Dihua Street Historic Trade

The Chunsheng Lee Memorial Presbyterian Church features a distinctive red brick facade decorated with intricate white stone carvings of flowers and birds. Completed in nineteen fifteen, the building reflects a rare blend of Western…

The red brick facade with the curved gable sits at the corner of Dihua Street. This building once housed the first Watsons pharmacy in Taiwan, established by Li Zili in nineteen seventeen. While the company eventually became a massive…

The bright red brick facade of the Yong Le Market rises above the intersection of Dihua Street. This building serves as the center of the city’s textile trade, housing hundreds of stalls selling bolts of silk, cotton, and lace on its upper…

The Taipei Xia Hai City God Temple has a narrow, deep layout and a roofline crowded with intricate clay figures of historical heroes and gods. It began in eighteen fifty-nine when devotees smuggled a statue of the City God from Xiamen to…

The storefront at Huang Chang Sheng features a narrow facade topped with intricate, traditional relief carvings that date back to the early twentieth century. This building served as a prominent medicinal herb shop during the peak of the…

The Sin Hong Choon tea shop stands out for its three-story brick facade, featuring a row of arched windows and an ornate, patterned balcony that spans the width of the building. This structure served as the headquarters for Wang Lian-he,…

The Dadaocheng Wharf is marked by a long, flat concrete pier that juts directly into the Tamsui River, cluttered with small recreational boats and painted shipping containers. In the eighteen sixties, this spot was the busiest port in…