Cijin Technician Dormitory - Japanese Washi Tape / CIJIN BASE

A technician's dormitory, almost demolished Due to its own fate of potential demolition It also began to care about related issues Recently, I want to spend more time painting Cijin Incorporate written introductions into the product So that more people can learn and understand together Grateful for many people and things Before I had time to participate They were already gone The following text is a local writing by Yi-chih, the captain of Cijin Technician Dormitory, on October 1, 2021 "Building a Co-creation Base for Artisans: The Technician Dormitory" Cijin, the starting point and center of Takao/Kaohsiung's development, evolved from an early fishing village and military port planning to a commercial port construction. The Cijin Head community in the north, being close to the city center, developed into an industry characterized by commerce and services. To the south, the settlements of Wusong, Dashantou, and Zhongzhou transitioned from primary agriculture and fishery to secondary shipbuilding bases and container centers. Among these, public land accounts for nearly 80% of the entire Cijin Island, which has implicitly shaped Cijin's development and landscape. The "Former Navy Fourth Shipyard Single Technician Dormitory," referred to as "Gongshishe," is located at No. 6, Beishanwei Lane, Shijin District, formerly known as "Shazidi." It's situated at the boundary between the Cijin Head and Wusong areas. As the name suggests, it was a muddy beach area near the inner harbor. Surrounded by a naval base, military dependents' villages, and "Dachen Village," it was long subject to military control and public property allocation. Consequently, Cijin locals are relatively unfamiliar with this place. Looking back at history from the last century, the "Taiwan Topographical Map" surveyed and published in the early Japanese colonial period records this area, "Shazidi," as a cemetery for Hokkien people. The Japanese government originally intended to develop it into a residential area but failed. Instead, the Imperial Navy acquired it to establish naval shipbuilding warehouses and a military port. This decision also influenced the subsequent land planning and development of the area. In the late World War II, American forces dropped numerous bombs on military facilities and warehouses around Kaohsiung Port, and Cijin's "Shazidi" was no exception, left with bomb craters and devastation. At that time, the Nationalist government was embroiled in the Chinese Civil War. A detachment of technicians and workers, who had previously taken over Japanese factories from Nanjing, were transferred to Cijin, Kaohsiung, due to the conflict. They merged with the later retreating Navy to form the "Fourth Shipyard of the Navy." Relying on these technical workers and soldiers who came to Taiwan, they built the "Single Technician Dormitory" on-site. Around it, four military dependents' villages were successively built: Pukou, Changtu, Changfeng, and Dinghai. After 1950, farmlands in a fishing village settlement in Shazidi became an anti-communist village for nearly a hundred "Dachen Veterans" under the US aid policy. Decades later, the surrounding military dependents' villages were razed to the ground. The "Former Navy Fourth Shipyard Single Technician Dormitory" maintained its complete scale of 2,000 ping. The large dormitory and retired technicians gradually became idle and phased out due to the two stages of the National Army's "streamlining" policy. Around 2011, after only two or three elderly technicians were resettled by the Veterans Affairs Council, it gradually became a "haunted house" frequented by stray cats and dogs. Until around 2015, on the eve of its demolition, the "Gongshishe" was dilapidated and abandoned, buried in messy weeds and deadwood. Around 2016, with the local desire for preservation and the assistance of representatives, the Department of Sociology at National Sun Yat-sen University took over its management and operation, positioning it as a "Cijin Social Co-creation Base." They successively renovated the severely damaged buildings and vegetation, and linked resources from the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture projects, and the Urban Development Bureau. With limited funding, they collaborated with interdisciplinary university departments to promote local issues such as cultural preservation, environmental sustainability, and elderly care. To this day, efforts continue towards reviving "Gongshishe: A gathering place for technicians," committed to building a "Co-creation Base" shared by multiple parties. Gongshishe Address: No. 6, Beishanwei Lane, Cijin District, Kaohsiung City 805 (Enter from Lane 374, Zhongzhou 3rd Road) Specifications: Width 5cm / Length 10m / Repeat 98cm Material: Japanese Washi Paper Printing: Special Ink + Spot White Ink + With Release Liner Manufacturer: Self-Print Paper Tape Manufacturing