Studying Yonghe – Meeting Yang San-lang

The district of Yonghe in New Taipei City has an area of 5.71 square kilometers, the smallest district in Taiwan but with the highest population density. The area is not only a well-known immigrant settlement but also the birthplace of two illustrious individuals of the same name, Yang San-lang (楊三郎); one a well-known painter and one a traditional Taiwanese folk musician.

On June 25, 2017, Yonghe Community University formulated a plan of 12 strategic cultural points in the local community starting from Yang San Lang Art Museum on Boai Road, acquainting local residents, including many parents and children, with important figures of the community. Director of Yonghe Community University Zhang Su-zhen (張素真), said that Yonghe is known as a “bedroom city”, meaning that the majority of residents commute to work and only use their homes for sleeping. This means that the many Yonghe’s residents are largely unfamiliar with the city and its history, and so the community university decided to establish a team of volunteers to conduct guided tours of the area, hopefully arousing the interest of local people in their own community. 

Teacher Chu Ying-ying (褚縈瑩), the guide at this particular study tour event, said the main purpose of such tours is to bring alive the courageous and industrious spirit of people from all walks of society who quietly go about their calling in life. Using the famed Yang San-lang artist and musician as the main axis, the tours are familiarizing the residents of Yonghe with the cultural gems of their home district. 

Studying Yonghe – Meeting Yang San-lang

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(以下是中文對照)

走讀永和 遇見楊三郎

新北市永和區面積僅有5.71平方公里，是全臺面積最小，人囗密度最高的城鎮。這裡不僅是典型的移民聚落，同時還誕生兩位赫赫有名的楊三郎，一位是知名的畫家，一位是創作台灣歌謠的音樂家。

2017年6月25日，永和社大規劃12個當地特色據點，從博愛街的楊三郎美術館開始，帶領在地居民一起走讀那些不為人知的拼命三郎故事，其中不乏家長帶著小朋友一起參與。永和社大副主任張素真說，永和被稱為是一個臥房城市，意思是說大家都在睡覺，其實大家並不了解它，因此永和社大成立城市故事導覽志工隊，希望藉由走讀活動能喚起在地居民關注永和、認識永和。

擔任此次社區文化走讀策劃顧問的褚縈瑩老師表示，除了用大家熟悉的畫家楊三郎和音樂家楊三郎「當楊三郎遇見楊三郎」為主軸外，希望藉由走讀路線安排的據點，介紹永和各行各業用拼命三郎的精神，在這裡默默耕耘，並且發光發熱的三郎們，這是此次社團籌劃走讀的主要目的。