Just located on the outskirts of Tainan City,

one station away from Tainan Main Station

is Bao-An Railway Station behind me.

This station, as you can see,

is much quieter and smaller than the Tainan Main Station.

It is located in Rende District,

where a lot of successful enterprises and industries are born.

Thus, it also earned its nickname, “the town of enterprises.”

Today, we're going to explore Rende District,

starting from Bao-An Train Station.

Let's go!

Bao-An Railway Station was founded in 1899,

and it was moved to its current location,

near Rende Sugar Factory, in 1911,

making it more convenient to transport sugar for exporting.

The building is primarily made of Taiwanese cypress wood from Alishan,

which gives it a unique architectural style.

The station has retained its original appearance for over a century,

making it one of Taiwan's few remaining wooden stations

and a reminder of a bygone era.

This is a must-see site for any tourist who visits Tainan.

This is Che Lu Chien Church.

Che Lu Chien is the old name for Bao-An,

and Che Lu Chien means “the area near the train tracks.”

This church has over 60 years of history

and what's special about it is that,

not only does it look Western on the outside and peaceful inside,

there's a Taiwan Holocaust Education Center on the second floor.

It is Taiwan's first and only one.

Let's go take a look.

Right now we're on the second floor of the church.

This museum is the Taiwan Holocaust Education Center.

It is actually the first center dedicated to

telling people about the events of the Holocaust in Taiwan

and also the first in Asia.

The word “Holocaust” means “sacrifice by fire.”

Coming here on the second floor,

I can immediately feel the atmosphere is more solemn and serious.

Taiwan Holocaust Education Centre has a number of exhibition spaces

with nearly 100 black-and-white photos

and documents left behind by Jewish victims of the Holocaust,

as well as models of the concentration camps,

shower rooms, gas chambers, and ovens

where six million Jews were killed by the Nazis during World War II.

The hope is that visitors to the museum

will reflect upon these horrific acts

and more deeply appreciate the importance and fragility of peace.

Pastor Alex,thanks for having today.

I'm really wondering why was this museum

this Education Center, established.

What was the reason behind it?

Number one is because we are Christians,

we read the Bible everyday.

When we read the Bible, we are actually reading Israel's history.

This is the very core of the message,

we want to pass it on to Taiwanese or other Christians.

The second reason is that through Israelis,

we can learn

“what are the ways”

to overcome tortures suffered for many thousand years,

and how they solve the problem.

That is why we have the initial idea to build this museum.

They spent about four years in the concentration camp.

We want you to come here to see their youth,

and what they thought when they were suffering.

I know that in Taiwan,

we also have high school and university students that are suffering.

We can learn how to face critical situations,

through Anne Frank's diaries.

It was heartbreaking and very heavy

to hear the stories of the Holocaust.

But like Pastor Alex said,

we can't change the course of history,

but we can definitely embrace it

and learn something from this dark dark past.

One of the best things to do on a rainy day is to visit a museum!

Right now I am at the Chi Mei Museum.

Behind me is the Tainan Metropolitan Park.

This museum attracts people and tourists from all over the world.

It is definitely a must-visit place in Tainan.

Let's go inside now.

Mr. Shi Wen-long founded the Chi Mei Museum

here in Rende District,

because he wanted to give back to the community

where his enterprise started.

This museum has many different exhibition and collections.

The majority of them are his precious personal collections.

He is a very generous man

and he has opened this museum for everyone to see.

Hello, I'm Mr. Wang, I am your tour guide today.

Let's head this way to our permernant exhibition.

Right now we are on the Sculpture Hall of this museum.

It is the first thing you see when you walk in here

so it's really obvious.

All collections in this area are sculptures from the 19th century.

Right now we're at the Musical Instruments Exhibition.

There are four different parts,

the first part, which we are here right now,

has different exhibitions of world and folklore instruments.

Depending on the different colors,

it means different geographical area.

The second part has “a walk-in orchestra”.

An entire orchestra is laid out in front of you

and here on different screens

you see different people playing different parts in an orchestra

and they actually will play for you every hour.

The third part has mechanical instruments and in this exhibition hall,

with only $20 NT dollars,

you will be able to listen to music from different eras throughout history.

Next we will introduce our second instrument of this section today.

It is very different from the first.

Let's look at the second one from the left.

It is a disc music box made from Germany.

This area is continued from the last three parts of our instruments exhibition.

An exhibition of violins.

This is an independent exhibition of violins.

Because the founder Mr. Shi himself is a huge fan of violins,

there are over 1000 world-famous violins here

and is the biggest collection in the world.

Musicians and students can actually rent these violins for free.

Aside from exhibitions of musical instruments,

the museum also hosts various art, weaponry, and animal exhibitions,

each with a rich collection of stunning treasures

so that visitors can spend dozens of hours admiring!

I am gonna get taro and peanut ice cream.

Oh! So big!

Thank you！

This is Ten Drum Rende Creative Park.

Back to the day of Japanese Colonization,

this used to be a sugar refinery factory.

After the Japanese left,

it was incorporated with Taiwanese traditional drums.

Now it is a heaven for all who just love to have fun

and learn about the arts and creative arts.

Ten Drum Rende Creative Park seems,

at first, like a fantastic amusement park.

You can drink coffee inside an old converted warehouse,

play laser tag inside the factory,

go down a slide in an abandoned smokestack,

or play on a swing on the roof of the old housing complex.

You can even experience the thrill of freefalling!

But it's also enjoyable just to walk around the area,

and look for signs of the sugar factory's past life.

Like I mentioned earlier,

this place used to be a sugar refinery factory.

As you see on my right hand side,

these machines were used to kill germs back in the day.

They are still preserved here and you can tell,

no one has really changed them or moved them.

That's the interesting part,

because here you can also see renovated touches

like industrial designs on my left.

It is a mix of old and new

and that is definitely a unique and wonderful place to be.

More than just the revival of the sugar factory's old buildings,

this place also features percussion music.

There's also the drum factory,

where a master in the art of drum-making

makes drums by hand, using traditional crafting methods.

Hello Master Chang.

I saw you hitting on the drum surface earlier, what did that mean?

I am trying to make sure the pull of the surface of the drum is averaged.

Before I was here, the master,

he was trying to test whether the sounds of the drums are even.

The master told me that he's already been

in the drum-making business for over 40 years

and that is very impressive.

But he still feels everyday is exciting for him at work,

every drum that he meets is a new challenge.

There are different tones and materials that the drums are made from,

and there are different ways to make them.

So he still loves his job and it's still a challenge everyday.

If you want a bigger drum, then you need a bigger cow.

But most cows, these days, are younger and smaller.

The sources of cows are also declining.

One of the challenges of drum making is that

you actually need to find the cows for these drums.

Because you can only use farming cows,

use their skin for the skin of the drums.

But for bigger drums, you need a bigger cow,

and they're getting harder and harder to find in Taiwan.

That's an issue that's starting to arise.

The sound from the epicenter needs to spread out

in order to make different sounds.

You can tell the people of Rende really do care about

the history, the present,

and also the potential growth that they want to reach.

They work hard on thinking up solutions to preserve local culture

and to share it with more people.

Stay tuned because we're going to visit more places later!