A cultural park built on the site of a former military dependents’ village near Tainan Airbase. The name Shuǐjiāoshè (水交社) derives from a Japanese Imperial Navy fraternal organization established here alongside housing for the Tainan Naval Air Group; after 1945 the ROC Air Force took over the Japanese dormitories and the settlement grew into a full military village, renamed Zhikai New Village (志開新村) in 1968 after a war hero. Residents were relocated in 2004 and most structures demolished, but eight Japanese colonial era officers’ quarters were designated as municipal monuments and restored. The park reopened in 2019 with themed exhibition halls covering the site’s military, culinary, and literary history.
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Heritage Status
- Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- Taiwan Military Villages (台灣眷村)
- World War 2 History in Taiwan (台灣第二次世界大戰歷史)
Connections
- Tainan Second Air Force New Village (台南二空眷村)
Nearby Locations
Author
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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.