Jingliao grew as a rice-trading hamlet on the Chianan Plain, keeping wooden shophouses, an old herbal pharmacy and smithy. The 2005 documentary "Let It Be" about its rice farmers made it famous, and the nearby Holy Cross Church by German architect Gottfried Böhm draws architecture fans.
Architecture
Timber housesJapanese-eraMinnan red brick
Themes
FarmingFilm locationQing era
Getting there
Where
Jingliao Village (around Jingliao Holy Cross Church), Houbi District, Tainan
Getting there
TRA Houbi Station, then bus or ~10 min by scooter/bike
