Jiasian Cat Year: Reimagining Jiasian District Through Art and Memory

【◎Written by Li Siao-ping　◎Translation by Lin Yu-ciao　◎Photos by Cindy Lee, Huang Jing-wun】

Kaohsiung's Jiasian District（甲仙區）is the gateway to the Southern Cross-Island Highway（南橫公路）, a spectacular high-altitude road connecting the southwest of Taiwan with Taitung in the east. Jiasian itself has long been known for its taro, bamboo shoots, and plums. In 2025, however, the district gradually reinvented itself through the Jiasian Cat Year Project.

Stretching from Jiasian Commercial District to Jhongsiao Road and Linsen Road, the artworks form a new travel route. Visitors are invited to follow the trail of cat paw prints and write their own chapter in the story of this mountain town.

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