Taoyuan Mayor Zhang Shanzheng went to the Shawan Historical and Cultural Park in Keelung City this morning (28th) to attend the "Joint Marketing Press Conference of the Keibei North Taoyuan Village Cultural Festival". Mayor Zhang said that the four counties and cities in North Taoyuan have a rich military culture festival, and today they are also jointly marketing the "Military Village Cultural Festival". The "2023 Taoyuan Military Village Cultural Festival" will start on October 7, during which the national flag will be held. The public is welcome to experience the charm of military village culture through various activities such as border tours, folk song concerts, and drama performances. We hope that the nearly 10 million people in Beitao, Jibei, can learn about the precious military village culture through the Military Village Cultural Festival. Mayor Zhang also said that Taoyuan has 86 managed military villages, second only to Taipei City in terms of number of households, which can be said to be a precious local cultural treasure. The city government has invested in renovation and revitalization work in recent years, allowing many military dependents' villages to retain their original appearance, making Taoyuan the city with the largest number and most complete preservation of existing military dependents' villages in Taiwan. Next year (113), the joint marketing of the Taoyuan Village Cultural Festival in North Kibei will be hosted by Taoyuan. The city government will take this opportunity to learn from the experiences and advantages of various counties and cities. Mayor Zhang mentioned that the city government has been investing in the cultural preservation of military villages for many years, including Zhongli Mazu New Village, Daxi Taiwu New Village, etc., and has held the "Taoyuan Military Village Cultural Festival" since the 1990s, and it has now entered its third year. In 2023, the Cultural Affairs Bureau will also revitalize the "former Air Force Taoyuan Base Facilities" in the Taoyuan Aviation City planning area, which is expected to be planned into the "Aerospace City Museum Park". In addition, in recent years, the city government has also cooperated with the Ministry of Culture's "National Memory Bank" project to conduct interviews and records of military dependent village settlements in Taoyuan. So far, it has accumulated a lot of precious historical data and actively preserved the military military village culture. Keelung Mayor Xie Guoliang said that the four counties and cities in Keelung and North Tao have close cooperation in environmental protection, culture and other aspects, and also have rich military village culture. Today they also gathered to promote the "Kibei North Tao Military Village Cultural Festival". The public is welcome to visit the Military Village Cultural Festival in the four counties and cities during the consecutive holidays to experience the rich military village culture. New Taipei City Deputy Mayor Liu Heran said that culture is life and needs to be preserved and revitalized. Thank you to Keelung Mayor Xie Guoliang for inviting the four counties and cities in northern Keelung to jointly promote the Military Village Cultural Festival. Now (112), the New Taipei City Military Village Cultural Festival "Turn Around and Meet You" will be held at Air Force Sanchong No. 1 Village. The public is welcome to participate. . Li Taixing, Secretary-General of the Taipei City Government, said that military villages are the common memory of many Taiwanese people and are also a very important culture. They are also witnesses and inheritors of history. The Taipei Military Village Cultural Festival is holding related activities this year with the theme of "Song of Weiyang". We also hope that the four counties and cities in Taipei will carry forward the military village culture through joint marketing of the Military Village Cultural Festival. The Cultural Affairs Bureau stated that the four counties and cities of Kebei and Beitao, under the "Cooperation Conference on Kebei and Beitao Cultural Issues", have held the "Joint Marketing Press Conference of the Kebei and Beitao Military Village Cultural Festival" in turn since 109, and are responsible for the county-city collaboration The military villages in four counties and cities conducted online and offline marketing, and the heads of the four counties and cities attended the marketing press conference. This year's press conference was hosted by Keelung City, with the theme of "The dependents will never be forgotten", hoping to let more people know about the culture of military dependents. The Cultural Affairs Bureau explained that the "2023 Taoyuan Military Village Cultural Festival" will be held in various districts of the city from October 7 to 22, with the theme of "Fanglong. Timeless", which symbolizes the ancestors who followed the waves from the other side of the strait and settled in Taoyuan. And took root, the military dependents' village has also become a meaningful and unique cultural landscape over time. This event kicked off with the national flag walking on the street and the opening party on October 7, and used cultural and historical materials and picture book elements to launch space walks, themed performances, folk song performances, commemorative concerts, original drama performances, picture book exhibitions, and community co-creation , handicraft experience and more than 80 activities at Guishan No. 1 Riverside Park, Millennium Riverside Park, Jingzhong No. 2 Civic Activity Center, Matsu New Village, Daxi Taiwu New Village, Guishan Xianguang No. 2 Village and Military Village Stories The event will be held lively in the museum, Zhongzhen New Village Cultural Park, Mi Cang Theater and local military community communities, and the public is welcome to participate. Today’s guests include Keelung City Councilor Lu Meiling, Keelung Mayor Xie Guoliang, New Taipei City Vice Mayor Liu Heran, Taipei City Government Secretary-General Li Taixing, Taipei City Government Culture Director Cai Shiping, Taoyuan City Government Culture Bureau Deputy Director Wang Lijuan, Keelung City Veterans Service Director Fang Zheng and others attended the press conference together.