Nangang District 南港區
Nangang means "south port," though the port vanished a century ago. What follows is a history of a place that has spent a hundred and fifty years being repeatedly, almost punctually, reminded of what it used to be — by tea, by smoke, by state violence, and four times by water.
A historical walk through Taipei's Nangang District — once a river port, then a coal town, a site of political massacre, home to Taiwan's foremost research institute, and now a rail hub. This is the story of a place that keeps being flooded by its own forgotten name.
南港：一座忘記自己是港口的港口｜台北秘境水脈史
南港，因水而得名，卻在日治末期便失去了「港」的機能。此後近150年，這片土地以茶香、黑煙、政治創傷、四次水患與三鐵共構，反覆訴說同一件事：被覆寫的水脈記憶，終將以某種形式倒灌回來。這是一篇關於記憶、水與遺忘之罪的南港深度踏查。
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Nangang: The Port That Forgot It Was a Port
Nangang means “south port,” though the port vanished a century ago. What follows is a history of a place that has spent a hundred and fifty years being repeatedly, almost punctually, reminded of what it used to be — by tea, by smoke, by state violence, and four times by water.
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Nangang: el puerto que olvidó que era un puerto
Nangang significa “puerto sur”, aunque el puerto desapareció hace un siglo. Esta es la crónica de un lugar al que, cada cierto tiempo, con una puntualidad casi administrativa, algo le recuerda lo que fue: el té, el humo, la violencia de Estado, y cuatro veces, el agua.
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