● In May 1990, Su Wen-kuei established the “Huwei Cultural and Historical Studio,” sparking a trend of cultural and historical studios across Taiwan. Furthermore, he founded a grassroots classroom at his wife’s “White Lotus Flower Art Studio” on Zhongshan Road in Tamsui to promote local culture.
● In July 1990, Su assumed the role of chief editor for the quarterly magazine “Huwei Street,” focusing on reporting Tamsui’s historical and cultural aspects and stimulating academic interest. The magazine ran for a total of eight issues until 1994.
● In November 1990, the second issue of “Huwei Street” was published, and Su initiated the “Tamsui Cultural Heritage Guided Tour Class,” marking the transition of the Huwei Cultural and Historical Studio from textual publications to community activities.
● In March 1991, the second session of the “Tamsui Cultural Heritage Guided Tour Class” was launched, signaling the beginning of a culture of guided tours for Tamsui’s historical sites.
● In April 1991, Su organized the “Beauty of Temples in Tamsui Children’s Camp,” commencing a series of Tamsui local cultural education activities.
● On June 29, 1991, Su led thirty members of the Huwei Cultural and Historical Studio to petition County Magistrate You Qing, initiating the movement to rescue thirteen cultural heritage sites across Taiwan.
● In October 1991, in collaboration with Yuan-Liou Publishing Co., Su organized the first tour of the Huwei Battle, a historical battlefield tour related to the Sino-French War.
● In December 1991, Su held the “Tamsui Urban Design Exhibition” at 138 Zhongzheng Road in Tamsui, including a dialogue session titled “Tamsui’s Future Development?” with guests such as Yu Zhaoqing, Chen Liangquan, Professor Huang Ruimao, Tamsui Township Mayor Chen Junzhe, and over twenty Tamsui residents.
● In March 1992, Su resigned from his job in Taipei and became the general director of the 120th-anniversary events for Dr. George Leslie Mackay’s arrival in Tamsui. He collaborated with the Tamsui Township Office on a series of activities, including guided tours of Dr. Mackay’s historical sites, which remains a popular historical tour route in Tamsui today.
● In August 1992, with assistance from the Tamsui Rotary Club, Su published the “Tamsui Cultural Travel Handbook,” making historical site tours accessible to all residents of Tamsui.
● In September 1992, Su engaged in local cultural work in Tamsui and worked part-time as a pedicab driver at a Tamsui nursery school until 1998. His methods of cultivating local culture were featured in newspapers, magazines, and television specials.
● In October 1993, in collaboration with the Department of Architecture at Tamkang University and the Tamsui Township Office, Su organized the “Tamsui Cultural Market” on Zhongzheng Road, initiating a series of events marking the beginning of community revitalization in Tamsui.
● In February 1994, at the request of the Tamsui Township Office, Su Wen-kuei published “Introduction to Tamsui’s Cultural Resources.” This report served as an assessment for Tamsui to become a cultural exemplary town in Taipei County, providing a reference for the cultural development work of the Tamsui Township Office.
● On March 12, 1994, Su, along with the Huwei Cultural and Historical Studio, collaborated with the Taipei County Cultural Center to organize the “Remembering Old Tamsui” event, part of the National Arts Festival series of activities by the Taipei County Government.
● From August 15 to 18, 1994, the Huwei Cultural and Historical Studio hosted the “National Cultural and Historical Studio Summer Camp” in collaboration with the Taipei County Cultural Center at the Four Seas One Family International Conference Center in Tamsui. Su Wen-kuei served as the master of ceremonies for the event. This camp was acclaimed in the cultural community as Taiwan’s first gathering of local cultural and historical workers, establishing Tamsui’s leading position in this field. Su Wen-kuei was affectionately nicknamed “Su Lao Da” (Su Big Brother) among early cultural workers.
● As community revitalization became a national policy in 1994, Su Wen-kuei was invited by the Council for Cultural Affairs to become a lecturer in community building. He traveled across Taiwan, sharing his experiences in cultural and historical work and providing training for alternative military service community builders until 1997.
● In 1995, Su, along with Tamsui teachers and students, established the Tamsui Local Studies Association, focusing on the development of local teaching in Tamsui. He authored two volumes of local teaching materials and provided guided tours, with some students later becoming dedicated guides for the Fort San Domingo.
● In 1996, Su authored the history textbook for Tamkang Senior High School, the first school-mandated compulsory textbook in Taiwan. This initiative marked a pioneering effort in Taiwan’s education sector. The history course remains a proud and distinctive feature of Tamkang Senior High School’s curriculum.
● In April 1998, Su Wen-kuei was appointed as a resident consultant for the “Local Flowers: Taiwan’s Local Cultural and Historical Work Seminar” by the Provincial Government Cultural Affairs Department. He co-hosted the seminar with Huang Cunming.
● In May 1998, in collaboration with the National Flower Yeh Jinzhi Memorial Cultural and Educational Foundation, Su published the comic book series “Tamsui Past and Present.” This work not only became a classic in Tamsui’s local teaching materials but also received the Gold Tripod Award for Comics and was recognized as the Best Book in the Comics category for that year.
● On June 30, 2000, Su Wen-kuei, along with the Tamsui Township Mayor and the alliance team, traveled to Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, to establish a sister city relationship with the hometown of Dr. George Leslie Mackay, the Canadian missionary instrumental in Tamsui’s history.
● On December 7, 2000, Su received the “Outstanding Individual Contribution to Social Education Award” from Taipei County for the year 89.
● In 2001, Su Wen-kuei was appointed as the curator of the Tamkang High School History Museum. Apart from establishing the museum, he organized commemorative events for the 100th anniversary of Dr. George Leslie Mackay’s passing and the 130th anniversary of Dr. Mackay’s arrival in Taiwan, held in Tamsui.
● In March 2002, the Tamkang High School History Museum officially opened. Su Wen-kuei donated the cultural and historical items he had collected over the years to his alma mater. He continued to be actively involved in local education and the development of Tamsui’s Mackay studies. The museum served as a base for participating in community-building activities in the Tamsui area until 2016.
● From April 2005 to 2013, Su Wen-kuei served as a member of the Taipei County Cultural Affairs Bureau’s Heritage and Historic Buildings Review Committee. Over his eight-year tenure, he participated in designating 26 historical sites and registering 24 historic buildings.
● On July 1, 2005, the “Tamsui Historic Museum” was established by the Taipei County Government, and Su Wen-kuei was appointed as a consulting committee member, a position he still holds today.
● Since June 2008, Su Wen-kuei has been appointed as a consultant for cultural and historical affairs for the Tamsui Township Office, and he has held this position to the present day. During this period, he has also served as a consultant for the annual exhibitions at the museum.
● In 2009, as part of the Tamsui Environmental Arts Festival, the environmental theater production “The Legend of Xi-zi: Anti-Legend” was grandly performed at the Shuei-wei Battery Park. This production was selected by the Ministry of Culture as one of Taiwan’s top ten cultural events for two consecutive years. Su Wen-kuei, as a cultural and historical consultant, participated in the performance and played the leading role of Dr. James L. Maxwell. Su Wen-kuei portrayed this character for eight years until 2016, and he became affectionately known as “Dr. Maxwell” by the local people.
● In June 2011, Su Wen-kuei assisted the Tamsui Township Office in planning and selecting the “Eight New Views of Tamsui.”
● In October 2012, Su Wen-kuei authored the book “The Taiwanese Son-in-law with a Black Beard: Starting from Dr. James L. Maxwell,” published by the Taiwan Church News Company. The book was published in commemoration of the 140th anniversary of Dr. James L. Maxwell’s arrival in Taiwan.
● In August 2015, Su Wen-kuei was appointed as a judge for the international competition for the design of the Tamsui River Bridge by the Ministry of Transportation’s Highway Bureau. Together with the judging committee, they selected the design for the present-day Tamsui River Bridge.
● In August 2015, Su Wen-kuei retired, but he remained at Tamkang Senior High School for teaching and handed over the duties of the school’s historical museum for one year.
● In July 2017, Su Wen-kuei lived alone in Taitung for two years.
● On December 22, 2017, he represented the potential of Tamsui and presented a paper titled “Starting with the Aesthetics of Life in Tamsui” at the international symposium “World Cultural Heritage and Dialogue with Residents,” organized by the New Taipei City Government’s Department of Cultural Affairs.
● In 2018, due to his influence in education, students affectionately referred to him as “Father Su,” and he was directly nominated as the exemplary father of Tamsui District by the local government.
● In 2019, Su Wen-kuei returned to Tamsui from Taitung.
● In 2019, the outdoor epic play “Ritual of War 1884,” part of the Legend of Xi-zi series, was performed at the Shuei-wei Battery Park in Tamsui. Su Wen-kuei, as a cultural and historical consultant, participated in the performance, once again playing the role of Dr. James L. Maxwell.
● In February 2020, Su Wen-kuei published the book “Endless Nostalgia of Tamsui.”
● In March 2020, he lived in Chiayi’s Buda for a year.
● In December 2020, Su Wen-kuei collaborated with Lian Yi-tsung to publish the book “Lian Yi-tsung’s Collected Images.”
● In April 2021, he returned to Tamsui and published the book “Opening the Old Albums of Tamsui Believers” in December of the same year.
● In October 2021, he lived in Jiayi’s Puzi Niu Tiao Wan for a year.
● In October 2022, he lived in Jiayi’s Taibao for half a year.
● In September 2023, Su Wen-kuei returned to Tamsui and collaborated with Truth University to publish the book “Stories of Tamsui’s Historical Sites Over the Years.”
