February 15 2010, the date the TELDAP newsletter was published, was the second day of Chinese New Year, the time when married daughters traditionally return home to visit their mother. How did you pass the Chinese New Year? Despite many being government propaganda films the black and white news films in Chinese Taipei Film Archives give us a view of Taiwan in the mid 20th Century. Let’s watch these old films and see what Chinese New Year in Taiwan was like in days gone by.

National Taiwan’s University’s meticulously planned “Digital Insect World” exhibition is currently being shown in Taipei Zoo and has received an enthusiastic response from the public, fascinating many people with its secrets of the natural world. Do you know that in 1915 during Taiwan’s Japanese colonial period Taipei had a zoo? What changes in ecological conservation concepts in Taiwan are illustrated by post 1945 news films? Let’s go to the Chinese Taipei Film Archives to hear this interesting story.

How do you know that spring is here? You''ll know when you see the plum blossoms and golden  orioles. How do you know that fall is here then? Take a walk around Academia Sinica, and you''ll see the messenger of fall, a tree called the "flame gold". Even though "flame gold" trees are extremely colorful like maple trees, there''s a big different between the two. Unlike a maple tree''s leaves, the leaves of a flame gold are full of life. It makes you feel good when you see a row of "flame gold" trees along the street.