Nine portions of gold
Gold found during railway work turned a hillside hamlet into a mining town. Jiufen's stairs, teahouses and fog are what the mines left behind.
Jiufen
Jiufen sits on a steep slope in Ruifang District, New Taipei, about an hour from Taipei. It grew after gold was found in the hills in the 1890s and declined when the mines closed. Its narrow Old Street, built along the slope with covered steps and teahouses, became a film location and then a tourist destination; about 1,600 people still live in the settlement.
Jiufen
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Zhaoling Temple in Jiufen, its carved stone dragons at the entrance of the old mining town.Another Believer / CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗