This is the easy half day: good with kids, good in light rain, and right on the bus line from Luodong. The Yilan park of the National Center for Traditional Arts (國立傳統藝術中心 宜蘭傳藝園區) is a 24-hectare park on the Dongshan River in Wujie, just outside Luodong, open since 2004. Its buildings are modeled on a Taiwanese town of the 1930s and 1940s, from the temple at its center to the shophouse streets, and there are folk crafts and performances through the year. The government runs the arts programme. The shops, food and day-to-day running are contracted out, currently to PX Mart's foundation (全聯善美的文化藝術基金會).
- Hours 09:00 to 18:00 every day (checked November 1, 2026); hours change for festivals and seasons
- Entry NT$150; Yilan residents NT$100; ages 6 to 18 and students NT$120; 65 and over NT$75; under 6 or under 115 cm free
- Address No. 201, Section 2, Wubin Road, Wujie
- Phone 0800-020-011 (toll-free)
- Getting there Tourist Shuttle Dongshan River Line (G21) from Luodong Station, about every 30 minutes; or a 15-minute taxi, about NT$200
What's inside
- The old streets: shophouses selling crafts, old-style snacks and creative goods. The best part is the workshops, around a hundred kinds, where you make something to take home.
- Wenchang Temple (文昌祠), the temple at the heart of the park, where visitors come to pray for blessings.
- Performances: resident shows (駐園演出) in the park, and bigger programmes for the festivals of the year.
- Exhibitions of traditional crafts and architecture, which change through the year.
- Boats on the Dongshan River, linking the park with the Dongshan River Water Park and the Dongshan River Ecological Ark.
- Costume hire, for photos in period dress on the old street.
What's on changes a lot, so look at the park's seasonal events and exhibitions pages before you go.
Tickets
Prices as posted by the park in November 2026:
| Ticket | Price | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Regular | NT$150 | Everyone else |
| Discount | NT$120 | Ages 6 to 18, or students with a student card |
| Yilan resident | NT$100 | With ID showing a Yilan County address |
| Senior | NT$75 | 65 and over, with ID |
| Free | Free | Under 6 or under 115 cm; people with disabilities and one companion; volunteer card holders |
Keep your bus ticket: a stub from the partner bus companies (Capital Bus and Kamalan Bus) gets you 20% off entry. Year passes are also sold. Parking is NT$30 an hour, NT$60 at most for the day, and the first 30 minutes are free.
Getting there
Take the train to Luodong Station. The G21 shuttle is the one to take:
- G21 Taiwan Tourist Shuttle Dongshan River Line (綠21), run by Capital Bus, via the Dongshan River Water Park; about every 30 minutes. Get off at the Traditional Arts Center (宜蘭傳藝園區).
- 1791 Kuo-Kuang 1791 (Luodong to Nanfang'ao, via Qingshui), about hourly; get off at Dazhong Temple (大眾廟) and walk.
- 621 621, Kamalan Bus, via Wujie post office; about every 2.5 hours.
- TAXI About 15 minutes from Luodong, around NT$200.
By car, leave Freeway 5 at the Luodong (Wujie) exit and follow the signs to Chuanyi Road (傳藝路), over the bridge to Highway 2; the park entrance is at about km 158. See local buses for the Tourist Shuttle.
Come in the afternoon, then head back into Luodong for dinner at the Luodong Night Market.
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Sources: National Center for Traditional Arts, Yilan park; Yilan park (run by the PX Mart Sunmake foundation): home page and today's opening hours, tickets and parking, transport. Checked November 2026.