Jimmy Liao's Art Installation Hug Relocated to Vakangan Hot Spring Park

The installation art inspired on Jimmy Liao's picture book Hug has greeted travelers inside and outside the Chateau de Chine Hotel Hualien for over a decade. Yet due to damage sustained in the April 3 earthquake, the hotel is going to be demolished and rebuilt. After discussing with LDC Hotels & Resorts, we decided to keep the warmth of the work alive and move the installation pieces of Hug to Taitung's Vakangan Hot Spring Park in August. The red-maned lion and the boy, as well as the pink pig, white rabbit, moon, pink elephant, green frog, and teal duck will continue to welcome visitors to Eastern Taiwan with an embrace, creating yet more smiles and pleasant surprises.