Oasis Village Introduction
The Green Island Human Rights Culture Park covers an area of approximately 32 hectares, featuring a vast expanse that includes sites such as Jiangjun Rock, the Human Rights Memorial Park, Oasis Villa, the Zhuangjing Camp (New Life Guidance Institute), the Green Island Vocational Training Institute, and Swallow Cave, all of which hold significant historical importance in the development of human rights. Oasis Villa, officially known as the "Ministry of National Defense Green Island Rehabilitation Prison," originated from the "Taiyuan Incident" that occurred on February 8, 1970. At that time, the Nationalist government constructed a high-walled prison on the west side of the Green Island New Life Guidance Institute, which is now known as Oasis Villa. Subsequently, political prisoners from Taiyuan Prison and various military prisons were relocated here for unified management, engaging in rehabilitative education and ideological conversion, which effectively turned it into a concentration camp for victims of human rights abuses and political events. In 1987, after the Nationalist government lifted martial law, Oasis Villa was abandoned. Surrounded by towering walls, Oasis Villa is a typical closed prison. The walls are adorned with various patriotic slogans, such as "Firmly Anti-Communist," "Bitter Sea Has No Boundaries," "Do Not Forget in Juhu," "Turning Back is the Shore," and "Eliminate Communism and Restore the Country," among others. The main structure of the prison consists of cells, with two levels, and the internal layout is hexagonal. However, the locals often refer to it as the "Bagua Building" because, when viewed from the ancient mountain path on Green Island, Oasis Villa resembles a Bagua (I Ching) diagram.
