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Nov 29, 2018 · Eliot Stein. For years, Huang Yung-fu relied on donations to buy his paint (Credit: Eliot Stein) When a former soldier learned that his village was going to be demolished 10 years ago, he picked ...
May 22, 2019 · 97-Year-Old Grandpa Saves Village by Painting Buildings with Colorful Art. A little over 10 years ago, a then-86-year-old Huang Yung-fu faced a dilemma. The Taiwanese government was threatening to knock down his village, as he was the last remaining resident, in attempts to build a more modern apartment complex.
The artwork of the area was created by former soldier, Huang Yung-Fu, who was born in Taishan county, Guangdong province in 1924, the eldest of four brothers and two sisters. Huang's artistic talents were revealed early on. He began painting houses in his settlement, now known as Rainbow village, to save them from demolition.
Apr 12, 2020 · Rainbow Village was created single-handedly by one elderly war veteran. His real name is Huang Yung Fu, but these days everyone calls him Rainbow Grandpa. Born in Guangdong province in southern China in 1924, he joined the army at the age of 15 to fight against the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (which was part of World War II). He ...
Sep 12, 2019 · Huang Yung-fu–the creator of Rainbow Village–is a former Kuomintang soldier who fought in the Second Sino-Japanese war and China's civil war. After Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist army lost the civil war in 1949, around two million Chinese fled to Taiwan, where soldiers were given temporary housing, which turned to settlements for war veterans.
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Jun 20, 2019 · Huang Yung-Fu wakes up well before dawn every day. He grabs his paintbrush, and reports for duty. This early-to-rise habit stems from the 96-year-old's military career, but these days "duty" means something different. It means adding more layers of color to his one-man "Rainbow Village" in Taiwan.
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Jan 24, 2024 · By Hsu Kuo-chen and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer. Huang Yung-fu (黃永阜), the artist who created the “Rainbow Village” in Taichung, died yesterday after a long battle with illness, his family said. He was 101 years old. Huang, a veteran and resident of a military settlement in Taichung’s Nantun District (南屯 ...
