The background of how the military dependents’ villages in Taiwan are formed.

background

After the Chinese Civil War in 1949 , the KMT retreated to Taiwan, and the soldiers and their familes were forced to stay in Taiwan with them. According to the statistics , nearly 2 million people from all the provinces in China immigrated in Taiwan. The KMT began to build new houses to settle them down , and arranged their jobs or vocations according to the new immigrants` specialties. They are gathered in certain areas ,whichare known as the military dependents’ villages.

Fuxing Veterans Culture Park

Courtyard of the General's House

Zhongyi New Village Signboard

Definition of the military dependents’ villages .Subtitle

definition

The military dependents’ villages means the dwellings of the soldiers and their families from China among 1949 to 1960, the period of Chinese Civil War. Those dwellings were arranged by the KMT government. As time goes by , other people think new houses that the soldiers built on their own are also included or could be called the military dependents’ villages. The villages areindispensible cultural assets in Taiwan`s history.

Fuxing Village Painted Wall

Military training chart

Historical photos of the painted village

Purpose of research

Why study?

The total military dependents’ villages in Pingtung are 25. We started to survey on the villages so as to let people know more about them. We chose Sheng-li New Village as our theme, which is by far a forgotten place. It was an important residential districts during the Occupation of Japan, yet it becomes a normal one now.

The residential landscape is unique. Therefore, we searched for information, explored its origin and developments of all the past years , also, the problems that the houses are going to be removed , and the memories that all the residents shared.