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Still under
construction, the structure is some 17 meters (55.77 ft) tall at
the highest point, the heel.
Talia Pan, Recreation Section Manager of the Southwest Coast
National Scenic Area Administration which is running the
project, said she wanted to turn a sad part of history into
something positive.
"Because of (a) drinking water shortage in the southwestern
coastal area in the 1960s, (residents) had to drill deep wells
to get drinking water. Because of arsenic in the water, there
were cases of Blackfoot disease ... (which if) severe, the only
option to save a life is to amputate both legs," she said.
"Because of this, a lot of women lost the opportunity to walk
into marriage, walk into a new life chapter on high-heeled shoes
... Because of that history, we hope to create a place in Chiayi
County, where people can get married, invoking the fairy tale of
Cinderella."
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