Rainbow Village Taichung

The Rainbow Village is an old military settlement in Taichung which served as accommodation for soldiers of the nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) army.

One of the soldiers was the artist Huang Yong-Fu. He painted the houses in the course of time. The walls are so colorful that visitors associated them with the rainbow and call the village Rainbow Village and him Rainbow Grandfather.

Vibrantly painted building exterior with whimsical figures and hanging lanterns.
Rainbow Village in Taichung, Taiwan, with colorful murals and signage.
Hand-painted Rainbow Village sign in front of a brightly colored mural.
Painting of a smiling child soldier holding a paintbrush at Rainbow Village in Taichung.
Rainbow Village, Taichung, Taiwan: Colorful painted wall with whimsical figures.
Brightly painted building in Rainbow Village, Taichung, with a woman standing in front.
Close-up of vibrantly painted building exterior in Rainbow Village, Taichung, featuring whimsical cat and folk art-style cylindrical light fixtures.
Colorful mural depicting childlike figures and birds on a yellow wall.
Brightly colored painted wall with Chinese characters and whimsical figures.
Vibrantly painted building exterior with whimsical characters and patterns.
Colorful painted birds and flowers on a yellow building wall.
Vibrant mural depicting whimsical figures and birds on a building in Rainbow Village, Taichung.
Close-up of a textured brick wall with layered paint in red, white, and black, forming the suggestion of eyes.
Rainbow Village, Taichung: Colorful painted wall with flowers in the foreground.
Vibrant hand-painted mural featuring figures and Chinese characters.
Two red, weathered mailboxes hanging on a wall with colorful painted murals.
Smiling woman crouching with two children at Rainbow Village in Taichung.
Rainbow Village, Taichung, Taiwan: vibrantly painted building with whimsical folk art.
White Bichon Frise dog on colorful painted ground.
Rainbow Village, Taichung, Taiwan: Person holding a colorful cutout in front of a vibrantly painted building.