Anping Tree House

Day #133: Anping Tree House

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August 12th 2013
Anping tree house is not a tree house in the sense of a house built on purpose in a tree, rather an old abandoned merchant's house that has been completely overtaken by Banyan trees, giving it the look of a home from a nightmarish fairytale. The house is now in ruins with only parts of the roof still intact, and parts seem more tree than building. The exhibition inside the house explains th ... read more

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In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th... ... read more