Rainbow Creative Co. Ltd, which operates , has been accused of defacing the attraction’s famous murals in an act of vengeance.
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… one of the top ‘instagrammable’ spots in Taiwan…
Taiwan News writes:
Rainbow Creative Co. Ltd, which operates Taichung’s Rainbow Village, has been accused of defacing the attraction’s famous murals on Saturday July 30 in an act of vengeance.
CNA reported the Taichung Cultural Affairs Bureau discovered that the murals in Rainbow Village were sabotaged and covered up with blue, red, and purple paint. The bureau immediately notified the police and began to attempt to salvage the art…
Rainbow Village was created by 99-year-old “Rainbow Grandpa” Huang Yung-fu… who took up painting on the village’s walls in 2008. Its creation later saved the historic military village from demolition when students and faculty from a Taichung university discovered the art and campaigned to preserve it.
Rainbow Village has since been selected as one of the top ‘instagrammable’ spots in Taiwan by British lifestyle website Culture Trip and included in Lonely Planet’s “Secret Marvels of the World” guidebook. Huang and his story were also the subjects of a BBC feature story.
Chen told CNA the government had notified Rainbow Creative about its plan to restore and reinforce the village’s buildings as their walls have begun to crack after standing for 50 years…
In response to the news of his creation’s destruction, Huang wrote he is very sad and hurt that his life’s work has been sabotaged…
