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Treasure Hill

TIME : 2016/2/17 16:44:26

Head down to the river from the Museum of Drinking Water, turn left, and you'll soon come across this ramshackle village founded in the late 1940s by soldiers who fled to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek.

While praised for its 'living memories' and off-the-grid community lifestyle (villagers 'borrowed' electricity, set up organic farms by the river, built homes out of discarded materials and recycled grey water), the village underwent a makeover in 2101 and is now largely an artist village. Still, it's a very photogenic place, very dreamy to explore at night, and architects, activists, and anarchists are likely to find it both fascinating and inspiring.

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