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Rainbow Village, Taichung

INTERESTING SIGHTS... the next morning, the tour guide took us to a tourist spot called Rainbow Village in Taichung.  Highly recommended to go, this place is not to be missed.

There is a history behind this brightly painted village, a cluster of houses was in fact a veterans village back in the 1940s.  Huang Yong Fu also known affectionately as Rainbow Grandpa was one of the last remaining veterans living in this area.  He is a military veteran who was born in Hong Kong and fought against the communists in the ROC army.  Rainbow Village was started by Mr. Huang who came up with a way to protest against the demolition of this small collection of houses.  The government began an aggressive program of demolition the villages in the 1990s and replacing them with new high rise apartment buildings for the displaced families.  Rather than fighting with the government, he decided to paint so as to brighten up the village, starting with his own house and moving on to the next house and soforth until the whole village has turned into a colourful sight.

And today Rainbow Village has become a tourist attraction.... and we were there in the morning to capture these scenes.
We saw the Artist himself but we did not queue up to take picture with him..
We should have... now come to think of it... 
However we took pictures with the "superhero" who obliged us tourists at the entrance... 
With our beautiful tour guide... 
Really colourful, right?

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  1. TekkausFebruary 27, 2019 at 12:25 AM

    This place really looks colourful and amazing. Would love to visit this place one day. :D

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  2. munFebruary 27, 2019 at 12:26 AM

    truly colourful!

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  3. suituapuiFebruary 27, 2019 at 7:22 AM

    Gosh! Andy is so tall!

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  4. Ginny HartzlerFebruary 27, 2019 at 8:30 AM

    He is so very talented! This just makes people happy! I could live here for sure!!

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  5. Rose worldFebruary 27, 2019 at 10:18 AM

    One big superhero. Really colourful village. Interesting place to visit and admire.

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  6. LibbyFebruary 27, 2019 at 4:07 PM

    Ahhh so this is the famous rainbow village, very colourful and pretty

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  7. LibbyFebruary 27, 2019 at 4:13 PM

    Thanks for sharing the history of rainbow village, it is interesting to know

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  8. PHFebruary 27, 2019 at 6:22 PM

    So colorful and unique!

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  9. Nancy ChanMarch 3, 2019 at 12:57 PM

    This village is very unique and colourful!

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