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Gold mining activities declined after World War II, and the mine was shut off in 1971. 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.
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 ...
The museum buildings used to be offices, dormitories, processing plants and other facilities of the Taiwan Metal Mining Corp. The Gold Museum includes the following: Gold Building, Experience the Benshan Fifth Tunnel, Crown Prince Chalet, Jin Shui Special Exhibition Hall, Gold Refining Building, and Four Joined Japanese-Style Residences.
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 ...
Mining was an important industry in Ruifang (then known as Sui-hong) in the early 20th century. [1] Gold was mined in Kyūfun and Kinkaseki while coal was mined in Kau-tong (猴硐; Houtong). After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Ruifang was organized as an urban township of Taipei County. The mining sites ...
Thieves have stolen four ancient artifacts, including an approximately 2,500-year-old gold helmet, after using explosives to break into a museum in the Netherlands. The daring heist took place at ...
Glass Museum of Hsinchu City; Gold Museum; Guningtou War Museum; ... Taiwan Coal Mine Museum; Taiwan Design Museum; ... Jiufen, New Taipei City; Lukang, ...
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.