Reindeer - Miaoli Green Wave

White woods with sunshine

After opening the car door, the particular smell of woods and mountains sweeps the tiredness away. Walking forward, you are greeted by a hospitable butler who prepares a pair of indoor slippers and a pot of aromatic herbal tea for you. The interior is bright and simple-designed, the ornamental trees and reindeers make it similar to a silver forest in North Europe. Outside the French windows, the sunshine falls on a group of Zhennan Trees. Staring at the greens in front of you, you throw away bother and trouble in city life, sipping warm herbal tea. A small white flower in the vessel on the wooden table catches your attention. It is Star of Bethlehem. All of a sudden, you are overwhelmed by the momentary beauty of the scene.

Walking through branches and trunks, you reach the reading forest. The hung bulbs like shining fruits on the branches warms the snowy-white study. Picking up a collection of poems, you lazily lean on the trunk, reading the book on which the sunshine and shade of leaves drift vividly. With the relaxing music with forest sounds, you stay on the reading net interwoven by words.

Delightful forest angels linger, sweet land deer inhabit

In this forest-like space are seven rooms with the seven names echoing seven fables associated with the woodland. You can have a sip of wine in “Time’s brewer” to taste the fermented sweetness and acidity, sharing the gentle words with families or friends under the starry sky. “Outspread Wings in Woodland” makes you fly with words in the forest, becoming a happy bluebird. “Eternal Temperature” of trees immerses you in the balmy woods to feel the warmth of nature and to breathe life with appreciation to Mother Earth. Carefully, you listen to “Hopes of Animals” and hold a spiritual picnic in the woods with the spirits of all things. After collecting your thoughts, you become “A Good Cultivator,” following the refreshing scent of coffee to trace the source of fair trade peasants of the mountains are involved in. Gazing at the green plants, you are granted a clear mind which is “As Pure as an Angel” to ponder over the balance between humans and plants, transforming into an angel guard the primitive forest in everyone’s heart.

The music finally leads you to the room named “Tunes in the woods.” A key with cute deer key chain unlocks the entrance. A letter sealed with wax is there waiting for you. Words on the letter are like the jaunty fairies. The bed in the room facing a huge window on which the movie of nature about woods, wind, light and shadow is always screened. Though simple in style, the room hides sweet surprise everywhere, for example, a selected book for you to converse with your heart and sweet-smelling lotion by the bed specially prepared for girls. Taking off the coat and hanging it on the tree-shaped hangers, you pick up the book, lying on the bed comfortably. Accompanied by soft music, you focus on reading and sometimes lift your head appreciating the sunset until the darkness gradually takes over the Earth, calming it down with the murmur of trees.

Heard the lullaby sung by the woods, you randomly write down the peaceful feeling on the notebook, bidding good night to the Zhennan Trees and falling asleep under this clear starry night.

Lush greenness strokes you like unceasing tide

Early morning, Taiwan blue magpies on branches sing gently and the warm sunlight filters through the window, softly waking you up. Following the savor to the backyard by the woods, you see the well-prepared hearty breakfast served on the wooden table in the sun of early winter: stone oven baked roselle bread, Sunlight Salad with oat, rosemary baked potato mash, steamed egg with mushroom, tuna croissant with tomato, creamy pumpkin soup and so on. The flavor of nature can be tasted in every dish. The fairies of the forest share this morning feast with you. Finally, you end the breakfast with the sweetness of an apple, welcoming a fair day in the mountain.

Closing eyes, you breathe in phytoncides, which refresh body and mind. When the cool mountain wind blows, your hair shines in the sunlight and your thought drifts deeper into the woods. You, at the moment, seem to have a glimpse of the shadow of a deer in the woods. The dreamlike scenery inspires your imagination and shows you just how close to the forest life be.

The leaves rustle in the cool breeze. The spectacular mountains are the green sea; the piled leaves are the green seawater producing waves. Being away from the hustle and bustle, and dancing with the woods, travelers step at leisurely and relaxing pace. Only when moving slower and slower, can the travelers on the path to self-discovery follow the trace of the dreamy white dear in the heart to listen carefully to the murmur of nature and one’s inner voice.