Hsinchu Glass,The Beauty of Artistic Creation
Every year at Christmas, the twinkling light bulbs on the Christmas trees always attract everyone's attention. Colorful Christmas light bulbs used to be a hot-selling product of Hsinchu Glass Industry around the world. The land of Hsinchu is rich in glass raw materials, silica sand and natural gas. In the 1950s, Hsinchu became an important town in Taiwan's glass industry. By the 1960s and 1970s, the Hsinchu glass industry launched Christmas light bulbs, a commodity in line with Western festivals, so it was very popular. With the changes of the times, glass with high practicality is gradually combined with art. With the skillful hands of glass craft creators, beautiful glass works of art have been created. Through the Hsinchu Municipal Government and the Hsinchu Municipal Cultural Bureau, as well as local industries and associations, combined with the power of glass art creators around the world, hold a glass art festival every two years to preserve and continue Hsinchu glass art and culture, and work together to create a new future for glass art. Glass art makes Hsinchu shine in the world.
