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Kaohsiung Gangshan Xingcun is the original Gangshan Air Force Military Village. After years of weathering, the Kaohsiung City Government’s Cultural Bureau has led a restoration project in recent years, aiming to preserve the history and build it into a cultural park.
Kaohsiung Gangshan Xingcun took four years to complete the restoration of the entire area and will have a grand opening on the 3rd of this month. (Provided by the Cultural Affairs Bureau)
Kaohsiung's Okayama Awakening Village has been restored after four years of restoration. It will be grandly opened on the 3rd of this month. The event combines relay performances by 13 local schools, cross-sea exchanges in Okayama, Japan, and invites Wang Weizhong and actor Zhang Chenguang to return to Awakening Village to perform a military dependents village drama, creating a new chapter in the cultural park.
Wang Wencui, director of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, pointed out that the restoration and reopening of the entire Xingcun area not only preserves a military dependents' village, but also allows the cultural park to deepen local development and move towards the international community. On the first day of the park's opening on October 3, the local group "Okayama" called on 13 schools to bring youth performances to show cross-generational vitality. It also held the "Okayama Festival" and invited more than 35 groups of exchange partners from Okayama, Japan, to Taiwan, allowing the two cities with the same name to meet across the sea in Xingcun.
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The highlight of the park's opening drama "Xingcun Turns Out to Be Jiang" was created by the well-known producer Wang Weizhong with Xingcun as the core. Best actor Zhang Chenguang and actor Zeng Shaozong, who once lived in Xingcun, were specially invited to share the stage. The life and historical memories of the military dependents' village were transformed into a warm "village drama", leading the audience to relive the unique years of the Okayama Air Force Military Dependents' Village.
The weekend music lineup of the event is also exciting. On the 4th, the "AWAKE Wake Up Time Party" will be performed by the Wangfu Band, Li Yinghong and others. In the evening, the "Light Picking Up Folk Song Night" will be performed by Yin Zhengyang and Nanfang Duo. There is also a "Just Fengtu Market" with 200 stalls on site, and an independent music party and creative exhibition are held in conjunction with Lequn Village.
In order to cope with the crowds, traffic control was implemented in the surrounding area from 8 am on the 2nd to 10 pm on the 4th. The organizer provided free shuttle buses to connect Okayama Station, Okayama MRT Medical Station, Xingcun and Lequn Village. The public is welcome to make more use of public transportation and experience the new charm of Xingcun.
Kaohsiung Gangshan Xingcun took four years to complete the restoration of the entire area and will have a grand opening on the 3rd of this month. (Provided by the Cultural Affairs Bureau)
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
After opening, the park will attract a large number of people to participate in weekend activities
Likely · Within weeks
Japan’s Okayama exchange partners will continue to participate in future cultural events
Possible · Within months

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