The Kuo Yuan Ye Museum of Cake and Pastry () is a

pastry Pastry is baked food made with a dough of flour, water and shortening (solid fats, including butter or lard) that may be savoury or sweetened. Sweetened pastries are often described as '' bakers' confectionery''. The word "pastries" sugges ...

culture and making museum in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. The museum has two branches in Taiwan, one in

Shilin District Shilin District (also spelled Shihlin District, zh, t=士林區, p=Shìlínqū, poj=Sū-lîm-khu) is a district of Taipei. The central command center of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) is located in Shilin. History The name ''Shilin'' w ...

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

and another in

Yangmei District Yangmei District () is a district in southwestern Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The centre of the district is Yangmei town itself. The traditional residents are Hakka people. History Yangmei town was originally established as ''Yangmeili'' () during Q ...

Taoyuan City Taoyuan () is a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County to the south-east, and Hsinchu County to the south-west. Taoyuan Distr ...

History

In 1708, ancestor of Kuo Yuan Ye moved from

Zhangzhou Zhangzhou (), alternately romanized as Changchow, is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China. The prefecture around the city proper comprises the southeast corner of the province, facing the Taiwan Strait and surrounding the prefect ...

within the Fujian Province of

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

and started the family bakery business. To preserve the brand asset, the family opened a bakery museum at the 4th and 5th floor of the headquarters buildings in

as Taiwan's first bakery museum in 2001. In 2002, the Shilin branch of the bakery museum was founded.

Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance north from

Shilin Station Shilin may refer to: China *Shilin Yi Autonomous County (石林彝族自治县), of Kunming, Yunnan ** Stone Forest (石林), limestone formations in Shilin County, Yunnan * Shilinxia, scenic area in Pinggu District, Beijing Taiwan *Shilin Distric ...

of the

Taipei Metro Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei City, New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the State-owned enterprise, government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation ...

for the Shilin branch, and northwest from

Puxin Station Puxin station () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Yangmei District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. History The station was opened in 1900 as Anpinzhen (Hetin) station (安平鎮招呼站). It change ...

of the

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for the Yangmei branch.

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