Tseng Wen-Chung Art Museum Introduction
Meilun is a place rich in both spirit and talent, where the beautiful mountains and rivers nurture literary figures like Chong Lihe, who dedicated his life to literature and spoke up for farmers, as well as artists like Teacher Zeng Wenzhong, who selflessly contributed to aesthetic education and worked to preserve the beauty of his hometown. Teacher Zeng Wenzhong is a renowned oil and watercolor painter, who grew up in the Zeng family's house on Yong'an Old Street. He has a deep affection for Meilun's local customs and beautiful scenery, creating hundreds of works in the "Meilun Hometown Series" and "Kaohsiung Series," capturing the idyllic landscapes of his native land. He often generously donates large artworks to government cultural institutions and schools to promote aesthetic education among students. Zeng Wenzhong has a particular fondness for traditional Hakka houses and has been deeply concerned about their gradual disappearance due to aging and lack of maintenance. He actively participated in the preservation and revitalization of these houses. In 2000, he successfully rebuilt his ancestral house on Yong'an Street into a spacious modern gallery, establishing the "Zeng Wenzhong Art Museum" to showcase his own and other artists' works and provide a venue for art and literature lectures. He also encourages the local community of Yong'an Street to preserve, document, and display Hakka cultural relics and history, establishing a group of Hakka art museums to ensure the enduring legacy of Hakka culture.
