When winter comes to Yangliu Village in Mao County in November, snow falls, the wind cuts like a knife, and reconstruction comes to a halt. In summer, necessary agricultural work also brings reconstruction to a halt for a time. At these times of year, Hsieh heads back for Taiwan and his studio in Ita Thao, Nantou County.
11 月入冬，四川茂縣楊柳村飄下雪花，冷風如刀；或者今夏農忙時，村民蓋房的工作得暫時停下來時，謝英俊就回到南投日月潭的伊達邵工作室。