Bliss English Club

Host: Vivian Chen

Topic: Wanhua Community Organization

Participants: Vivian Chen, Ellen Huang, Annie, Lynn, Winnie

Meeting photo link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/vs0LsHslqpFWQdSq2

New Blisser: Vivian Chen  https://photos.app.goo.gl/TTc7B3KEVrcF0jVi1

Wanhua District

1.     Taipei's first district to be once a prosperous trading and exchange center.

2.     Wuzhou Street Night Market, known for its snake soup before

3.      Former red-light district,infamous for Prostitution 

4.     Home to three wholesale markets: the Taipei First Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market, Taipei First Poultry Wholesale Market, and Taipei Fishery Wholesale Market.

What Wanhua Community Organization has done:

1.     To spread the enthusiasm about the history and heritage of home district

2.     To pass it down to the next generation

3.     To enrich Wanhua District Specialty.

Future Plan

1.     Builds Wanhua District Museum

2.     Promotes “Responsible Travel”, namely offering the travelers with sufficient information to experience local living themselves.

Collective Drawing

Vivian guided us to have a collective drawing, which not only helped us to recall all the Wanhua images but also aroused our awareness of our own home district

Reflections:

Great thanks to our host Vivian, who shared with us about her dream and plan to make Wanhua萬華 community a better place . 
 

we were really touched and inspired by her a lot ,especially when she explained why the local naming of a region or road we lived matters because it will bring the connection of local people's life style and memories with the local naming .

For those who are interested but can't make it to our meeting today, here's Vivian's 萬華社區小學 FB , a social enterprise dedicated for community development and planning. Please refer tohttps://www.facebook.com/wanhuaxiaoxiao/