A private hillside sculpture garden above Guangxing Village (廣興村) in Lugu, Nantou, built by Zhuang Wenliang (莊文亮), a textile engineer who retired to the mountains. It began as a 100-tonne reservoir for spring water, topped by an oversized teapot that pours into a giant cup so the water can settle. Zhuang went on to build several teapots large enough to hold tea gatherings inside, along with smaller teapot sculptures including sets of the Chinese zodiac, and the grounds also contain a small temple, Mingshan Temple (明善宮).
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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.