When looking into folk culture and history, woodcarving techniques and Taoist paper art both showcase the religious and ritual customs concretely. Back to then, people developed these skills due to the everyday needs, and over time these were established as part of the local culture. These traditional art pieces give us a sneak peek at part of the archetypes of human legends. “The Archetypes of Legends” aims to answer certain groups of people and highlight the psychological remnants of the prevailing experience right at the place.

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Yao-Hui HONG and Yin-Cheng LIN have years of experience in traditional art. HONG, the woodcarving master, learns from a woodcarver, Pingsi HAI, from Quanzhou, Fujian. He has participated in the reconstruction work of Sanxia Zushi Temple for fifteen years, and under his exquisite craftsmanship, human figures and animals seem to come alive. LIN, the paper art master, specialising in making birds and beasts, can capture the animals’ spirits and make them come to lives merely with paper and bamboo sticks. As for Lotos, it is a team that studies the silt trapped in dams. Lotos is responsible for the cracked floors in this work.