Department of Cultural Affairs

Building Name: Huanmin Village
Opening Date: July 2020
Cultural Asset Type: Cultural landscape
Phone: 02-2377-7300
Address: No. 12, Alley 66, Lane 119, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Da’an District, Taipei City
Website: Chengnan Landscape · Co-living Site Fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SouthTaipeiHabitat2018

The Toad Mountain buildings are located on the banks of Xindian River and near to Gongguan shopping area. It is a mountain village jointly built first by military dependents and pilot agricultural households, and added to by urban and rural immigrants later on. 

The area has preserved traces of its earlier development, including modern water conservation facilities from the Qing dynasty, an agricultural research layout from the Japanese colonial period, the military landscape of Sino–U.S. mutual defense, Huanmin Village (the only intact air force military village in Taipei), and the group of buildings self-run by military dependents and Taipei urban and rural immigrants. 

In 2014, it was designated a Taipei cultural landscape for its rich historical culture and environmental resources. Today, it remains home to about 140 households, 8 historical buildings, and at least 10 designated heritage trees of the city, and is a “living cultural asset”. 

10 years ago, 39 Huanmin Village households were relocated to the Wanlong military residence, and then Toad Mountain was registered as a cultural landscape. Preservation and maintenance projects were formulated and oral history and cultural relic preservation efforts were initiated at the same time as efforts such as art projects on the cultural history and environmental characteristics of the settlement, water, and soil conservation, and repair works to Huanmin Village.

Throughout its history, Toad Mountain has been the result of long-term cooperation between the community and the public sector. In July 2020, the Taipei Department of Cultural Affairs completed the first phase of repair works on Huanmin Village and set up Toad Mountain Living Hall as a cultural base to promote environmental education, urban farming techniques, military village culture, and intergenerational co-habitation at Toad Mountain.
 
[Visiting Hours]
Opening Hours: 10 a.m.–12 p.m., 1 p.m.–5 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday
Closed: Mondays and public holidays
Transport Information: From Gongguan Station Exit 2, walk along Roosevelt Road in the direction of Jingmei to Gongguan Traffic Circle and turn into Lane 119, Roosevelt Road Section 4, to arrive at Toad Mountain Plaza.