Taiwan Roaming Part 6: Open any door and return to the place where the story begins...

DAY6: Check-in in Beitou—the small room behind Xingtian Palace—Rongxing Garden—No. 7 Park—night visit to the High School Affiliated to Normal University—the input that cannot be reached in the blink of an eye—the most amazing night market

On Mayday’s ninth album In "Autobiography", there is a very important song - "Any Door". This song is an autobiography in "Autobiography". It records the stories of the 20 years since they formed the group, including the Miaoli children, the sailor's son, the Kaohsiung junior, the confused Ashin in the Ziqiang Tunnel, the monster on Coconut Grove Avenue who gave up his family business... five people's stories Stories are all written in songs.

Open any door and you can go back to the small room on the second floor behind Xingtian Palace at the beginning of the story. You can go to Park No. 7 and be in March when you first appeared... Any door can transcend time and space. , peeking through the door.

After returning to Taipei from Beitou, we will open any door and embark on the path they have traveled over the past 20 years to try and feel how their dreams are realized step by step.

The small room in the front seat on the second floor behind Xingtian Temple

Xingtian Temple is a popular place in Taipei, and there are many companies providing funeral services around it. Walking that road, you will deeply understand the meaning of "life limited company".

In high school, the monster lived near Xingtian Palace. "The small room in the front seat on the second floor" refers to the monster's room. At that time, Ashin, Shitou, and Martha would all gather at Monster's house after class. That small room became the place where dreams began.

Taiwan’s joint entrance examination is no easier than in the Mainland. Parents do not support their children playing music, except for Beast Mom. So there is another line in the lyrics: "Beast Mom is preparing a big chicken drumstick for midnight snack." Of course, the adolescent gangster loves to eat chicken drumsticks, and even changed the name of the recording studio to "Big Chicken Drumsticks".

Twenty years later, during the important revival concert, the body of Beast Mother was released from the medicine jar and returned to the light. The person who once supported them at the beginning of their dreams couldn't keep looking at them after all.

A reporter asked Ashin, if there was any door, where would he want to go back to? He said he wanted to go back to the small room in the front seat on the second floor behind Xingtian Palace. It's a pity that time in reality advances linearly. There is no arbitrary door or time machine. The past will eventually become a memory. To go back to the past, you can only open any door with thoughts and go back to the past in memories.

Park No. 7 first appeared in March

When we arrived at Park No. 7, the sun had already set. There is a moon in the sky, shining brightly in the gray-blue sky.

On March 29, 1997, Notai started singing, and Mayday officially became an army. At that time, Ashin was also responsible for taking care of wind instruments, and he spent one night feeding mosquitoes in the park.

The outdoor music stage is very small, about the same size as an ordinary school stage, but it is this small stage that gives many people the opportunity to dream of shining.

20 years later, they returned to No. 7 Park and restored the original singing performance on the outdoor stage. Chen Qizhen, Traku, Quarterback... all my friends who used to be in the band came, and they all did pretty well. So it may be true that children who learn music will not become bad.

Visiting the High School Affiliated to Normal University at night and looking for the Guitar Club of the High School Affiliated to Normal University

The High School Affiliated to Normal University is not far from Park No. 7. It took about 20 minutes to walk to the Xinyi Road campus.

It was already dark at this time, and I don’t know whether it was because of his explosive personality or because he looked like a student, but he entered the campus easily.

The campus is large and the atmosphere is lively at night. Some people are practicing dancing, some are running, and there are naughty slogans in the club classrooms. There is a sense of youth everywhere.

We started looking for the guitar club along the school road. The practice must be underground, so it would not be in the club classroom building; could it be in the corner of the campus? The result was the swimming pool of The Blue Gate; just as our legs were breaking again, we found it!

An inconspicuous place that looks like a dark room can actually open a door. Behind the door, there is a broken guitar, guiding us to the guitar club.

The door of the guitar club is closed, but the wild (playing) guitar sound still reaches the outside.

Ah~ This is the restless youth! Later I heard that the Guitar Club of the Affiliated High School was going to be demolished, which was a pity.

Input is within reach and the most amazing night market

After going to the High School Affiliated to Normal University, I was so hungry that I almost fainted. Then a friend suggested that the High School Affiliated to Normal University is actually very close to Shitou Input. Why don't we go for a stroll?

"How close?"

"I'll be there in a blink of an eye after listening to "Blink of an Eye"."

This should be the one I heard during this trip The biggest lie, because it took almost half an hour to walk from the High School Affiliated to Normal University!

Anyway, I didn’t know how to get to the input, so I tried out the same guitar as the monster, and played the cosmic song "T1213121" (crying with laughter

Before I fainted from hunger, I came to the most delicious night market ——Linjiang Street Tourist Night Market. We highly recommend the boneless chicken feet, which will make you feel happy after one bite. The mixed fruits are sweet and crispy, and there are a bunch of messy things. The taste is something you will never forget.

We were childishly counting steps that day, shaking our phones as we walked, trying to occupy the cover of each other's WeChat campaign.

Although we have forgotten who won now, we still remember the one who broke his leg and was so hungry. Feeling so dizzy and happy

Maybe we, ordinary people, will return to the ordinary world,

But every dream is like a door to a different world.

The story of you and me is now at its starting point