Chinese New Year- Qishan & Meinong 過年樂趣多-旗山老街+美濃花海

We found our car had tire trouble, we had to fix it. Then we headed to Kaohsiung to fix it. Before we left I found my nearly one hundred old grandpa was waiting for a bus. He said he wanted to go to Qishan. Well we were going to the same direction. We decided to give him a lift. So later we found a tire shop, then we just stopped on the way and got it fixed. Luckily it didn't cost so much money.After we dropped grandpa off, we went to Qishan old street and a Martial arts school built during the Japanese occupation. We had small picnic there and took some pictures. Qishan was where I went to high school, I also lived here while I studied there. This time I took my family to visit this old place and to explore it together. It was fun and interesting for me.Then on the way home, we visited Meinong, there were a lot of flower farms. Every Chinese New Year there are a lot of people that come here to take pictures with flowers and eat " Meinong Lath". My children had fun.They were all excited to see bees on the flowers just like I taught in my lessons before.

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*Qishan old street 旗山老街* *Meinong美濃*  *Martial arts school旗山武德殿*

我們提前兩天回家去過年，發現輪胎有問題，想去高雄市區買輪胎。在出發前，發現我近百歲的阿公，在公車站牌等車，問他要去哪裡，他說要去旗山。我們剛好會經過，所以把我阿公載上車。我發現他真得很老了，有三年沒見到他，記憶中他走路十分靈活，但這次我發現他歨履蹣跚，已經不像從前了。不過我阿公還是照常騎腳踏車跟做公車去玩。但他還是依舊沉默，話雖少，但我卻覺得他已經看盡人間冷暖，一切對他人說已經是雲淡風清了。不過在路上發現加油站，想說把氣加滿一些，然後再上路。但是加油站沒有打氣配備，工作人員卻告訴我們跟對面借一下就好，發現原來是賣汽車輪胎的維修厰，於是我們就近修了輪胎。所幸只是輪胎充氣孔壞了，只花100元就修好了。

把阿公送去旗山後，我們也去旗山老街走走。旗山老街上都是小吃跟賣年貨的東西，我們買了潤餅跟炒麪。接著發現了老街上有一家蛋糕店，賣著旗山出名的特產香蕉做成的香蕉戚風蛋糕，於是買了一盒當野餐點心。之後走到武德殿，這裡有荒廢的拱形門，我們就簡單就餐。而且這裡十分適合拍照，所以我拍了很多照片，我家大女兒是我的模特兒，因為拍太多了，她到後面就不太配合了。

武德殿旁邊旁邊剛好是旗山燈會。操場上放了一個超大燈籠。後面是中山公園，很大一個公園，有多階梯，但礙於天氣過熱，加上小孩太小，就放棄走上去了。旗山很多地方可以走走，所以過年人潮一定很多。旗山也是我高中時期讀書的地方，高中時候住校，週末回家，其實只有逛過部份旗山，很多地方，我也十分不熟悉。沒想到，我會帶著我的家庭來逛我高中曾經走過的地方，緣分十分奇妙。

回程路上，經過美濃。我們隨意停下車來，走到花田裡拍照。美濃每年過年都會在農家把休耕的田地種上花，使得美濃沿路上有許多美麗的花田。因為天氣很熱，田地會很亁，沒有泥巴地。所以很適合小孩走進去逛，但是艷陽高照，只能暫留。不過我家小孩玩得很開心，他們終於親眼看到蜜蜂採花蜜的樣子。　

後記:其實我們過兩天後有再度經過這些地方，人潮變很多，塞車十分嚴重。還有有先去逛過了，不然樂趣就沒那麼多。不過話說回來，過年就是要是人擠人呀!

另記:美濃以前出產很多菸草，現在大家都知道是美濃板條。

My near one- hundred- year old grandpa.

He still rides a bike and travels by bus around.  

我近百歲的阿公

Qishan old street 

旗山老街

紅燈籠高高掛，艷陽高照。

Qishan is famous for bananas.So we bought a bananas cakes for picnic. 

沒什麼添加物，算是滿天然的蛋糕，價格合理，不錯吃。

Qishan Lantern activity.

超級大的燈籠

 

She made a funny face for the picture.

模特兒，請給我拍一下!

Martial arts school

武徳殿正門

Meinong flower farmland. 

  美濃花海-每年過年吸引觀光客下車拍照。

穿著新潮的稻草人，衣服孩滿新的勒!

My poor little boy was tripped by the flowers.

我家小兒子被花慘纏住。

The sun was very bright.

太陽很大，臉跟花一樣紅了

用心的農夫，放了稻草人，供人拍照。