Taichung Studies Project
As the only center in Central Taiwan, the Center at NCHU functions as the pivot for regional, national and international academic collaborations.The main goal of the Center is to target and encourage innovative research projects. Taking the central region as an important practical field for academic theory, how to help implement the national development strategy of promoting "local revitalization" and how to find the best development path.
2025
A Production Project of Classical Poetry and Taiwanese Language Audiovisual Media for Traditional Toy Experiences
Sponsored by Ministry of Culture
This project is designed for intergenerational learning between children and parents, centering on the Taiwanese language, traditional toys, and the "Zhuzhi" poems (classical folk lyrics) describing toys in Lin Wen-long's Memories of Tao Village. Through video production, the project documents the forms, gameplay, and cultural significance of Taiwan's traditional toys. A total of four YouTube episodes were produced, covering four themes: "Rubber Bands," "Bamboo Popguns," "Card Games," and "Spinning Tops." Additionally, three Podcast episodes were created to share the production philosophy and stories behind the toys. The project also coordinated a film screening at Xiwei Elementary School, a remote school, to promote these cultural heritage works.
2025
Digitalization and Interpretation of Yu Ju-chi’s South Link Rail Photography from the 1980s to the 1990s
Sponsored by National Railway Museum
This project focuses on the digitalization, archiving, and research of photographer Yu Ju-chi's South Link Line railway photography, taken in the 1980s and 1990s.A total of 1,655 South Link Line slides and negatives were successfully digitized and their licensing agreements signed.The project also included the organization of nine photo-reading workshops and four on-site photo field surveys. Furthermore, 200 research interpretations of the South Link Line photos were compiled to explore and elaborate on the geographical and temporal railway knowledge contained within these images.
2024-2025
Local Knowledge and Community Co-Creation with Migrant Workers and New Immigrants in the Tanzih Technology Industrial Park
Sponsored by Ministry of Culture
This project focuses on the migrant worker and new immigrant communities in the Tanzih Technology Industrial Park and its surrounding neighborhoods in Taichung.It aims to cultivate locally grounded empowerment practices through initiatives in language, culture, and civic participation. The implementation team provides Chinese language courses, medical interpretation training, cultural salons, and landscape walking tours, in collaboration with cross-sector and local partners including the 1095 Migrant Workers Cultural Association, Tanyashen Community College, Meijia Human Resources Agency, and China Medical University.
2024
Writer C. W. Chen’s basic archiving and digital collection of cultural relics
Sponsored by Ministry of Culture
Guided by the preservation of C. W. Chen’s important manuscripts, we have completed the digitization of 1,013 C. W. Chen cultural relics and written explanatory data on 101 of them. The data will be made public in the Digital Collection of the Ministry of Culture in the future. Determine the priority of digitization based on the importance and damage of cultural relics, continue the digitization work, use digital cameras to capture cultural relics and archive them, and then select the most important 100 files for interpretation.
2024
The Midori and Hanxi River at TAICHUNG：Field Survey on Hydrology and Humanities
NCHU USR Program
Compiled the hydrology, humanities and local knowledge of the Green River in the southern section of Taichung. The specific implementation results include collecting 20 aerial photos and old photos of Hanxi, conducting 4 oral interviews of Hanxi, conducting 1 lecture on digital tools for field adjustment, and 2 cultural guided tours along the creek, and 1 aerial hydrographic image of Dry Creek.
2024
Research project on the digitization and interpretation of mountain line railway photography by Yu Ruji in the 1980s and 1990s
Sponsored by Prepartory Office of National Railway
Conduct digital collection and research on the mountain line railway photography taken by photographer Mr. Yu Ruji in the 1980s and 1990s. The plan is to complete the digitization and authorization signing of the Yurujishan Line railway slides, organize photo reading meetings and on-site photo inspection activities, and write a research and interpretation of the Yurujishan Line railway photos to explore and explain the meaning of these photos. knowledge of railway time and space geography.
2024
Accompanying my daughter in battle and reciting poems—Production and broadcasting project of reciting and appreciating Taiwanese classical poetry
Sponsored by Ministry of Culture
Oriented towards parent-child learning, a series of videos was completed and released on YouTube. Each episode uses a Taiwanese classical poem as the main focus of the film, reciting Taiwanese poems, appreciating poems, introducing the author, and explaining the historical background of the creation. At the same time, the program host and the puppets dialogue with each other to promote poetry issues. Thinking, poetry recitation and guidance. This project strengthens the diverse learning of Taiwanese language through Taiwanese classical poetry and popularizes the understanding of Taiwanese literature, history and life situations.
2023
The Midori and Hanxi River at TAICHUNG：Field Survey on Hydrology and Humanities
NCHU USR Program
In 1912, the Governor-General of Taiwan at the time saw the beautiful greenery riverside during his investigation tour and then gave it the name “Green”. we want to leave historical memories and records for the humanistic history of Green River in South District of Taichung.
2023
Cultural PatResearch Project for Field Survey of Chinese Poetry on Railways during the Japanese Colonial Period of Central Taiwan
Sponsored by Prepartory Office of National Railway
The project is based on the classical railway poems during the Japanese colonial period of Central Taiwan. Through on-site field surveys, the location of the landscapes described in the railway poems will be determined.We built poetry maps, completed on-site survey records and analysis reports, wrote railway research papers, and held lectures to jointly promote Taiwan's railway culture and academic research.
2022
Program for Appreciation and Annotation of Railway Selected Classical Poems on the Japanese colonial period in Taiwan
Sponsored by Prepartory Office of National Railway
We has executed the project of Appreciation Refined Classical Railway-Related Poetry of Taiwan Under Japanese Colonial Rule under support from Preparatory Office of National Raiway Museum. Through systematic collection, editing, translation, annotation, and appreciation, this book focuses on the four major themes of "railway impressions," "modern train-taking experience," "industrial economic activities," and "railway sightseeing" to showcase the classic Taiwanese culture.
2021-2022
The Program for The Ferryman's Time Ferry
Sponsored by Ministry of Culture
Hidden in Xiweili, Wuri District, in the bustling urban area, it is a sandbar land formed by the alluvial deposits of Maoluo River and Wuxi River. In the early days, due to its remote location and frequent floods, it formed a special "ferry".
2021
The Program for The memory of The Ferryman's Time Ferry
Sponsored by Ministry of Culture
Hidden in Xiweili, Wuri District, in the bustling urban area, it is a sandbar land formed by the alluvial deposits of Maoluo River and Wuxi River. In the early days, due to its remote location and frequent floods, it formed a special "ferry". We rite articles to record the historical memories and local stories behind the photos.
2020-2021
Community Empowerment Project for Qingliu Aboriginal Village: Energy, Local Industry, and Cultural Retrieval
Sponsored by Ministry of Education
Taking the Qing-liu tribe as observation, integrating human history and natural landscape from the perspective of the eco-museum, trying to shape the value and connotation of culture from the local perspective of the tribe, this process will inevitably become a social practice of cross-domain innovation. The Qing-liu village in Huzhu Village, Renai Township, was selected as the target of service, allowing participating teachers and students to naturally form a cross-field, cross-departmental education and learning team, combining resources such as community groups, local industries, and governments for an alternative learning place outside of classroom.
2020
The Program for Taichung ASEAN Square
Sponsored by Ministry of Culture
The ASEAN Plaza nearby Taichung Railway Station was originally the First Public Market in the Japanese colonial period. The soaring buildings were indicators of a once prosperous shopping district. The proliferation of Southeast Asian restaurants surrounding a historic shopping center create a novel blend of cultures and cuisines.What is remarkable about the mall and the surrounding area is its multicultural makeup.
2020-2022
The Program for Old Downtown on Taiwan Avenue—for STEAM Education
NCHU USR Hub Program
Thinking about the regeneration breakthrough of Taichung City's Central District with "STEAM educational robots" as the core, on the one hand, we implement NCHU's USR concept of local connection and talent cultivation.We hope to use this to invigorate the economy of Taichung’s Central District business district and connect local communities to participate in discussions on local issues.
2019
International Conference on Taichungology
Organized with College of Laws and Politics
The 2019 International Conference on Taichungology has adopted the theme of Creative City – Harmonious Taichung to explore issues such as placemaking, digital technology, youth entrepreneurs, and smart governance in an effort to create an innovative and exuberant Taichung City.
2019
The Guided Workshop in Taichung City
Sponsored by Ministry of Education
This pprogram takes Taichung City’s Second Market, Third Market and Fifth Market as the core, as well as the old city cultural assets and attractions surrounding the markets.We invite local literary and historical scholars and writers to teach, explain the historical background, cultural implications and preservation issues of important cultural assets, and encourage students to participate.
2018-2019
The Program for Hardware and electrical materials shopping district
NCHU USR Hub Program
The East District of Taichung City is dominated by industries that manufacture metal parts. It was the earliest area where hardware, electronics, and electrical materials-related industries were concentrated. It was also home to the famous "Black Hand Culture" in Taichung's early days. With the shift of the economic center of Greater Taichung and the relocation of communities.
2018-2021
Field Experimentation Program for Aesthetic Community
NCHU USR Hub Program
An Amazing Community in Taichung - Maming Community in Waipu District of Taichung City. The goal of the project is to continue to educate young and old together, while also taking into account themes such as humanistic life history, food and agriculture ecology, and rural humanities.
2017
International Forum on Taichungology
Organized with Taichung City Government
Through six major sub-topics, including general introduction, urban development, urban observation, environmental conservation, humanities and history, and industrial development, a common knowledge framework of Taichung Middle School is constructed. At the same time, a "city tour" is planned to understand local history through on-the-spot investigation of the city. and culture. The conference invited international guests from the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and South Korea Scholars and experts come to Taiwan for exchanges.
