While last September's earthquake left the Consultative Council unscathed, it was a cultural disaster for central Taiwan, nearly destroying the Lin Family Compound and the Taiwan Film Company. As a result, reconstruction of this area has become something of an index for the progress of cultural restoration in central Taiwan.
去年九二一地震使得林家花園及台影幾乎全毀，僅省議會無恙，是中台灣地區的一場文化浩劫，而此地災後的調查與重建也因此被視為中部災區文化復興的重要指標。