Hualien Stone Sculpturing Museum
It is the first Stone Museum in Taiwan. Hualien is the distributing center of minerals in Taiwan , owning 90% of mineral resource on the island. The total amount of minerals raw materials and value-added stone import/export ranks second in world.
The creation of stone sculpturing arts ties closely with its natural environment. Hualien is located at the earth plates interlocking zone , owning rich mineral resources that attracted many stone sculpturing artists to settle. Currently there are more than three hundred artists living in Hualien. A group of sculpturing fellows formed “Hualien Stone Sculpturing Association” in 1992 to be the first stone sculpturing art group in Taiwan .