Geological park Half a century later, the former boom towns of Chinkuashih and Chiufen had fallen silent. It was only in the 1990s that the abandoned space of Chiufen began once again to be put to use. Artists and writers moved there in large numbers, creating a humanities-based second spring for the town.
地質公園半世紀之後，風華一時的九份、金瓜石已沈寂蕭條，直到九○年代，九份棄置的空間再度被利用，藝術家、作家紛紛進駐，九份與金瓜石再度掀起人文的第二春。