臺北市政府文化局

Following the riverbank from the bustling Shida shopping district, passing along the busy Tingzhou Road, you arrive at Yongchun Street, located behind the Tingzhou Branch of Tri-Service General Hospital. This street hides a hidden gem called Jiahe New Village.

In 1932, the Japanese planned this area as parkland, but it was repurposed as a Japanese military artillery unit camp during the war. The Japanese-style buildings visible today are thought to be former guesthouses. When the Kuomintang government moved to Taiwan, the military set up a logistics communication repair plant here, together with the Army Supply Command’s military law division. Initially, only employees of the repair plant and their families lived here. When the plant relocated, the area was renamed Jiahe New Village. The air-raid shelter at the entrance of the village bears witness to the military tensions of the 1950s. It also served as a space for storing communication equipment and files.

Today, these historical traces have become a treasury of memories for the newer generations. The red gates, brick walls, and old trees in the alleys have drawn film crews for many movies and TV series, such as Mayday’s “People Life, Ocean Wild” and the dramas “They Kiss Again”, and “The Way We Were”. The socalled “Mayday Wall” has become a prominent Facebook check-in spot, and the alleyway in front of the wall was once the “General’s Alley” that surrounded high-ranking generals’ residences.