Artist of Taoist talismans from Yunlin’s Taixi holds exhibition
Artist of Taoist talismans from Yunlin’s Taixi holds exhibition
2025-10-21
Like many artists, Ting Jen-tung from Yunlin’s Taixi Township grew up drawing. His family even jokingly called him the “painter of Taoist talismans.” Two or three years ago, he had the idea to collect charms from different temples and incorporate them into his own artwork. He’s now created over 40 pieces, which he is displaying in an exhibition. He hopes that by transforming the practice into fine art, he can preserve local religious and cultural traditions.
Artist Ting Jen-tung focuses his full attention on painting a Taoist talisman. But if you look closer, the painting is even larger than the table. Isn’t it too big?
Ting Jen-tung
Artist
I got the idea about two or three years ago. I wanted to make something different from other people, so I started creating based on these talismans. I blow it up, and add my own artistic interpretation to make the talisman into a work of art.
This giant talisman is indeed a work of art. Most residents of Taixi Township in Yulin County are fishers who rely on nature for their livelihood. Religion is therefore a spiritual anchor, and temples are abundant. As someone who grew up there, when Ting started painting in middle school, the adults who didn’t understand his work jokingly called them talismans. Now that he’s entering his later years, he’s bringing that style back to his artwork.
Ting Jen-tung
Artist
Since I find them really interesting, I think it’s a shame that people these days don’t really care for these things. Before, the talismans were very important to us. Whether you were going into the army, going away on business, doing work, or studying, your family or you personally had to go to the temple to ask for a talisman.
Ting visited a number of temples to explore their different styles. He’s now created over 40 paintings, enough to hold an exhibition and keep a record of local culture in his own unique way.
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平安符大集合! 雲林台西藝術家畫符辦展覽
2025-10-21
雲林台西有一位藝術家，小時候畫畫，被長輩戲稱畫符仔，兩三年前突發奇想，蒐集不同宮廟的平安符，臨摹時加入自己的藝術想法，總計創作40多幅符畫，集結起來辦展覽，希望能以藝術形式，來保存宗教文化資產。
藝術家丁仁桐全神貫注，描繪平安符，仔細看看，這張符，一張桌子也放不下，這尺寸也太大了吧？
[[藝術家 丁仁桐]]
“差不多在兩三年前，我就有這個構想就是說，我一定要畫一些跟別人比較不同的東西，所以我就以符來做創作。把那張符放大，再加上我們一些藝術的想法，去把符藝術化。”
原來這巨型平安符，是藝術創作。雲林台西居民多以漁業為生，靠天吃飯，宗教信仰成了居民精神依靠，廟宇特別多。當地土生土長的藝術家丁仁桐，國中開始畫畫，小時候畫圖，大人看不懂就戲稱是在畫符，現在長大了，頭髮也已經花白，拾起畫筆將畫符轉為藝術創作。
[[藝術家 丁仁桐]]
“因為我感覺這就是很有趣，我覺得比較可惜的就是，現在的人比較沒有去重視這個東西，你看我們以前其實這個符仔對我們來說是很重要的，你包括你要去當兵也好，要出外做生意也好，要做工也好，要去讀書也好，一定是大人還是說你自己，一定會去廟裡求一個(符)。”
丁仁桐走訪各宮廟，發現各地平安符各有特色，總計臨摹創作四十多幅符畫，多到可以辦展覽，用自己的方式記錄在地文化特色。
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