Chengfeng Rice Mill was transformed into Chunkui Bookstore, Chengfeng Community Lecture Hall and Miting Homestay.

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[Reporter Lin Yizhang/Report from Chiayi] The "Chengfeng Rice Mill" in Suantou Village, Liujiao Township, Chiayi County has a history of 91 years and has been idle for more than 20 years. The Ministry of Culture applied for a subsidy for the preservation and regeneration of old buildings. The restoration was planned and restored by Su Mingxiu, associate professor of the Department of Architecture and Interior Design of Yunlin University of Science and Technology. The bookstore has become a new cultural highlight of Liujiao Township.

The Chengfeng Community Lecture Hall was inaugurated today.

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Huang Quangui, descendant of Chengfeng Rice Mill, Huang Zhengkai, mayor of Liujiao Township, Chen Youhua, Director-General of Liujiao Township Farmers Association, Su Mingxiu, and Zong Jinping, deputy director of Chiayi County Culture and Tourism Bureau, unveiled the Chengfeng Lecture Hall today, which will be used to promote local culture and history , The public welfare space of industrial culture.

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Chengfeng Rice Milling Factory was established in 1932. Huang Jianzeng once told later generations, "If the folks have no money to buy rice, let the folks pay on credit and do not take the initiative to ask for money." Huang Quangui discovered that the villagers in the past had credit books , aroused the determination to preserve the rice mill building.

Chengfeng Rice Mill was restored and transformed into Chengfeng Lecture Hall, retaining the characteristics of the old building.

(Photo by reporter Lin Yizhang)

Chengfeng Rice Mill was restored and transformed into Chengfeng Lecture Hall, retaining the characteristics of the old building.

(Photo by reporter Lin Yizhang)

Chengfeng Rice Mill was restored and transformed into Chengfeng Lecture Hall, displaying many ancient objects.

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The Chengfeng Rice Mill was restored and transformed, and part of the space was set up as a homestay.

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Huang Ziyu, a descendant of the Huang family, entrusted Su Mingxiu with planning, design and restoration to reproduce the appearance of the building. There are bamboo-wrapped mud walls, bucket-style roof trusses, and old bamboos over 90 years old are used as columns for the walls of the exhibition hall.

The rice mill has been transformed into a Chengfeng community lecture hall. There are three space plans, which are open to the public for free. The open room of the lecture hall is the main industrial and cultural exhibition hall; the second room on the right has a Japanese-style room with tatami mats, including a loft, and a Western-style room. Part of it is planned as the space of "Miting Homestay"; the second room on the left is compounded with Chunkui independent bookstore and local writers.

The Chengfeng Rice Mill was restored and transformed into a community lecture hall, and the next left is the compound Chunkui independent bookstore and local writers.

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Su Mingxiu (right), associate professor of the Department of Architecture and Interior Design of Yunlin University of Science and Technology, explained the architectural features.

(Photo by reporter Lin Yizhang)

Su Mingxiu said that the preservation of the old buildings is due to the persistence of the Huang family. He was entrusted by the Huang family to build a wooden house, so he got to know each other. When discussing the old rice mill next to his house, the Huang family decided to apply for funds for restoration; he said, Historical old buildings in the rural areas of Taiwan can be restored and transformed, revitalized and regenerated, and cultural tourism can be developed. This not only allows the descendants of the family to remember their ancestors, but also allows the public to understand the history of the industry, which is full of educational significance.

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