Paper, after the earthquake
The 1999 earthquake flattened much of Puli. Taomi Village rebuilt around a paper church, and the town's paper mills turned toward visitors.
Puli
Puli sits in a bowl-shaped basin in northern Nantou, surrounded by the Central Mountain Range. It is a market town for the surrounding farms and, since the 1990s, a centre for paper making and community tourism. The 1999 earthquake damaged the town badly, especially Taomi Village, which rebuilt around a paper church donated from Kobe. The island's geographic centre is marked on a hill nearby.
Puli
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The Paper Dome at night, its paper tubes lit from inside.Mk2010 / CC BY-SA 3.0 · CC BY-SA 3.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗