A former military dependents’ village in the Fuzhou (浮洲) area of Banqiao. It was almost completely destroyed by flooding from Shimen Reservoir (石門水庫) during Typhoon Gloria (葛樂禮颱風) in 1963. In the 2000s the site was redeveloped into Fuzhou People’s Park (浮洲親民公園), but the gateposts and some original residences were retained, and can still be seen. There was a smaller village of approximately 100 households immediately to the south by the name of Wenhe New Village (文和新村); it suffered the same fate and pattern of development but its gateposts were last seen around 2010 and are now presumably gone.
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- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Travel Nutrients (旅行養分)
Themes
- Taiwan Military Villages (台灣眷村)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.