Treasure Hill (Treasure Hill Artist Village)

Treasure Hill originated in the late 1940s as a hilltop anti-aircraft position and settlement founded by Kuomintang (KMT) military veterans. Over subsequent decades it developed into an informal squatter community composed of shanties and military-family housing, with residents historically using the nearby Xindian River for drinking water, fishing and gravel until river pollution increased. Many surviving structures date from the 1960s and 1970s and form a distinctive hilltop assemblage. From the late 20th century into the present the enclave was formalized and repurposed as the Treasure Hill Artist Village (sometimes abbreviated THAV). In its current role it functions as an incubator for Taiwanese and international artists, providing live-work studios, residencies and project support. The site has also been used for media and arts projects such as binaural and field-recording sessions documented in archived datscha radio entries and related coverage. The supplied sources do not report any paranormal phenomena, named spirits, hauntings, curses or supernatural events associated with Treasure Hill. Descriptions and documentation focus on the site's social and architectural history, its role in broader patterns of squatting and post-1940s veteran settlement in Taipei, and its contemporary cultural programming and sound-art uses.