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Meinong, Kaohsiung · Paper umbrella workshop

Guang Jin Sheng Paper Umbrella Studio

Handmade paper umbrellas behind the Lin family ancestral hall near Meinong Lake.

In a Meinong garden, a woman holds a large red umbrella with a black border and intricate cut-paper pattern around its centre.

Red umbrella

Lin Rong-jun and Wu Jian-ying

Umbrella by Lin Rong-jun and Wu Jian-ying. Photograph by Hung Shu-jhen, published by Travelrich. Historical photograph, full frame and watermark retained.

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Take Kaohsiung Bus E28 to Meinong station, then allow 25 minutes for the 1.5km walk. Follow the signs behind Jinan Hall.

Behind Jinan Hall, this family workshop handles the bamboo frame and the painted paper canopy. Look at the finished umbrellas, choose one, or phone ahead to arrange a painting session. Through that small doorway, you can find a souvenir with a backbone.

Come between 10:00 and 17:00. Browsing is free; painting and purchases come out of your own pocket. The address is 47 Minquan Road, Meinong. From Kaohsiung Bus's Meinong station, give your legs 25 minutes for the 1.5km walk.

Two open workshop doors, red couplets and flowering plants, with a small paper umbrella in the courtyard sun.

The workshop

Guang Jin Sheng's workshop. Photograph by Hung Shu-jhen, published by Travelrich. Historical photograph, full frame and watermark retained.

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A seated umbrella maker handles long bamboo ribs; the exposed frame stretches across the foreground.

Making the umbrella frame

Umbrella-frame making. Photograph supplied by Guang Jin Sheng, published by Travelrich. Historical photograph, full frame and watermark retained.

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Get there

Public transport

Take Kaohsiung Bus E28 to Meinong station, then allow 25 minutes for the 1.5km walk. Follow the signs behind Jinan Hall.

Walk from Meinong station ↗E28 bus route ↗Contact the workshop ↗

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