九份 / Jiufen, Taiwan ( Juifan )
九份隸屬新北市瑞芳區，相傳在陸路尚未開通之時，一切物資供給仰賴海路進行，由於村落中只有九戶人家，故對外採買時皆要求備妥「九份」，久而久之，人 們便以此命名。九份之發展過程可謂一段先民採金史，隨採金人潮的湧入而繁華，又隨採金事業的沒落而褪色。約略西元1890年左右，居民在福山宮土地祠 距小金瓜不遠處掘到金脈，這使得原本只有九戶人家的貧窮村落，頓時聚集了三、四千戶的淘金人口，此為九份的第一次繁華。
日據時代，大量的黃金被輸往日本，致使九份產金量達到顛峰。三○年代，隨著金價上漲締造了「亞洲金都」繁華絢麗的輝煌盛況，當時由海上遙望九份聚落， 燈火燦爛，時人稱之為「小上海」、「小香港」。台灣光復之後，金礦因前期的開採殆盡，產量大幅下滑，終在缺乏開採價值與經營不善之下而結束，採金事業 也因此走入歷史滄桑中。曾幾何時，隨著電影「悲情城市」一片在威尼斯影展中造成轟動之後，這個沒落數十載的小城，又三度勾起了人們的注視與回憶。昔日 繁華的老街、廢棄的礦坑、自成一格的礦區風光與淘金史，經由媒體的一再傳播，吸引了四方尋找靈感的藝術家尋蹤到此，嚮往復古的遊客也大量前來緬懷思古 、細細品味這悲情城市中的有情天地。
During the first years of the Qing Dynasty, the village here housed nine families, thus the village would request "nine portions" every time shipments arrived from town. Later Jiufen ("nine portions" in Chinese) would become the name of the village.
Jiufen was only an isolated village until 1893, when gold was discovered in the area. The resulting gold rush hastened the village's development into a town, and reached its peak during the Japanese rule. Many present features of Jiufen reflect the era under Japanese colonization, with many Japanese inns surviving to this day. During World War II, a POW camp named Kinkaseki was set up in the village, holding Allied soldiers captured in Singapore (including many British) who worked in the nearby gold mines. Gold mining activities declined after World War II, and the mine was shut off in 1971. Jiufen quickly went into decline, and for a while the town was mostly forgotten.
In 1989, Hou Hsiao-hsien's A City of Sadness, the first film to touch on the 228 Incident, a taboo subject in Taiwan, became a big hit in the theatres. As a result Jiufen, where the film was set, revived due to the film's popularity. The nostalgic scenery of Jiufen as seen in the film, as well as appearances in other media, charmed many people into visiting Jiufen. For the beginning of the 1990s, Jiufen experienced a tourist boom that has shaped the town as a tourist attraction. Soon retro-Chinese style cafés, tea houses, and souvenir stores bearing the name "City of Sadness" were built.
Jiufen also became popular in 2001, when its downtown was used as a model in the anime movie Spirited Away.
At present, Jiufen is a renowned tourist attraction representative of Taiwan. It draws many tourists from Taipei during the weekends.
九份 / Jiufen, Taiwan ( Juifan )
九份隸屬新北市瑞芳區，相傳在陸路尚未開通之時，一切物資供給仰賴海路進行，由於村落中只有九戶人家，故對外採買時皆要求備妥「九份」，久而久之，人 們便以此命名。九份之發展過程可謂一段先民採金史，隨採金人潮的湧入而繁華，又隨採金事業的沒落而褪色。約略西元1890年左右，居民在福山宮土地祠 距小金瓜不遠處掘到金脈，這使得原本只有九戶人家的貧窮村落，頓時聚集了三、四千戶的淘金人口，此為九份的第一次繁華。
日據時代，大量的黃金被輸往日本，致使九份產金量達到顛峰。三○年代，隨著金價上漲締造了「亞洲金都」繁華絢麗的輝煌盛況，當時由海上遙望九份聚落， 燈火燦爛，時人稱之為「小上海」、「小香港」。台灣光復之後，金礦因前期的開採殆盡，產量大幅下滑，終在缺乏開採價值與經營不善之下而結束，採金事業 也因此走入歷史滄桑中。曾幾何時，隨著電影「悲情城市」一片在威尼斯影展中造成轟動之後，這個沒落數十載的小城，又三度勾起了人們的注視與回憶。昔日 繁華的老街、廢棄的礦坑、自成一格的礦區風光與淘金史，經由媒體的一再傳播，吸引了四方尋找靈感的藝術家尋蹤到此，嚮往復古的遊客也大量前來緬懷思古 、細細品味這悲情城市中的有情天地。
During the first years of the Qing Dynasty, the village here housed nine families, thus the village would request "nine portions" every time shipments arrived from town. Later Jiufen ("nine portions" in Chinese) would become the name of the village.
Jiufen was only an isolated village until 1893, when gold was discovered in the area. The resulting gold rush hastened the village's development into a town, and reached its peak during the Japanese rule. Many present features of Jiufen reflect the era under Japanese colonization, with many Japanese inns surviving to this day. During World War II, a POW camp named Kinkaseki was set up in the village, holding Allied soldiers captured in Singapore (including many British) who worked in the nearby gold mines. Gold mining activities declined after World War II, and the mine was shut off in 1971. Jiufen quickly went into decline, and for a while the town was mostly forgotten.
In 1989, Hou Hsiao-hsien's A City of Sadness, the first film to touch on the 228 Incident, a taboo subject in Taiwan, became a big hit in the theatres. As a result Jiufen, where the film was set, revived due to the film's popularity. The nostalgic scenery of Jiufen as seen in the film, as well as appearances in other media, charmed many people into visiting Jiufen. For the beginning of the 1990s, Jiufen experienced a tourist boom that has shaped the town as a tourist attraction. Soon retro-Chinese style cafés, tea houses, and souvenir stores bearing the name "City of Sadness" were built.
Jiufen also became popular in 2001, when its downtown was used as a model in the anime movie Spirited Away.
At present, Jiufen is a renowned tourist attraction representative of Taiwan. It draws many tourists from Taipei during the weekends.