I knew Rainbow Village for the first time. It was a few sporadic photos and a few words that I saw when I first opened Weibo. At that time, I recorded this nice name in the list of Taiwanese must-have that already existed in my mind. On the second day of coming to Taichung, I went to Donghai University early in the morning to read the Lusiyi Church, and I quickly went to the rainbow paradise of the Rainbow Village.
If the color is blocked, the house is low, and the village where the roadway is forced to look more like a shanty town with a combination of urban and rural areas. But on the wall, the ground, the windows... Wherever the sights are everywhere, the rainbow-like and graffiti paintings full of childlikeness are the "Rainbow Grandpa", which makes this unseen village that should have been demolished become An incredible fairy tale kingdom.
For the "Rainbow Grandpa" Huang Yongzhen, now 95 years old, every brick in the village and the house is his canvas. In his own words, when he was 86, he started picking up the brush because he was "boring." The old man used to brush and smear outside the house outside his house to pass the time. Later, it gradually painted the walls and courtyards of the neighbors. Later, the grounds, walls, doors and windows of the entire village were covered with colorful, playful and exaggerated rainbows, flowers, animals and other paintings. For more than six years, a veteran who had never studied painting for a day made the Rainbow Village accidentally red with cute graffiti, and indirectly protected the last seven houses in the village from demolition.
it's a relatively small residential area. nice artwork but max 15mins there. wouldn't recommend going out of the way but a quick stop to next attraction might be appropriate
Beautifully painted walls and floor, although small, the rainbow village is definitely a great place for photo taking
Definitely a worth seeing place as i took a 1 hr ride bus to a free entrance place. Super Duper Colourful, pls wear plain colour if you’re planning to get nice pictures!!!
Colorful as the rainbow. They have available playground for kids. We also bought umbrella and T-shirt as souvenirs. Quality was great!
It's a little inconvenient to get here. Take No. 27 (50 minutes) at the railway station to the six villages in Gancheng, cross the road, go along Chun'an Road, pass the primary school, and turn left into the bottom of the lane. If it's from Taichung, you can take No. 27 to Chaomai Station. It's nearer. Buses usually run half an hour. They are free within 10 kilometres by swiping a yo-yo card. In 2010, a retired grandfather picked up a brush because he was bored and turned his family village into a colorful world, hence the name "Rainbow family village". Facing demolition, the people petitioned together, and the mayor of Taichung decided to keep the village after his personal inspection. Family village is not big, walk around about 10 minutes, but the house was painted on a variety of colorful patterns, and are all with a good moral, such as love or wealth at first sight. The visit is free, but there is also a small box outside Grandpa's house to collect donations, which means that we hope to buy more paint through donations. There is also a stall outside Grandpa's house, which sells some fans, notebooks, folders, postcards and other souvenirs. The price of an umbrella is about NT 880. Occasionally during the day, a mysterious figure dressed in Iron Man costume will take a picture with you. Some people say that to come to the village is to find the feeling of childhood, but with me it is more like when dreams come into reality.
nice place