似乎有些邏輯上的矛盾。耗費大量的錢財人力築道牆，把自己可發展的空間侷限起來，聽起來似乎不太有道理；還要多花一些錢財時間再築城門，讓府城附近的糖、竹、蔬果、稻米、雜糧等資源能夠運送進來，再讓府城的郊商藉由五條港透過海運貿易賣出台灣的物產、購入台灣沒有的物品，完成貿易的動作。

歡迎進入府城大東門

個性老店——富香齋

富香齋的糕，好吃。
府城各大廟宇，看得到糕的，幾乎都出自這一家。

知事官邸舊時路

始終找不到的知事官邸，今天終於被我發現了。我所知道的「衛民街」僅存在於北門路以西，因為從來不曾實際地「行走」於道路上，便忽略了原來衛民街這條台南的老街道其實並不是斷於北門路。這也是我用現今道路觀去思考舊歷史時，時常會造成混淆的問題點。


檢視較大的地圖

府城的小地勢——鷲嶺

自赤崁樓、祀典武廟和大天后宮這塊人潮雜沓的熱門區域離開，穿越歷史韻味十足的新美街（舊時的米街），右轉進位置較南的民權路，沿路向東，緩步前進，身體會告訴你，地勢在一路向上；這是使用機械力移動的人不會有的發現。

北極殿幾經改建，廟埕被拆，加蓋騎樓，門面為了適應現代社會，變得委屈了。

The Confucius Temple, A Perfection Place to Fool Around in Tainan

I had a call from France for inquiring my company's products.  The mister mentioned he stayed in Taiwan for three months and visited most of temples in Tainan.

Yes!  Temple is a strong image for Tainan.  We natives live with temples around us.  They are places to worship and playgrounds to take a break.  We are used to having celebration events and festivals of big and small temples.  Moreover, there is a saying, why the weather in Tainan is good?  Because we have so many gods and goddesses to protect us!

Tainan, the most ancient city in Taiwan, make most of Taiwan people agree that there is a certain "Tainanese" casualty and elegance.  As a native, I love Tainan not only because she is my hometown but also this is a wonderful city to enjoy life.  Evidence?  There are several places in this city perfect for hanging around no matter you are in good or blue mood.  The friendly and welcome atmosphere in these spaces make visitors comfortable to stay, relax, enjoy what you see or feel, and even further, to reflect.  Among them, my favorite one (I believe it is also many people's number one choice) is related to the temple-- the "Confucius Temple".