Penghu has many number 1s of Taiwan! Nomatter in historical aspect or in the aspect of cultural characteristics, inPenghu you can see the first Western-style castle in Taiwan, the last gate citygate built in the Qing Dynasty in Taiwan, the oldest Thean Hou Temple, and soon, but you might not think that even the earliest military dependent village inTaiwan history is in Penghu. The so-called military dependent village refersto the social settlement built for soldiers and their family dependantsaccording to local conditions after 1949 when the KMT came to Taiwan. Due to thecurrent regulations in Taiwan, many military dependent villages have beendemolished in order to return the land to the government, and the residents inthe military dependent villages were moved to new national settlement houses.However, the culture of military dependent village resulting from the special historicbackground has always been discussed. In Penghu, the Duxingshi Village is the earliestmilitary dependent village in Taiwan, and is now still be well-preserved by thecounty government, as a memorial of the military dependent village. The history of Duxingshi Village spannedfrom the period of Japanese occupation to the period after the government movedto Taiwan. As early as 1907, Japanese built fortresses of Japanese artillerybrigade, and constructed military facilities, soldiers' quarters they were theprecursor of Duxingshi Village. After recovery, these facilities and quarterswere taken over by Makung Command and were assigned to military dependents foruse. As the population increased after more Military dependents moved in, Taiwanmilitary began to build new military dependent villages one after another nextto the original Japanese-style houses. At that time, there are a total of 78 householdsthe building materials were bamboo, lime, yellow mud, Lao-Gu stone, and basalt,and the Japanese-style wooden houses were separated into two house