Penglai Pier-2 Station

Take the Kaohsiung Light Rail and get off at this station, you can directly arrive at the most central point of the Pier-2 Art Zone. There are cinemas, Eslite Bookstores, weekend markets, and some restaurants and exhibition warehouses nearby. It is a stop worth stopping. If there are friends from other places visiting Kaohsiung, this is a good place to bring friends! It is also a good place for families to relax on weekends and holidays! The following is an introduction to the second zone, the information comes from Wikipedia: The term "Barge Two" is derived from the Kaohsiung Barge No. 2 Warehouse, which is the No. 2 warehouse of the dock. "Barge" means unloading freight, and "2" is the warehouse number. The Barge 2 Warehouse is located in the third ship canal of Kaohsiung Port. It was built on June 12, 1973 and was originally a general port warehouse. In 2000, the double-tenth fireworks were not limited to Taipei for the first time, and decided to go south to Kaohsiung to bloom. The Kaohsiung City Government found this experimental site by chance when looking for a place for the fireworks to be used on the National Day of the Republic of China. However, due to a long period of disrepair, a group of enthusiastic art and cultural figures established the Pier 2 Art Development Association in 2001, which promoted the creation of the Pier 2 Art Zone as a base for the development of the southern humanities and arts. The renovation project was completed on March 24, 2002. Under the promotion of artists and local cultural workers, combined with the project resources of the idle space reuse of the Cultural Association, refute the representative works created by the Second Art Special Zone for the overall community of Kaohsiung. After the Kaohsiung Pier-2 Art Development Association and Shute University of Science and Technology developed local art workshops, the Pier-2 Art Special Zone became a place for experimental creation in southern Taiwan. In 2006, the Pier-2 Art Special Zone was taken over by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government. After taking over the business, a series of art exhibitions such as Kaohsiung Design Festival, Heroes Play Bytes, Steel Sculpture Art Festival, Container Art Festival, and Kaohsiung People Come to the Big Figurine were held.