The exhibition, “Old Time on Those Taiwanese Matchboxes,” is held at the Keelung City Cultural Affairs Bureau until Dec. 15
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/12/02
By: Teng Pei-ju, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
The exhibition, “Old Time on Those Taiwanese Matchboxes,” is held from Dec. 1 -15. at the Keelung City Cultural Affairs Bureau (Source: CNA)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Small matchboxes not only carry dozens of thin sticks that can light up objects, but they also contain images representing the old days of Taiwanese society.
The exhibition, “Old Time on Those Taiwanese Matchboxes,” displays over a hundred matchboxes at the Keelung City Cultural Affairs Bureau until Dec. 15.
Tang Cheng-yu (唐鎮宇), who is a former city fire department commissioner, owes his collection to his father, Tang Kun (唐坤), once an executive at Taiwan Match Co., reported Central News Agency.
The matchboxes, with images ranging from hotels, hostels, public canteens, and bus companies, among several others, serve as a medium of advertising similar to packets of tissue papers distributed freely on the streets nowadays. In addition, those images are also reminiscent of the lifestyle and city landscape of old-time Keelung before lighters became ubiquitous and replaced matches as a daily tool.
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