Greater Washington Taiwan Culture Center (華府台灣文化中心)
Identity Snapshot
- English: Greater Washington Taiwan Culture Center
- Also seen: program titles and the founder’s interview say Taiwan Culture Center of Greater Washington D.C. Both stay. Not picked.
- Chinese: 華府台灣文化中心
- Era: Contemporary
- Geography: Taiwanese American community
- Core roles: Community organization (TAH directory)
The Greater Washington Taiwan Culture Center (TCC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization established by Taiwanese Americans in the greater Washington, D.C. area. Located in Rockville, Maryland, near the Shady Grove Metro station, the center serves as a fixed venue for Taiwanese American cultural, civic, and community activities in the mid-Atlantic region.
Role in the Community
- Taiwan Night Concert (台灣之夜音樂會): the center’s flagship annual event, held in Rockville, MD from 2007 through 2018 — documented in Taiwan Night Concert 2007-2018 (bibliography). Year programmes in the corpus: 368. Taiwan Night 2007, 2008, 2009 (生命的頌歌), 2010, 2014, 805. 2015, 1002. 2016, 1100. 2017 — extending the documented run to 2007–2018 across eleven programme records.
- Concert programme records in the corpus: 2011台灣之夜音樂會, 2012台灣之夜音樂會, 2013台灣之夜音樂會, 1222. Taiwan Night 2018 Concert 2018華府台灣之夜音樂會.
- Early concert record: 93. 生命的頌歌 by 華府台灣文化中心, Rockville, MD (2009-05-29).
- Founder’s own center profile (2014): 09) — the center’s self-description written by its founder; also bibliographic record Taiwan Culture Center Greater Washington, DC.
- Scholarship & photo-album records: 8. Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Project by Taiwan Culture Center in MD and 01).
- English name in program titles: “Taiwan Culture Center of Greater Washington D.C” (concerts5).
- Founder’s oral history (2025): TAH’s Taiwanese American Oral History Series records an interview with 黃泰郎 (Tai Huang), founder of the Taiwan Culture Center of Greater Washington D.C., covering his leadership journey and vision for future generations — 188. Founder of TCCGWC – 黃泰郎 Tai Huang’s Journey.
- Award ceremony & concert programming (2017): the T.A. Archives entry 2017) records an “Award Ceremony / Music Concert by Taiwan Culture Center, Greater Washington D.C.”, showing the center hosting community-scholarship award ceremonies and concerts alongside its Taiwan Night series.
HOLD: “台灣之夜” is an ambiguous event name in the corpus — the center’s Rockville concert series (above) is distinct from the 台灣人夏令會 evening gala of the same name recorded in 318. 漫談美南台灣人夏令會的濫觴 and 265. 2011年美西夏令會的回顧. Not conflated.
Civic statements (press record)
- 2020-09 — co-signatory of the Greater Washington 僑團 joint statement supporting Taiwan’s UN membership, alongside 華府台灣同鄉會, 巴爾的摩/哥倫比亞台灣同鄉會, 大華府台美人長樂會 (TASS), FAPA華府/馬里蘭分會 and 12 other groups (CNA via TWJI, 2020-09-30).
- 2021-04 — one of the Greater Washington Taiwanese organizations (with 華府台灣同鄉會, 巴爾的摩台灣同鄉會, 華府台灣基督長老教會, FAPA華府分會) issuing a joint statement urging WHO participation for Taiwan; over 200 attendees (CNA via TWJI).
- 2021-01 — 理事長 黃泰郎 signed the five-city 會館 statement opposing the politicisation of the ractopamine pork debate (with NY, LA, San Diego, SF 會館 leaders) (CNA via TWJI, 2021-01-12).
- 2025-03 — 理事長 黃泰郎, with 巴爾地摩台灣同鄉會 and FAPA leaders, delivered a petition against legislative-lobby dysfunction to 韓國瑜 at the Washington 僑宴 (TWJI, 2025-03-18).
- 2014 — the center supported director 陳麗貴’s documentary Dear Taiwan《好國好民》US screening tour (TWJI).
複核（deepen-x 2026-09-21）：corpus re-grep（華府台灣文化中心 / Taiwan Culture Center, works+articles）命中集合與頁面已連結之 work 頁完全相同（concerts5、364/363/362 历年programme、publications1222、ourjourneys303、video-188），全數已吸收 — 飽和，無新增社群材料。
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複核（deepen-x 2026-09-22）：corpus re-grep（華府台灣文化中心 / Taiwan Culture Center, works+articles）命中集合不變（concerts5、364/363 历年programme、publications1222、ourjourneys303、video-188）— 飽和，無新增社群材料。
複核（deepen-x 2026-09-23）：corpus re-grep（華府台灣文化中心 / Taiwan Culture Center, works+articles）命中集合不變（concerts5、364/363/362 历年programme、publications1222、ourjourneys303、video-188）— 飽和，無新增社群材料。