Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Wine Factory in 1920's

Huanshan1914, Creative Park.(2011)



This is not my first time to come to Huanshan, but the first time I notice the beautiful flagging.
Built in 1914 by Japanese, Huanshan used to be a wine factory which produced the largest amount of saki, rice wine, fruit wine and so on. In prosperous 1920's, there was about 400 employees busy for wine producing everyday.  
However, it was abandoned from 1987 to 1997, a decade cordoned off from all people, every stories were hidden behind the growing tree banks. 
Today, the old factory is still standing in the heart of Taipei, but different from before. In 2007, the Taiwan cultural-creative development company renovated it, and renamed as Huashan1914, Creative Park. Now it serves as a creative arts center and hosts for cultural activities regularly, with originality, innovation and pleasure.
Huanshan is alive and full of energy, ready to make another history.

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