Rainbow Village
Taiwan Village
Taiwan travel can be about unique experiences – if you know where to look. Off the beaten path and up one flight of stairs outside of the metro in Taiwan is little slice of childhood heaven; bright colors, happy quotes, and beautifully painted animals, monsters, and families. Travel to Taichung to see this incredible burst of color created by an 87 year-old military veteran fondly called “Grandpa Rainbow”.
Hand-Painted
Huang Yung-Fu, the elderly veteran, who also has a strong creative streak, started painting every available surface of his surroundings. Walls, rooflines, and pathways became canvases for multi-colored Chinese characters and figurative motifs.Huang as the last holdout. Left on his own, the elderly veteran, who also has a strong creative streak, started painting every available surface of his surroundings. Walls and pathways became canvases for multi-colored Chinese characters and figurative motifs.
Rainbow Family Village
An eye catching and unusual small village in Taichung, where almost everything in sight is tinted, highlighted, or painted in jubilant shades. An appreciation of the spectacle and tranquility is felt as one meanders the teeny streets of this tiny area of the big city. Cheerful lively colors leave all happy and call out to everyone’s inner child as they find what appears to be an endless canvas of original whimsical life size version of kaleidoscopic Pictionary.