Romantic revival The Japanese left Taiwan after their defeat in 1945, and then in 1949 the government of the Republic of China moved to Taipei. Many ROC soldiers had nowhere to live, and the township chief of the time, Hsu Hai-liang, requisitioned the Governor-General Onsen. He stopped up the springs, filled in the baths, and turned it into an army camp. Years later, they abandoned it.
庭院深深深幾許 1945 年日本人戰敗撤離，1949 年國民政府播遷來台，大批軍隊無處容身，於是向當時的鄉長許海亮「借住」總督溫泉，並將溫泉孔堵死、浴池填平，充作軍營。