October 30, 2026

In the Grand Hotel’s lobby, autumn arrives not as a season of fading, but as a celebration of life in its fullness. Conceived around the theme of “Autumn Light and Abundance,” the floral installation draws inspiration from Xi Murong’s poem The Invitation, with its vision of blossoms unfolding among blossoms in an unbroken cycle of renewal. Its ascending forms answer the lobby’s iconic plum blossom-shaped caisson ceiling. Warm autumn sunlight, ripening fruit, and leaves turning with the season are woven into a composition that follows the light, its interlacing branches alive with the irrepressible energy of growth.

Taiwan golden-rain tree, ornamental Solanum fruit, maple leaves, beech foliage, pincushion proteas, autumn chrysanthemums, Vanda orchids, and hydrangeas in their autumn hues lend the arrangement a rich botanical vocabulary. Through layers of flowers, fruit, and branching lines, the installation traces nature’s passage from exuberant growth to ripened abundance. Golden blossoms capture the brightness and warmth of sunlight; burnt orange, russet brown, and deep-toned foliage give the palette depth and substance. Together, they seem to gather the earth’s generosity over an entire season into a single, richly colored autumn canvas.

Below, mosses, ferns, and the textured grain of bark evoke the woodland floor, drawing on the plant life of Taiwan’s autumn landscape. These earthbound details flow into the soaring floral forms above, creating the sensation of standing amid a forest as the year turns. In the interplay of textures and living forms, nature speaks in many voices, revealing a quiet wisdom: life has its own seasons, and in their changing rhythms finds the means to flourish.

Autumn sunlight, abundant fruit, and leaves alive with color compose a celebration of the harvest season in the Grand Hotel’s lobby. Here, visitors are invited to feel the vitality that endures through change, to look up at branches stretching steadfastly toward the light, and to glimpse the strength of life unfolding in its own time. In that moment, even a passing encounter may leave something lasting: a memory of warmth and abundance, gently held against the passage of time.