The first heavy door: Hsimenting Taipei’s “Harajuku”
Hsimenting named after the Japanese occupation of administrative divisions – Hsimenting; Hsimenting about this during the Japanese occupation, Chengdu Road, Xining South Road, Kunming Street, Kangding Road, one, but the wider Hsimenting today, also includes a former New from the town, if the bamboo town, are not entirely the same. Simon still continue to use official documents in the.
Hsimenting as in Taipei City’s West Gate, hence the name. In the Japanese colonial era, Hsimenting had just desolate place, and later the Japanese decided to follow the example of Tokyo Asakusa area, set up an entertainment business district. The earliest entertainment facilities in Taipei in 1897, Block, Block 1902 Wing (now the new nations shopping malls) and the octagonal church in 1908 (Simon Red).
1930′s, the famous film Hsimenting Street in Taipei, after the defeat of Japan, also continues to boom continues, every 40 years since the theater crowds, scalped tickets rampant, one after the cinema, only even opened Wuchang Street Section more than a dozen theaters, evident since the grand occasion. However, due to eastward development of Taipei City, Hsimenting many functions to be replaced, gradually declining since the 80s. The late 90s, the Taipei City Government and the Ximending local businesses, re-planning for the pedestrian precinct Hsimenting and on weekends and national holidays closed to traffic, before young people turn back to the region. Currently in the West Gate, almost every weekend, have a small concert, autograph session, will sell the first debut album, movie publicity, street performances, and so activities are often visible. Currently there are 20 or more Hsimenting cinemas in Taipei to see first-run movies, almost all find a significant Hsimenting. And there are six stores of various sizes around one thousand.
Ximending is now known as Taipei’s “Harajuku”, in addition to Japanese magazine stores, the various Japanese books, records, clothing, etc., almost simultaneous fashion, the so-called “Hari family” in heaven. In addition to a separate street outside the store, these stores have a special focus on special areas set several buildings inside commercial buildings, including the more famous of the thousands of years old commercial building, Lion Square, and even nations in a later Eslite 116 department stores and so on.
However, because of the high density of young people gather, so also with the Eastern Hsimenting, tied for the Shihlin Night Market in Taipei where the highest rates of juvenile crime. In addition, Taipei Hsimenting is the famous “aid communication” place. In addition, when Brigitte Lin is in the West Gate shopping with her friends to explore the sky by the scouts as a famous movie star.
Red envelope field is a form of karaoke in Taiwan, mainly located in the pedestrian area Hsimenting Hankou Street, Emei Street, Xining Nan road. Red envelope field originated in the 1960s, when Shanghai karaoke imitation of establishing a start there is no “red field” in the title, because then the audience in order to encourage their favorite singer, will direct the money wrapped in red envelope bag and tried to dedicate performance of the singers, and gradually, this type of karaoke bars, known as the red envelope field. Early multi-track concert red envelope is the 1920-1950 era of Shanghai’s popular songs, such as End of the World singer, costumes, Suzhou Nocturne, Qiushuiyiren so, the audience also are mostly older veterans, karaoke bars in order to attract guests, other singers will take a “small Zhou Xuan,” “Little White” and so on, the singer would deliberately imitate the singers were singing method.
But as times change in the evolution and the audience, but also by the Shanghai track during 1950-1970 years into the Taiwan and Hong Kong pop songs, such as the mysterious woman, lover’s tears, The Spirit of Love, the moon represents my heart Small Town Story, asked white, sweet honey. Singer is also the stage gestures and lively than before.
Consumption of red envelopes field is not high, singers dressed in ball gowns and more, on the stage and interact with warm red envelope field is one of the features. Hsimenting also has a unique specialties, such as the Chinese duck flat road, alley Ah were noodles, the old monopoly lo Tian Lu, Chengdu Chengdu, the way honey, coffee, ice and star fruit, with many Japanese restaurants (such as Emei the beauty of Park Street) and the heritage of Chinese restaurant taste all kinds of other provinces, the old and the new Taipei Taipei taste put up a bridge heritage. In the movie “Left Turn Right”, by Takeshi Kaneshiro Gigi Leung to find the scene is Hsimenting, also gives the meaning of modern Hsimenting update. There are movies VI “export” also the theme of Hsimenting, the young gather, anything is possible, seemed to symbolize the rich creativity of young people.
The second door: Chung Hsiao East Road, Taipei’s “Fifth Avenue”
Many of them are from Angus Tung “walk in the Chung Hsiao East Road” and the power train, “Chung Hsiao East Road, go nine times,” the lyrics, Chung Hsiao East Road Taipei to know. Taipei Chung Hsiao East Road is the most expensive of the lot, on both sides of the building is not high, most of them are linked, that is, the so-called “kiss floor.” Here is full of busy and lively element is the most popular one in Taipei streets, shops, eateries everywhere, many couples will choose to come here shopping.
Here is the central Taipei’s busiest business district, bus rapid transit system and the dotted line, more than half of department stores in Taipei, Chung Hsiao East Road, Chung Hsiao East Road, as if the whole department store as a landmark structure is formed, and department stores also represents the class plus the provision of goods and diversification do not attract different shoppers, looking for consumer objectives; natural fabrics to its type, to the Eastern style shopping crowd, the vast majority still buy clothes for the main bulk, In addition to these well-known clothing brands in the set up special counters in department stores, in addition, there are many open flagship store of independent or independent stores, so consumers have more choices.
Nightlife prosperity here, night after midnight occasional vendors gathered crowds of people, popular music and the cries heard; to meet the customers come here to go shopping, everywhere covered with a coffee shop and simple restaurant, decorated in bright new, each catering store is always filled with visitors, there are many well-known restaurants, the need to queue up number plate to admission. Bars and dance halls all with different style contests, and world-class DJ or orchestra performances are extremely well known, KTV entertainment and cinemas, etc. is open until dawn, every weekend, trendy, young people gathered here, drinking and fun Yihuo indulge in song and dance, go home until the early morning crowd, the formation of the unique style of Taipei night.
The third heavy door: Xinyi district of Taipei’s “Manhattan”
Xinyi business district in Taipei, Taiwan, as an emerging commercial center, unconsciously, eastern Taipei Xinyi business district has been replaced as a leading indicator of Taipei’s fashionable metropolitan area; day Xinyi shopping district is a fast pace of life is a busy commercial and financial center, and the nights are filled with dazzling bright trendy city center, shopping district and Lutheran holiday weekend into a very large stage show, often hold a variety of holiday activities or garden party, so also known as “Taipei Manhattan.”
Lutheran emerging trendy shopping district of the Eastern zone will become the leading indicator of the area in Taipei, the Xinyi business district for a variety of more attractive presence of numerous manufacturers, but also allow consumers charmed; so that people nine to five, after a busy work can be put into bright lights, busy shopping among the church, or to accept what fine dining, exotic cuisine authentic food temptations, people in the shopping I can appreciate the different characteristics along architectural style and style for your shopping trip, adds a little fun, Siyizhuhang recreation activities and other entertainment in the Xinyi district to satisfy you.
Xinyi business district emerging in recent years, covering the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Xinyi New World, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi second building, the Taipei Xinyi Vieshow Cinema, New York New York shopping center, Neo19 Alexander Club, Taipei 101 shopping mall, the Hyatt Hotel and other department stores, hotels, trendy restaurants, known as the most valuable areas of Taipei.
Taipei 101 shopping mall adjacent to the Taipei City Government, has 101 floors above ground, underground 5 floors, 508 meters high, 101 Financial Center is the world’s tallest building. High ceiling and spacious design space, will bring to this unprecedented consumer shopping experience and unique vision and enjoy the feeling of space, so that is no longer a crowded shopping rush, but the shopping easy, elegant and ultra-high-level buy to enjoy .
Lutheran Vieshow Cinema with Taipei Taipei 101 New York New York shopping malls and high simultaneous provision of entertainment and leisure paradise, comfortable chairs and spacious space, scale and elegant design is different with the ordinary cinema, which offers snacks and explosion m flowers are both convenient and close the device.
In addition, Xinyi District, Xinyi district, Taipei’s Xinyi district Vieshow Cinema and other department stores, there are the Eastern Department Store, Wufenpu so many good place for shopping, and Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Discovery Center of Taipei is also a public holiday and other tourist attractions outing, a good place to travel, so you better spend leisurely vacation.
Fourth heavy door: Dihua Street Taipei’s “Dashilan”
Dihua Street is the most complete and most significant of Taipei’s streets, the streets of the building has Taiwanese, Western-style, modernism, baroque features, come here not only Cuba, Dihua Street is north and south of Taiwan goods, traditional Chinese medicine , cloth wholesale, retail and distribution center. 150 years ago, a businessman Lam Ming Jiaolin created in this first shop. Dihua Street from the fresh water a few hundred meters Tataocheng terminal, very convenient loading and unloading of goods transport. Goods ashore, by the back door into the shop, after finishing or processing, can be displayed directly in front store sales. This is a few hundred meters away from the river also bless the Tihua Street boom of the invasion. Created a special geographical location and prosperity of Taipei, in a hundred years time, it has always occupied the north of Taiwan’s leading commodity trading center.
With the development of Taiwan’s trade and commerce, local and even foreign businessmen have set up in the streets of Tataocheng Matheson, also brought a different architectural style. In addition to the most common style of simple, clear modernist architecture, there are many Western-style house on Dihua Street, such as two-story Western-style imitation from Southeast Asia, this red-brick houses and more, on the flat roof of the “parapet “(that is, a low wall outside the building roof), arched window opening, vase-shaped hollow rails arranged, giving a warm feeling; imitation of the ornate baroque houses are also quite representative on Dihua Street style architecture, highlighting the The Street was wealthy momentum. Single houses are mostly Taiwanese-style buildings, sloping roofs covered with tiles, doors and windows are made of wood, a Taiwanese construction under the eaves typical “booth ka” (vaulted arcade), but now this old house gradually being rebuilt, more and more difficult to see the.
Today’s Dihua Street in Qing Taiwan remained the typical form of commercial street, for centuries there is little change in the layout. South Street on the medicine line gathered in the street is the wholesale and retail dry goods distribution center for North and South, North Street shop is mostly whole grains. Free medicine into an argument, the clerk said that most of their ingredients from the mainland, the quality is good, but sometimes black heart of the recent bad business cheap goods imported from the mainland, so that some of them a headache. However, the staff were not too worried, after all, it is in the early years Dihua Street started selling goods mainland, they doing this job for so long, must rely on the credibility of the word. Some statistics on the 800-meter-long Tihua Street, there were more than 100 textile companies, more than 300 cloth line, more than 200 Chinese herbal medicine shop, a year down the production value of more than a thousand billion New Taiwan dollars.
Known of Taipei is that it is now a special underground Street. The owner of a lot of money on the street will be a lot of money to charge interest on loans to stock speculators. These “golden master” though not appearance, there energy in the stock market anything they want. It is said that many of them personal home billions, but do send it behave like ordinary old man next door, a simple dress or even shabby.