After visiting Fort Provintia, G and I made our way to have lunch at the famous Tu Hsiao Yueh (度小月擔仔麵). Their founding story goes a long way back to 1895! They have a branch in Taipei too, but it originated from Tainan.
Upon entering the restaurant, you can see a cooking area where the noodles and some other food are served from. We were served a complimentary egg with our order of the noodles! So nice of them~ The noodles itself was rather normal so I’m not sure why this restaurant is so famous.
Our next destination was the Confucian Temple (孔子廟), located another 400m away. The temple was built in 1665.
This is the Entrance for Morality Training (入德之門), which leads to the Edification Hall (明倫堂).
The Edificaton Hall was used for the study of Confucian classics in the 17th – 19th century.
The calligraphy in the main hall is a copy of the handwriting of a famous Chinese calligrapher of the 13th century. The text is from “The Great Learning”, one of the Confucian “Four Books”, to encourage scholars with the fine characteristics and virtues.
The Gate of Rites (禮門).
This old Banyan tree has been a symbol of the Tainan Confucian Temple since many centuries. However, it is withering and efforts are in progress to rescue and restore this tree using natural methods.
Layout of the Confucian Temple (click for bigger view). We didn’t enter the Ta Cheng Palace area – it didn’t seem very interesting and there’s an admission charge.
Across from the temple is the Pan Gao Stone Arch (泮宮石坊) which was built in 1749 and once served as an entrance to the temple. It is now the entrance to Fuzhong Street,
Nearby is an interesting cafe – Narrow Door Cafe (窄門咖啡) – named because it’s entrance is via a tiny alley between 2 buildings! We had to wait for a couple to exit before we could enter and they were spending a long time taking photos in the alley!!
Looking out from inside the 1-person-wide alley.
Flight of steps leading up to the cafe…
We went up to the cafe but after sitting down for awhile, we decided to leave because we were feeling very warm since the place was not air-conditioned!
Next will the final post in Tainan - Anping Tree House and Tait & Company.
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