Enchanting Taiwan Exhibition in Stockholm

Come to see exclusive Taiwanese porcelain from Franz Porcelain, and pictures of Taiwan's beautiful nature and culture, and get your name written in Chinese by our calligrapher.

About the pictures

Despite its small size (36,200 square kilometers), Taiwan hosts a wide variety of natural flora and fauna, and has several special geographic features. The main island has a full range of climatic zones, from tropical to temperate. Mountain ranges with many peaks reaching over 3,000 meters – including East Asia's highest, Jade Mountain – and forested foothills occupy over half of its area. Other geographic features include dormant volcanoes, alluvial plateaus, coastal plains, mountain-walled basins, beaches, sand dunes, fantastically sculpted shoreline rock formations, and awesome marble-walled gorges.

Taiwan's tropical-to-temperate spectrum of climatic zones and contrasting topographies have endowed the island with a rich diversity of flora and fauna. To protect the ecosystems in which the plants and animals reside, the government has reserved 19 percent of protected areas, comprising 7 national parks, 19 nature preserves, 6 forest preserves, 17 wildlife refuges, and 32 wildlife habitats.

While Taiwan may be described as a predominantly Chinese or Han society, its heritage is much more complex than such a generalization implies. The succeeding waves of Han immigrants belonged to a variety of subgroups with mutually unintelligible languages and different customs. Further, Taiwan proper has been a melting pot not only of diverse Han subgroups but of its indigenous Austronesian peoples and people from all over the world. Today, there are 14 officially recognized indigenous Austronesian peoples in Taiwan, each with its own unique cultural traits.

The pictures will give you a taste of the enchanting island of Taiwan, and give you an insight to Taiwan's rich natural and cultural life.

About Franz Porcelain

Franz Porcelain, founded in 2002, took center stage at the 2002 New York International Gift Show with its "Papillon" butterfly collection. Nominated along with thousands of other entries, this contemporary collection received the "Best In Show" award.

Since then, Franz Porcelain, integrating Eastern aesthetics and Western Art Nouveau style has become a brand much sought after by avid collectors worldwide, and has captured international fame for its intricate unique products.

Franz Porcelain has received several awards, both in Taiwan and internationally. Franz Porcelain won the following Awards in Taiwan in 2005-2006: "National Gold Award of Excellence", "National Silver Award of Excellence", "Taiwan Excellence Award", and "Taiwan Superior Brand".

Exhibition - Enchanting Taiwan
Taiwanese porcelain: exclusive porcelain by Franz Porcelain
Pictures of Taiwan: beautiful images of Taiwan's nature and culture
Calligraphy writing: Get your name written in Chinese (free of charge, daily: 12-15)

Free entrance to the exhibition
Fjärilshuset in Hagaparken
June 27 – July 1, opening hours: 10.00 – 17.00
Organizer: Taipei Mission in Sweden

Caption: Rain Forest Little Dwellers, Design Collection By Franz Porcelain