Accept hardship gladly and enjoy the process
Practice of Social Enterprise
Walk into Sanxia, Discover its Vitality and Energy
We returned to our hometown in 2006 and saw that, like many other cities and towns in Taiwan, it was evolving rapidly because of urban development, and the precious ethos of the land, such as the cultures, education and environment, were also vanishing rapidly. “What can we do?” This was all happening too quickly and we were caught off guard, but we also began to wonder if it was possible to plant a seed of hope for our hometown and this land of Taiwan. Thus, CAN Culture, Art & Nature was established in 2010. We renovated a vacant centennial house and began to run KOUJI Restaurant, HIDEKAWA Domestic Soybean Products, HAKSIP Village, and Grass Book House and Green Grass Occupational School for people to get to know Sanxia again through the aspects of food, tourism, leaning, creation and love, as well as for creating the most sincere living connections between people. We have not forgotten our original intentions and beliefs along the journey. We have continued to spread beautiful stories of this land, devoting ourselves in establishing a foundation without hesitation to make impacts silently, because we hope to bring to this land more positive energy, courage and sunlight. Every CAN event that you take part in will become a drive of sustainable and cycling feedback.
HAKSIP Village
New life is given to the old hospital by Sanxia Old Street, i.e. Ailin Hospital, and craft culture, quality food shop and occupational school are connected for travelers and children to “haksip (learn)” together and discover the unique value of life.
KOUJI Restaurant / HIDEKAWA Domestic Soybean Products
A centennial house and an old hospital were renovated to establish KOUJI Restaurant and HIDEKAWA Domestic Soybean Products, for making creative cuisines and handmade desserts. Create living connections between the people through delicacies.
CAN Fun
Sanxia has Qing Shui Zushi Temple, which is the palace of oriental art, Baroque-style Old Street, and the Li Mei-Shu Memorial Gallery, in which all of these show its profound history, humanities and cultures. Through the Shokunin DIY Experience, follow us into Sanxia and feel the most sincere interaction between the people in the community.
Placemaking
Exploit Sanxia’s cultural heritage, inject culture and creativity into the craft, space and products, and develop placemaking of Sanxia.
Grass Book House & Green Grass Occupational School
Return to hometown to accompany high-risk children, establish craft foundations and take part in the river clean-up operation in the hopes of bringing this land more positive energy, courage and sunlight.
CAN Recommendations
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Wood Carving DIY Experience Activities - Taiwan best one-day tour in Taipei Sanxia
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Cultural & Creative Designs
Community Space Design ,Brands Design ,Books Design
Firecracker-scraps Blessing Sachet - Taiwan packaging design
Taiwanese believe that collecting cracker papers left from deity-greeting festivals can bring good luck
In order to allow more people to understand Taiwanese customs, as well as integrate the trend of environmental protection, young artists in New Taipei City applied their creativity and recycled disposed firecracker scraps to make them into blessing sachets.
Corporate Identity System of Feng-Chuan Family - Taiwan brand design
Brand Design
Corporate Identity System of Feng-Chuan Family
Blessing Flower - Taiwan graphic design
“Two families are united by marriage with one covenant; the fate between the couple is forever sealed as they are now one.”
Flower twining is a delicate and elegant folk craft that is rich in cultural connotation, but it has faded from people’s vision as the times changed. Just as it was about to disappear without anyone knowing, a pair of warm hands recollected it. After years of effort in careful conservation and operation, the wonderful craft is brought to the people once again. This is the work of the first preserver of the “art of the blessing flower” in Taiwan – Hui-Mei Chen.
“CAN Sanxia” – Vision of Huashan Market - Taiwan community design
A brand has been born based on the regional culture of Sanxia, for everyone to truly feel the sincere and simple life of the people in Sanxia.
The objectives of this market planning is to consolidate craft shokunins of feature industries in Sanxia, think about how to integrate existing cultural and creative resources, and introduce innovative designs, image videos and regional cultural tours for traditional crafts to come back with a brand new appearance.
