九份 (jiu-fen)

There used to be only 9 families living in this little town. Whenever someone goes into the city to buy groceries or stuffs, they will buy 9 portions back for everyone. Soon after, they were known as 九份 (which means 9 portions in Chinese).

Later, they found Gold in this little town, and soon, everyone flock here to mine Gold. It became a prosperous place over night. Gradually, all the Gold were dug, and soon, everyone left, and it became a quiet little town again.

In the 80s, after the show "City of Sadness" 《悲情城市》 was shot in 九份, it became a tourist attraction. The little town found it's prosperity again.




Old school looking little town










Yummy Sausages. If you love sausages like me, you can eat your fill in Taiwan. It's everywhere!