Traditional archetypes are released ○, opened up to the community for remixing ×, and allowed to evolve organically each year △—we call this process Oden (Guanshan Stew).

In this process, tradition is not fixed but shared and continually reinterpreted. Like ingredients simmering in the same pot, people come together in a shared “broth” of culture, creating rich, layered expressions through participation.

Guided by the idea of “keeping culture in motion,” the project centers on a simple belief: everyone can participate, and everyone can create.

“People’s Festival” is an open, cross-disciplinary celebration. Drawing on Guanshan’s traditional elements—food, stories, and music—as flexible archetypes, it invites youth, children, artists, and the wider public to remix and reassemble them freely, expressing themselves through the festival.

Event｜〈○ × △ The People's Rite Society〉
Date｜ Mar 27 (Fri), 14:00–16:00
Location｜ Guanshan Hakka Cultural and Arts Center
Overview｜An internal session for core team recruitment and partnership building. (Not open to the public)

Event｜〈Communion Assembly〉

Date｜ Apr 20–Apr 21 (Mon–Tue), 11:00–16:00

Location｜Guanshan Township

Overview｜Mentor groups: [○ Prototype Group]—bearers of traditional culinary knowledge,

and [× Interpretation Group]—a younger generation reimagining food through storytelling.

The "know-nothing" apprentice group: [△ Heretical Group]—youth and creative experimenters exploring unconventional approaches.

Through interactive culinary sessions, participants collaboratively design and present a festival menu.

Event｜Knit It: Identity Runes

Date｜ Apr 25 (Sat), 10:00–15:00

Location｜ Na’s Cafe (No. 59, Heping Rd., Guanshan Township)

Overview｜Participants will learn pattern making and create a custom “People’s Festival” uniform by hand, beginning with the fabric itself and taking part in the birth of identity.

Event｜Guanshan Pilgrimage & Memory Canvas

Date｜

May 9 (Sat), 10:00–16:30

May 10 (Sun), 09:00–14:00

Location｜Guanshan town center and Guanshan Market

Overview｜To understand history, to use it, and to become part of it. This project seeks the next storytellers of Guanshan, using drawing as a way to keep history in motion.

Through guided walks, participants explore Guanshan’s essential stories and anecdotes, then translate them into drawings.

Together, they become guides to Guanshan, extending these narratives onto canvas. The resulting works will be presented as part of the “People’s Festival” display.