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Jiufen quickly went into decline, and for a while the town was mostly forgotten. In 1989, Hou Hsiao-hsien's A City of Sadness, the first film to touch on the February 28 Incident, then a taboo subject in Taiwan, won acclaim around the world. As a result, Jiufen, where the film was set, revived due to the film's popularity.
Jiufen Old Street is a series of alleyways and a night market in Jiufen, Taiwan. [1] National Geographic has called Old Street "one of the country's most iconic night markets". [ 2 ] Fried fish, noodle soups , peanut ice cream rolls, pork dumplings, sweet potato and taro balls , and Taiwanese sausages are among the many food options available ...
When the gold rush took hold, as many as 50,000 people lived in Jiufen at one point.. But the gold mines shut by 1971 and the town fell into decline. The town's population tanked and the young ...
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Originally built in 1933 by Japanese during their occupation, [1] the building used to be a copper and gold smelter plant called the Shuinandong Smelter that used to process refined ore from Jinguashi and Jiufen. [2] After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the refinery was taken over by the state-run company ...
There is an old Gold Mining Factory nearby the Golden Waterfall that dates back to the time of the Japanese occupation in Taiwan. It was because of this mining factory's presence and the amount of mining that had been done in that area that people believed the waterfall's color was because of pollution from these activities.
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Map including Ruifang (labeled as Jui-fang (Zuihō) 瑞芳) (1950) During Japanese rule, Ruifang was called Zuihō Town (瑞芳街), and was administered as part of Kīrun District (基隆郡) of Taihoku Prefecture. Mining was an important industry in Ruifang (then known as Sui-hong) in the early 20th century. [1]