The Evolution of Hualien City Military Historical Architectures after WWII.

• Main Authors: Chi-Huan Yang, 楊季桓
• Other Authors: Chun-Lin Kuo
• Format: Others
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84823485879019281749

碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 臺灣文化學系 === 104 === Human activities have created all kinds of landscapes on the surface. The researches about Hualien City used to focus not only on tourism and leisure activities but also on cultural and creative industries. Different from the other researches, this research emphasizes the military building that had appeared in Hualien City, also named as Karenko City. During the Japanese colonial rule, Hualien had been built as an immigration area for the Japanese mainland immigrants to live. How to get along with the aboriginal people and take advantage of this land became a significant mission to the Japanese colonists. Besides, in order to make Taiwan as one of the bases to support the Pacific War during the WWII, Japanese had built Taiwan to be a stronghold. For the reasons above, an urban planned Karenko City combined with a series of military structures, such as the Gendarmerie Branch, the army troops, the garrison hospital, and the Karenko Millitary Affair Department, had thus been created. At the same time, the Japanese built the Karenko Shrine, which represented Japanese colonial authority at the foot of the Beiron mountain. The development of landscapes reflects the human thinking. Landscapes are influenced by the ideology of the authorities and constructed to meet the emergent need of each period. National government took over everything on the land after the withdrawal of Japan and they dealt with the military architectures which Japanese constructed the same. Parts of the military architectures remained to be used for military purposes, and parts not only maintained the outward buildings but also functioned similarly. Yet some parts were destroyed totally to get rid of the Japanese culture, for example, they converted the Karenko Shrine into the Martyr' Shrine. The research is aimed to investigate the development and transformation of the military construction from the Japanese occupation to the National government. First, we review the construction and use of military architectures during the Japanese occupation. Then, we discuss the transformation of old military architecture and their current statuses after the National government took control of the place. Last and the most important, we try to give the old military architectures people forget gradually different views and to promote the possibility of cultural tourism development in the future. This way, we can not only recall the military architectures during Japanese colonial period but also increase our knowledge about the land we live on.