Paradise in the forsaken village

Located in Taipei’s Mucha District, Sifa New Village(舊司法新村) has been lying derelict for ten years. In the eyes of Shunxing’s chief of village and other local residents, however, these dilapidated buildings constitute a little piece of paradise where they are able to grow a wide assortment of seasonal vegetables, bringing some life back to the ruins. 

Shunxing Village Garden has been established just over a year and has forty-six small vegetable plots within. Forty of the plots are leased out to local residents at a monthly rate of NT$100, and the other six are used by volunteers to grow vegetables. Vegetables produced from the garden are used to provide a free communal lunch each Wednesday for local senior citizens and people from vulnerable families. Despite the fact that the plots are small and harvests correspondingly limited, the men and women growing vegetables here work extremely hard on their plots, displaying a real sense of cherishing the land. 

Paradise in the forsaken village 
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(以下是中文對照)

廢墟裏的桃花園

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位在台北市木柵區保儀路的舊司法新村，已經廢棄10年。舊有的宿舍人去樓空，每一間住屋都殘破不堪，但對順興里長和一些里民來説，這裏卻是一片桃花園，各種蔬菜生機盎然，充滿田園情趣，爲廢墟增添綠意。

這是順興里的里民菜園，已有1年多時間，目前共有46塊小菜園，其中40塊開放給里民承租，月租100元。其它6塊則由志工種菜，供應順興里每星期三次，爲長者或弱勢居民舉辦的免費共同午餐。每塊菜園其實不大，儘管收成有限，種菜的人不分男女，在菜苗成長過程中，就像農夫認真的在園地上打拼，都懷抱著愛惜土地的感情。