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  • Here I am at Cang Jin Yard.

  • Cang Jin Yard litereally translates into

  • Gold-hiding yard.

  • Does that mean there's gold here?

  • Well, in a way, yes.

  • Because this place is a treasure hut

  • for second-hand furniture and recycled wooden furniture,

  • so if you know this place,

  • you definitely know this is a paradise.

  • Let's go discover more!

  • Hi, Hello

  • Nice to meet you, I am Tong.

  • And you are?

  • My name is Jyun-kai.

  • And you work here as a...?

  • As a substitute military service.

  • Ok, wow, that's awesome.

  • I think this is a really fascinating place, lots of wood!

  • Can you tell me a little about this place?

  • Sure. Please, this way.

  • OK. 好的

  • OK. 好的

  • So here is the exhibition area.

  • As you can see, we have a lot of traditional tables, chairs

  • and you can see here we have antiques.

  • A lot of antique furniture.

  • They are not for sale.

  • Not for sale, closets, exhibition.

  • Got that.

  • So, here we have lots of beautiful furniture.

  • And this is for sale.

  • Ok, so everyone can buy these.

  • Yes.

  • Every second Saturday morning of the month,

  • a furniture auction is held here.

  • People have chances to buy at a budget price

  • some nice pieces of furniture.

  • That explains why there are always a lot of people coming.

  • Back in the day,

  • if people want to dispose of their broken furniture,

  • the Environment Protection Bureau

  • usually only has one job

  • to collect and destroy the furniture,

  • just like the waste.

  • Later we started the auction sale here at Cang Jin Yard.

  • Also we provide some easy repair services.

  • We employed a few specialists

  • with expertise in woodwork

  • to complete some easy repairs for the auction

  • which has been wide appraised.

  • So we truly hope that

  • the community can also learn to love the environment

  • and live a sustainable life.

  • There are only sixty numbers, and two per person.

  • After taking the number,

  • they will look around closely at the furniture here,

  • searching for treasures they are going to bid for.

  • When the clock strikes ten, the auction kicks off!

  • The intense auction has begun.

  • People with the number can appoint the piece they want.

  • The auction starts with the base price.

  • For those who also want the piece,

  • they will bid against one another.

  • The bids are getting higher and higher.

  • Who will win the auction?

  • Inside the auction is heated.

  • Outside it's bustling as well.

  • Citizens will bring the recyclables from home

  • in exchange of points by weight.

  • They can redeem these points for useful daily necessities.

  • Here are the materials we just mentioned.

  • The tables, right? Elementary school tables.

  • I see all kinds of wood in different sizes and shapes all around.

  • Here you can see some tools.

  • They used these tools

  • to reconstruct the wood into their creative products.

  • So, here is our furniture clinic.

  • Ok, a place to fix furniture.

  • Yes, Let's go.

  • Tung, let me introduce our master,

  • our best wooden worker, Master Wu.

  • Hello, Master Wu.

  • Hello, hello.

  • I saw a lot of wooden products in the exhibition earlier.

  • Very interesting. Are they all made here?

  • Yes.

  • What are they made of?

  • They are made from our used, broken furniture.

  • Sometimes we take apart the furniture

  • or use second-hand elementary school tables.

  • Because the compartments are smaller.

  • These are all Taiwanese Cypress Trees.

  • They are valuable and small

  • Yes, they are small.

  • So we must not throw them away as waste.

  • We can turn them into something smaller.

  • Add in our creativity and turn it into something cute.

  • Cang Jin Yard is truly an unique place to be here in Tainan.

  • with the auction,

  • all the experiments that they are doing with wood and the designs

  • and also the spreading of the important concept

  • of recycling and reusing wood.

  • I think all of these together sums up to what a great place this is.

  • As a bonus, after walking in here,

  • I can immediately smell the trees,

  • it's like tree oil and foresty, and wood,

  • it makes me feel very relaxed.

  • All in all, I would definitely recommend

  • Cang Jin Yard for you to come,

  • whether you're a local or a traveler.

  • Come here! This is one of a kind.

Here I am at Cang Jin Yard.

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