An abandoned resettlement village on the forlorn coast of Guanyin originally settled by 18 households displaced by the construction of Shimen Reservoir (石門水庫), most of them from Amuping (阿姆坪). Poor land, salt-laden soil, fierce monsoon winds, and pollution from the nearby industrial zone drove residents to largely abandon the village by the late 1970s; one row of six houses was later demolished for the construction of Highway 61 in 1996. Only a few ruined sanheyuan (三合院) farmhouses remain.
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- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- Shimen Reservoir Project (石門水庫建設)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.