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Changyuan Hospital - Lukang Historical Image Gallery Permanent Exhibition
Changyuan Hospital is the former residence of Mr. Hsu Tsang-tse (許蒼澤). The museum has restored spaces such as the hospital's medicine cabinets and the Hsu family's private darkroom. Hsu Tsang-tse's father, Dr. Hsu Tu (許讀), was a member of the first graduating class of Taichung Middle School (now National Taichung First Senior High School) during the Japanese colonial period. After studying medicine, Hsu Tu returned to Lukang to establish "Changyuan Hospital." Hsu Tu was exposed to photography during the Japanese era and even set up a darkroom at home to develop photos. Influenced by his father from a young age, Hsu Tsang-tse began working with images at the age of 16. Hsu Tsang-tse's images are primarily documentary, truthfully recording what he saw and heard at the moment, expressing faithfully and avoiding overly artistic or dramatic treatment. Most of his images focus on people's lives, reflecting the temporal and spatial background and people's attire, making them the most realistic records.
Born in 1930, Hsu Tsang-tse was influenced by his father from childhood and began working with images at 16. In 1958, he owned his first self-bought camera, a Nikon S2. As his photography needs grew, his camera equipment continuously improved, from collecting 100 cameras to slowly accumulating over 600 cameras, including 70-80 Leica cameras. The richness of his collection and the exquisite condition of the items are unmatched.
Mr. Hsu Tsang-tse set up darkroom equipment in his residence at Changyuan Hospital. In the early years, he developed his own film, only entrusting it to a Lukang color photo lab after machine processing became widespread. Hsu Tsang-tse believed film was relatively cheap, at only NT$50 per roll, so he pressed the shutter liberally and only selected favored images from the negatives to develop into photos.
In 1989, the book "In Search of Images: The Realist Style of Taiwanese Photographers" edited by Chang Chao-tang (張照堂) listed Hsu Tsang-tse as one of the featured photographers. In 1997, the Changhua County Cultural Bureau's Huangshi Art Exhibition Artist Relay Series, Volume 10, "Street Diary," invited Mr. Hsu Tsang-tse to participate. Later, Teacher Huang Chih-nung (黃志農) of Tsoyang Publishing House published Hsu Tsang-tse's album "Thirty Years of Lukang Streets and Markets," which is considered his representative work.
Mr. Hsu Tsang-tse passed away in 2006, leaving behind over 200,000 precious images. In 2008, his son, Dr. Hsu Cheng-yuan (許正園), donated these images to the National Museum of Natural Science in Taichung for preservation. In the same year, the museum held a memorial exhibition and donation ceremony for Mr. Hsu Tsang-tse's images.
Born in 1930, Hsu Tsang-tse was influenced by his father from childhood and began working with images at 16. In 1958, he owned his first self-bought camera, a Nikon S2. As his photography needs grew, his camera equipment continuously improved, from collecting 100 cameras to slowly accumulating over 600 cameras, including 70-80 Leica cameras. The richness of his collection and the exquisite condition of the items are unmatched.
Mr. Hsu Tsang-tse set up darkroom equipment in his residence at Changyuan Hospital. In the early years, he developed his own film, only entrusting it to a Lukang color photo lab after machine processing became widespread. Hsu Tsang-tse believed film was relatively cheap, at only NT$50 per roll, so he pressed the shutter liberally and only selected favored images from the negatives to develop into photos.
In 1989, the book "In Search of Images: The Realist Style of Taiwanese Photographers" edited by Chang Chao-tang (張照堂) listed Hsu Tsang-tse as one of the featured photographers. In 1997, the Changhua County Cultural Bureau's Huangshi Art Exhibition Artist Relay Series, Volume 10, "Street Diary," invited Mr. Hsu Tsang-tse to participate. Later, Teacher Huang Chih-nung (黃志農) of Tsoyang Publishing House published Hsu Tsang-tse's album "Thirty Years of Lukang Streets and Markets," which is considered his representative work.
Mr. Hsu Tsang-tse passed away in 2006, leaving behind over 200,000 precious images. In 2008, his son, Dr. Hsu Cheng-yuan (許正園), donated these images to the National Museum of Natural Science in Taichung for preservation. In the same year, the museum held a memorial exhibition and donation ceremony for Mr. Hsu Tsang-tse's images.
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- 2026-01-01 — 鹿港鎮（彰化縣）