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Wanhua District. Wanhua District (Chinese: 萬華區; pinyin: Wànhuá Qū), known in Taiwanese Hokkien as Báng-kah khu (Chinese: 艋舺區) and historically as " Monga " or " Monka ", is a district in Taipei, Taiwan. It is Taipei's oldest district. The district is home to historic buildings such as the Bangka Lungshan Temple and the Red House ...
- Longshan Temple
- Herbal Lane
- Huaxi Street Tourist Night Market
- Bopiliao Historic Block
- Xinfu Market
- Xibenyuan Temple Square
- Getting There & Around
Longshan (“Dragon Mountain”) Temple is among both the city’s most important places of worship and the island’s key historical sites. Founded in 1738, this is one of the world’s greatest showcases of Chinese temple art, renowned for its exquisite stone sculptures, woodcarvings, and bronze work. Of special note are the twelve major support columns in...
Right outside the temple’s east-side wall is Herbal Lane, a covered narrow alley 50m long lined with open-faced shops piled high with canvas sacks and display boxes of different teas and well over 100 herbs. The heady mixture of aromas here is bracing. In the past, markets commonly sprang up outside Chinese temples, often the busiest gathering spot...
In Taipei’s old-city neighborhoods, the charms are myriad and the nostalgia-inducing food and drink treats nigh endless. Huaxi Street is a two-minute walk directly west of Longshan Temple. Taiwan’s first tourist night market, it is announced with a dramatically eye-catching Chinese-style red entrance arch, and colorful red lanterns hang in rows dow...
Just east of Longshan Temple/Herbal Lane, this attractive renovated city-block section, a solid and uninterrupted cluster of heritage architecture dating from the late Qing Dynasty through the 1895-1945 Japanese colonial era, is among Taipei’s best-preserved historical sites. The place name “Bopiliao” goes back much further. During the Qing Dynasty...
On Guangzhou Street’s south side across from Bopiliao is the old Xinfu Market building, fronted by scores of traditional-style market stalls in narrow, covered lanes. The building, opened in 1935, was Taipei’s first modern public market, housing stalls selling fresh fish/meats, fruits/vegetables, tobacco/alcohol items, Chinese cakes/pastries, etc. ...
Though in a busy area, close to MRT Ximen Station and 7~10 minutes away from the Bopiliao/Xinfu sites on foot, this heritage Pure Land Buddhist temple complex feels hidden away, partially blocked from view by high walls. Built up in the years after 1922, Xibenyuan Temple was Taiwan’s largest Japanese-style Buddhist temple during the Japanese period...
The MRT Longshan Temple and Ximen stations are on the Taipei Metro’s Bannan Line (Blue Line). The latter is a transfer station, connecting to the Songshan-Xindian Line (Green Line). Large guide maps showing key area sites, with good English, are posted in all Taipei Metro stations. The places introduced in this article are all within walking distan...
- Rick Charette
Jan 14, 2019 · As one of Taipei’s most historic districts and the city’s oldest, Wanhua is a neighborhood rich in culture. But although it is certainly a historian’s paradise, Wanhua is also home to one of Taipei’s liveliest shopping districts, Ximen, where the younger generation spend their evenings and weekends.
Jun 29, 2023 · Wanhua. MRT Lines. Green, Blue. Wanhua is another district with a great mix of traditional and modern. One of the liveliest areas of Wanhua (and in fact Taipei) is the Ximending Shopping District, a pedestrianised area that’s very popular with the younger generation and the LGBTQ+ community.
Wanhua was the first district in Taipei to undergo economic development; many of the buildings and cultural sites in the region are older than those in surrounding districts. A large number of temples in Wanhua are attributed with originating from the Qing era. Wanhua District is divided up into 36 villages (里) and 722 neighborhoods (鄰). In ...
Features. Wanhua District, the oldest region of Taipei City, can be divided into 3 parts, northern, central and southern regions. The northern Wanhua (Ximending) is particularly popular among the young generation and has become the most fascinating shopping center in Taipei. The central Wanhua is well-known for its national historical site ...
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Sep 29, 2020 · Wanhua is Taipei’s oldest district and home to well-known shopping destination Ximending. During the Qing era, huge amounts of trade were conducted in the Wanhua (Bangka) area, making it one of the most important places in northern Formosa, and during Japanese rule, it was the third most populous city on the island (at the time it was a city part of the Taihoku [Taipei] capital area).
