Journey through time and space: Tunnel Cinema presents cuisine of Zuoying military dependents’ villages
[Report by on-campus journalist Yu-Ling Chang]
The Sizihwan Tunnel takes you on a journey through time and space, showing you the cuisine of the military dependents’ villages in the Zuoying District. The Tunnel Cinema: The Shinyo VR and Image Exhibition War & Life, including VR experience, static photography, documentaries and seven different exhibition areas, is the debut of the tunnel cinema, allowing visitors to explore the stories and memories of the military dependents’ villages in Zuoying. One of these areas – “The Food and Memory: Mom’s Cooking in Zuoying” – was planned by NSYSU’s HISP (Zuoying Team). The photographs displayed clearly present the home cuisine and life stories of the villages. The exhibition is open from October 9th to 13th.
“The Food and Memory” is part of “Crossing Zuoying” – NSYSU’s initiative realizing the Humanity Innovation and Social Practice Innovation Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology. The Zuoying Team gives a new life to the neighborhood by promoting many humanistic activities in the old district of Zuoying, such as collecting memories and exploring music and food culture. The exhibition area recreates the daily life in the villages, displaying green electric fans, suitcases, vintage sewing machines; visitors can find an abacus, a radio set, a flashlight, a clothes iron, and an electric pot on the table. The documentary shows lives of six elderly women from the villages: Ai-Chu Lu, Tai-Ti Fei, Shih-Chiung Chen, Tsai-Hsia Chao, Hsiu-Ching Liu and Hui-Chen Liu. The movie presents the home cuisine, which has a special meaning to the women and recalls their life memories. For example, for Ai-Chu Lu, sticky rice balls from Anhui province, China, represent a special attachment and a joyful connection between family members. Sweet fermented rice, passed on by her father, is a memory of growing up for Tai-Ti Fei.
Tsai-Hsia Chao, 88-year old woman from Gansu province, is full of appreciation for the University’s contribution to the military dependents’ villages. When she was young, she left for Taiwan with her husband and his troops just three months after getting married. After being assigned to live in Zuoying, Chao started to learn to cook for her family; cat ear noodles was one of the dishes. Remembering those days when she had to use a kerosene stove and coal rationed by the government, Chao really appreciates the convenience in the daily life of nowadays and repeatedly expresses her content and gratitude.
“Everyone says this is delicious!”, said 86-year old Hsiu-Ching Liu from Henan province, when sharing a recipe for apple salad that she got from her US friend. Apples have to be soaked in salty water, then mixed with some fried sliced pork. To Liu, this dish represents friendship. She said that military dependents’ villages, with their culture fading away, would make people feel disconsolate, until NSYSU gave a new life to them. “Your participation here makes me feel motivated, like I was young again!”, she said.
This exhibition is a joint effort of the curatorial team at the Kaohsiung Film Festival, the project of Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank launched by the Ministry of Culture, Old Fengshan City Renovation Program of the Kaohsiung City Government, NSYSU Social Engagement Center and Zuoying team of the Humanity Innovation and Social Practice Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology. The Shoushan Cave, excavated by the Japanese is the present-day Sizihwan Tunnel. The story of the Shinyo of the Japanese Special Attack Units (a version of kamikaze on suicide motorboats during the Second World War) was told using technologies such as VR cinematography and holography. It is a unique exhibition in Taiwan, where new technologies are applied in a historical setting, letting visitors experience virtual reality movies in the tunnel, see photographs of the ruins of military fortifications, and hear stories from the military dependents’ villages. The exhibition was open from October 9th to 13th. In the morning and afternoon of the last 4 days, the NSYSU University Social Responsibility Project Team organized six guided tours, retelling stories of the Shoushan Cave and the Dengshan Street. Participants could walk all around the tunnels and experience the culture of Kaohsiung.
(edited by the Public Affairs Division)
The Sizihwan Tunnel takes you on a journey through time and space, showing you the cuisine of the military dependents’ villages in the Zuoying District. The Tunnel Cinema: The Shinyo VR and Image Exhibition War & Life, including VR experience, static photography, documentaries and seven different exhibition areas, is the debut of the tunnel cinema, allowing visitors to explore the stories and memories of the military dependents’ villages in Zuoying. One of these areas – “The Food and Memory: Mom’s Cooking in Zuoying” – was planned by NSYSU’s HISP (Zuoying Team). The photographs displayed clearly present the home cuisine and life stories of the villages. The exhibition is open from October 9th to 13th.
“The Food and Memory” is part of “Crossing Zuoying” – NSYSU’s initiative realizing the Humanity Innovation and Social Practice Innovation Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology. The Zuoying Team gives a new life to the neighborhood by promoting many humanistic activities in the old district of Zuoying, such as collecting memories and exploring music and food culture. The exhibition area recreates the daily life in the villages, displaying green electric fans, suitcases, vintage sewing machines; visitors can find an abacus, a radio set, a flashlight, a clothes iron, and an electric pot on the table. The documentary shows lives of six elderly women from the villages: Ai-Chu Lu, Tai-Ti Fei, Shih-Chiung Chen, Tsai-Hsia Chao, Hsiu-Ching Liu and Hui-Chen Liu. The movie presents the home cuisine, which has a special meaning to the women and recalls their life memories. For example, for Ai-Chu Lu, sticky rice balls from Anhui province, China, represent a special attachment and a joyful connection between family members. Sweet fermented rice, passed on by her father, is a memory of growing up for Tai-Ti Fei.
Tsai-Hsia Chao, 88-year old woman from Gansu province, is full of appreciation for the University’s contribution to the military dependents’ villages. When she was young, she left for Taiwan with her husband and his troops just three months after getting married. After being assigned to live in Zuoying, Chao started to learn to cook for her family; cat ear noodles was one of the dishes. Remembering those days when she had to use a kerosene stove and coal rationed by the government, Chao really appreciates the convenience in the daily life of nowadays and repeatedly expresses her content and gratitude.
“Everyone says this is delicious!”, said 86-year old Hsiu-Ching Liu from Henan province, when sharing a recipe for apple salad that she got from her US friend. Apples have to be soaked in salty water, then mixed with some fried sliced pork. To Liu, this dish represents friendship. She said that military dependents’ villages, with their culture fading away, would make people feel disconsolate, until NSYSU gave a new life to them. “Your participation here makes me feel motivated, like I was young again!”, she said.
This exhibition is a joint effort of the curatorial team at the Kaohsiung Film Festival, the project of Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank launched by the Ministry of Culture, Old Fengshan City Renovation Program of the Kaohsiung City Government, NSYSU Social Engagement Center and Zuoying team of the Humanity Innovation and Social Practice Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology. The Shoushan Cave, excavated by the Japanese is the present-day Sizihwan Tunnel. The story of the Shinyo of the Japanese Special Attack Units (a version of kamikaze on suicide motorboats during the Second World War) was told using technologies such as VR cinematography and holography. It is a unique exhibition in Taiwan, where new technologies are applied in a historical setting, letting visitors experience virtual reality movies in the tunnel, see photographs of the ruins of military fortifications, and hear stories from the military dependents’ villages. The exhibition was open from October 9th to 13th. In the morning and afternoon of the last 4 days, the NSYSU University Social Responsibility Project Team organized six guided tours, retelling stories of the Shoushan Cave and the Dengshan Street. Participants could walk all around the tunnels and experience the culture of Kaohsiung.
(edited by the Public Affairs Division)
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