City Graffiti: Cartoon & Fairy Tale Alley in Chiayi City

[ChanneLing]

Early this year, I visited Chiayi City, a small town in the south of Taiwan and the place I was born and raised, to see my family. One interesting thing is that despite I’ve been into street art and graffiti for years, I didn’t have much chance to explore the graffiti or mural spots in my hometown, isn’t that strange? (lol)

This time, before I made my way back to town, I told myself to open my eyes wide to explore the city and see what I could find in this home-sweet town! And voila, in the city center, I found that there’s a small Fairy Tale Alley (童話密巷 in Mandarin) with murals of characters from animated series and fairy tales. Here comes the tour!

Heidi (Girl of the Alps) painting in Fairy Tale Alley, Chiayi City, Taiwan.

Hutch the Honeybee mural in Fairy Tale Alley, Chiayi City, Taiwan.

Rascal the Raccoon mural in Fairy Tale Alley, Chiayi City, Taiwan.

Princess Sara mural in Fairy Tale Alley, Chiayi City, Taiwan.

Candy Candy mural in Fairy Tale Alley, Chiayi City, Taiwan.

Mazinger Z mural in Fairy Tale Alley, Chiayi City, Taiwan.

Super Mario mosaic artwork in Fairy Tale Alley, Chiayi City, Taiwan.

Mosaic artwork in Fairy Tale Alley, Chiayi City, Taiwan.

Alice in Wonderland mural in Fairy Tale Alley, Chiayi City, Taiwan.

Gardening painting in Fairy Tale Alley, Chiayi City, Taiwan.

Formosan Black Bear painting in Fairy Tale Alley, Chiayi City, Taiwan.

Little Red Riding Hood mural in Fairy Tale Alley, Chiayi City, Taiwan.

Do you like fairy tales or cartoons? Among all the art pieces above, which one is your favorite?

[Tandrima2]

Hello @ChanneLing ,

I like fairy tales and I am very glad to know about the Chiayi City.The pictures are looking very attractive to your post.

[SachinVijayan]

Beautiful art work!!! @ChanneLing

[CAAG1959]

Hola @ChanneLing que buena publicación, muy bien descripta y con hermosas fotografías. No recuerdo haber visto tanta expresión callejera temática de cartoons, realmente excelente. Me encantó de Mario’s Brothers por qué mantenía el antiguo modo de pixelado característico de la época.

Saludos desde Uruguay

[SanjayBDLG]

@ChanneLing Nice, informative post.

[ChanneLing]

Hey @Tandrima2 , @SanjayBDLG , @SachinVijayan ,

Thanks for the comment and good words!

I’m glad that you enjoyed this post!

[ChanneLing]

Hola @CAAG1959 ,

¡Gracias por el comentario!

And yesssss, the Mario mosaic is one of my favorites too!

It reminds me of the old times playing it on Gameboy.

[TravellerG]

Hello, fellow LG @ChanneLing

As rightly mentioned by our @CAAG1959 , your post is the first Fairytale/cartoon themed Photos of Murals, I have seen her.

Great!

Lovely photos… Appreciate both your talent and efforts.

"… Do you like fairy tales or cartoons?.."

Yes, of course… Very much…

“… Among all the art pieces above, which one is your favorite?..”

Rascal the Raccoon - loved it.

Hope to see more from you…

And request you to kindly tag me in your future posts so that I will not miss any of your posts.

Best wishes for more achievements…

[ChanneLing]

Hi @TravellerG ,

Thank you for the comment and all the nice words!

Definitely! I’ll do my best to remember that haha.

It’s been a while since my last graffiti post, so I forgot XD

So glad that you enjoy this series of graffiti posts!

Cheers!

[TravellerG]

Most welcome, dear LG friend @ChanneLing

BBest wishes

[Trail_blazer]

@ChanneLing

Looks very unique and interesting. Just wondering how often are they re painted ? Also wondering if sun and rain make them dull quite soon ? Do they draw new ones every time ? Super Mario one was very good to me.

[ChanneLing]

Hi @Trail_blazer ,

Thanks for the comment! That’s a good question. I know for some graffiti gathering places in Taiwan, the walls are re-painted once in a while, yet for this one, it seems not the case as the color of some pieces has faded a bit.

And yes, you’re right! One of the biggest challenges of street graffiti is that the artwork could be dulled by natural forces (sun, rain, wind) or destroyed by man forces, which makes them more precious!

[Trail_blazer]

@ChanneLing Are these paintings also common in PRC ? I think they are common in Latin america, Europe but i don’t remember much of them in Asia may be some nations have it but i didn’t expect it in countries like China, Taiwan, India etc

[ChanneLing]

Hi @Trail_blazer ,

In Taiwan, street art graffiti isn’t “everywhere” kind of common, but it can be spotted in some urban areas. Bigger cities, like Taipei, Tainan, Kaoshiung, or Taichung, have their own graffiti gathering places, such as Ximending in Taipei.

Here’re some other graffiti articles I wrote about in Taiwan. Feel free to check it out!

City Graffiti: Ximending, the Youth of Taipei City (Taipei City, Taiwan)

City Graffiti: Ximending Pt.2, Repaint The Walls (Taipei City, Taiwan)

City Graffiti: Ximending Pt.3, Never Two with Three (Taipei City, Taiwan)

City Graffiti: Taipei Treasure Hill (Taipei City, Taiwan)

City Graffiti: New Taipei City 435 Art Zone (New Taipei City, Taiwan)

City Graffiti: Kaohsiung, the Largest Port City of Taiwan (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan)

City Street Art: Weiwuying Street Art Village (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan)

City Graffiti: Blueprint Culture & Creative Park (Tainan City, Taiwan)

City Graffiti: Hidden Alleys in Tainan City (Tainan City, Taiwan)

City Street Art: Painted Animation Lane in Taichung City (Taichung City, Taiwan)

City Graffiti: Cartoon & Fairy Tale Alley in Chiayi City (Chiayi City, Taiwan)

[YasumiKikuchi]

你好 @ChanneLing
我喜歡這篇文章！ 感謝分享
我也已經參觀過這個地方的一些地方了！

[Trail_blazer]

@ChanneLing yeah i will thats lots of fuel to ignite my soul

[ChanneLing]

哈囉 @YasumiKikuchi ,

謝謝！很開心你喜歡這篇文章！