Time passes in a mountain city In 1979 Chiu moved his workshop to the mountains of Chiufen, and in the following years a number of artists began to move in. Moreover, with the assistance of Wu Tsang-fu, who was a Taipei County councilor, plans were laid to make Chiufen into an artists 'district. In 1984, there were as many as 50 artists of different disciplines living in the area.
山城歲月一九七九年，邱錫勳將工作室移到九份山區，之後陸續邀集一些藝術家進駐，並在當時的台北縣議員吳蒼富協助籌措經費下，原有意將九份規劃成藝術村，一九八四年時曾有高達五十位不同創作領域的藝術家進駐。