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The master of small things
Chuang Hsin-li spent decades creating intricately detailed replicas of famous constructions from Taiwan and beyond
By James Baron / Contributing Reporter
But for a banana, I wouldn’t have met Chuang Hsin-li (莊新利).
En route to the mountains of Yunlin County, I stop for sustenance at a fruit truck in Gukeng Township (古坑). It’s the second day of Lunar New Year; the vehicle is sparsely stocked: sprigs of lycees and bunches of bananas from one of which the vendor snips my breakfast. At the cab-end of the cargo bed, a box of oranges is guarded by pint-sized pineapples festooned with red ribbons. The mauve-tinged leaves of hungry winter pineapples occupy acres of farmland here, but the type on the truck, which is referred to as a “pineapple bouquet,” (鳳梨花) is strictly ornamental.