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With the establishment of the Long Ying-Zong Literary Museum, the institution has gradually developed into an important literary hub and cultural tourism node in Beipu, Hsinchu. The core of the museum’s development lies not only in extending Lung Ying-tsung’s literary memory of his hometown, Beipu, but also in integrating the principles of local cultural preservation and promotion. As a result, literary education, cultural regeneration, and local engagement have become the primary objectives of the museum’s operations. However, as a “small yet refined” cultural space, how the literary museum can further expand its spatial awareness and cultural imagination in order to achieve sustainable operation remains a critical challenge for its administrators.This study mainly explores the literary style formed by Long Ying-Zong’s adept use of tropical plant symbolism, as well as the shared imagery and collective memory woven among the writer, the local community, and the spatial site of the literary museum. On this basis, it further develops a transmedia creative project situated within the museum park. Taking Long Ying-Zong’s acclaimed work “The Small Town with Papaya Trees” as its conceptual point of departure, the study examines the shadows of national and social “class consciousness” and the constraints of “feudal conventions” revealed in the text, using them as a foundation for translation and re-creation. At the same time, the space “beneath the longan tree” within the museum grounds is selected as a “node” where the abstract literary space intersects with the real site. Focusing on the imagery of liminal space at this node as the main creative theme, the researcher also employs light art installations as a medium for transforming the spirit of the text, with the aim of enabling creative practice to engage in a cross-temporal dialogue with the writer. This practice-based research project was first presented at the 2024 Beipu Lantern Festival. By integrating the literary imagery of Long Ying-Zong, the cultural characteristics of Beipu, and transmedia artistic creation, the project not only effectively strengthens the interactive connections between the literary museum and the local community, but also further explores the possibilities for re-interpretation and transformation of Long Ying-Zong’s literary spirit within contemporary local festivals and public cultural events. Through creative practice, this study enables literary texts to generate new meanings and extended vitality within specific cultural contexts, thereby revealing the multilayered and dynamic relationships among literature, art, and place, and ultimately expanding the imagination and practice of cultural spatial consciousness.
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