"The Ben-Yuan Lin’s Family Mansion and Garden in
Banchiao is the most complete private garden left in Taiwan today. In the
old days, wealthy businessmen lived in exquisite, elaborately designed
mansions and gardens, which they used to entertain government officials and
business partners. Often they spent large amounts of money on building
these refined structures. Yet due to the natural destruction or chaos
caused by war and the passing of time, most such Chinese-style mansions and
gardens in Taiwan now lie in disorder. Some have already disappeared and
can only be found in scholars’ writings or recorded histories. Luckily,
the Ben-Yuan Lin’s Family Mansion and Garden in Banchiao has been
renovated and maintained by specialists after being ruined during Taiwan’s
restoration. Now parts of the mansion and garden have restored as
original. The Ben-Yuan Lin’s Family Mansion and Garden in Banchiao
can be considered as a historical treasure left by the people from the past and
also a place for people to truly understand the heritage and history of
Taiwan."
This
was my second visit; the first was in the summer of 2011. This time around, I
recognized all the scenes I'd captured on the first visit, so I sought to find
new angles and perspectives.
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