Shuian Cave Visitor Center - Mountain City Museum Introduction
The Liandong community in Shuinandong was a dormitory settlement planned and constructed by the Japanese during the mining period. The houses are neatly arranged and equipped with a complete water supply system, fire-fighting equipment, a post office, police station, hospital, and a supply association, providing a well-functioning living environment. Currently, the miner settlement in the Liandong community remains intact. The dormitories were allocated based on job levels, with the supervisors' quarters designed in a two-house format, while row-type buildings were provided for general workers' families, with four or six units grouped together. The community includes facilities such as a restaurant, bathhouse, and sports field. The former Taipower abandoned restaurant is a one-story RC building. According to the "Shuinandong Area Water Supply Pipeline Floor Plan" preserved by the Taiwan Mining Company, this building was originally a hospital. After renovations, it has been leased by the Ruifang District Office to serve as a community activity center, establishing Liandong as a genuine emerging tourist attraction. The New Taipei City Tourism and Travel Department chose this place to build a tourist service center to enhance tourism services in Liandong. The tourist service center is located in the former community restaurant, while the cultural and artistic performance center was the old cinema, which regularly screened films and served as the primary entertainment for residents at the time. Thus, the architectural concept of this tourist service center is inspired by the imagery of the Thirteen Levels Ruins, involving structural reinforcement and aesthetic renovation of the old restaurant. After the renovation, it became the first tourist service center in the country to integrate cultural and artistic performances, creating added value and differentiation in tourism services.
