Taichung Cultural Center Introduction
Taichung City is renowned for its cultural reputation, with a flourishing literary scene, advanced educational development, and strong support from various sectors in promoting cultural activities. In 1976, the notable entrepreneur Mr. Ho Yong donated a cultural center on Shuangshi Road, making it the first cultural center in Taiwan. In 1979, the central government promoted 12 construction projects and subsidized various counties and cities to establish a cultural center. Our city chose to build one at No. 600 Yingcai Road, which broke ground the following August and was completed and inaugurated on November 12, 1983, covering an area of 16,615 square meters and named "Taichung City Cultural Center." (The original Shuangshi Road Cultural Center was renamed "Wenying Hall" in 1983 and was managed by National Taiwan Sports University in 2012.) After the merger of Taichung County and City into a direct-controlled municipality on December 25, 2010, it was renamed "Taichung City Dadun Cultural Center." On January 1, 2013, it was restructured as an internal unit of the Cultural Bureau and renamed "Taichung City Government Cultural Bureau Dadun Cultural Center." The management scope of the Dadun Cultural Center includes Zhongshan Hall and shares office space with the "Taichung City Library Dadun Branch." The facility has 10 exhibition rooms and also features a lecture hall, audiovisual screening room, presentation room, meeting room, workshop classroom, reading area, and study room, making it a comprehensive educational venue for various cultural promotion activities, and an important cultural hub in Taichung City.
