Oasis Villa Introduction
The Green Island Human Rights Culture Park covers an area of approximately 32 hectares, encompassing a vast area that includes Jiangjun Rock, the Human Rights Memorial Park, Oasis Mountain Villa, Zhuangjing Camp (Reformatory), Green Island Vocational Training Center, and Swallow Cave, all of which hold significant historical meaning for human rights development. The official name of Oasis Mountain Villa is "Ministry of National Defense Green Island Rehabilitation Prison," which originated from the "Taiyuan Incident" that occurred on February 8, 1970. At that time, the Nationalist government constructed a walled prison on the west side of the "Reformatory" in Green Island, which is now known as Oasis Mountain Villa. Subsequently, political prisoners from Taiyuan Prison and various military prisons were transferred here for unified management, undergoing reform education and ideological transformation, turning it into a concentration camp for victims of human rights abuses and political events. In 1987, the Nationalist government lifted martial law, and Oasis Mountain Villa was thus abandoned. Surrounded by towering walls, Oasis Mountain Villa is a typical closed prison, with walls adorned with various patriotic slogans, such as "Firmly oppose communism," "Endless suffering," "Do not forget the past," "Turning back is the shore," and "Eliminate communism and restore the country," among others. The main structure of the prison consists of cells on the first and second floors, with a hexagonal internal structure; however, the residents of Green Island commonly refer to it as the Bagua Building, as the view from the ancient mountain path overlooking Oasis Mountain Villa resembles a Bagua diagram.
