The story of the military dependents 'villages began in 1949 and 1950, when the Nationalist government, beset by civil war, withdrew its institutions and troops to Taiwan, the accompanying military personnel and their dependents numbering more than a million.
「眷村」源自於民國三十八、九年間，內戰失利的國民政府各機關及部隊相繼撤退來台，其中光是軍人和軍眷就高達上百萬人。