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▪ Dongmen Market History
Dongmen Market is adjacent to the Hsinchu City Government and its history can be traced back to 1900 as a private public market built as a joint venture between the Japanese and Taiwanese. After World War II, the government funded renovations, and the market became Hsinchu's most prosperous business district in the 1960s. With the changes of the times, the transfer of business districts and changes in people's consumption, Hsinchu's Dongmen Market, which has a history of more than 100 years, installed the "Dongmen Nihao" neon installation art at the escalator on the first floor. Colorful store signs, lucky cats, lanterns, pineapples, fish and other market elements respond to the vitality and lively atmosphere of nightlife, and welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year, inviting everyone to visit the newly renovated Dongmen Market.
In 1977, it was rebuilt into a modern building with one underground floor and three floors above ground. Each stall(store) is 3 square meters square, with a total of 571 stalls. Every evening, the signs of barbecue restaurants, Japanese restaurants, and bars light up one after another, transforming into a fashionable city that never sleeps. The wave of the new era rises in this century-old market, welcoming the public to Dongmen Market to enjoy delicious food, take photos and check-in, and explore the various types of stalls in the market.
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The market renovation project was carried out in 2021 to upgrade the safety and comfort of the building. Next, Hsinchu City will strengthen and activate the Dongmen market economy so that the Dongmen market will continue to move forwards to the next 50 years. "Carbon Reduction Coupon Activities” can make people use less disposable items and also make people aware of environmental protection.
▪ Dongmen market visit
The smell of Dongmen Market is due to the businesses on the first floor, which emit smoke, and the smoke will be discharged to specific locations on the upper floors because there are skylights built to provide smoke exhaust. The price of the Dongmen Market is equal to that of a Detached House, and the land in the Dongmen Market is owned by the government, so management fees and other expenses have to be paid to the government every month, which is about more than a thousand yuan. The decline of Dongmen Market was due to the poor shopping environment of Dongmen Market, the lack of parking spaces and the high price of goods. The stores in Dongmen Market are built in a building-within-a-building format, with the upper floors used to provide merchants and residents with places to exchange goods, sleep, and live. The first floor is mostly for businesses, the second floor is mostly for people to live in, and the third floor is for studios and music rooms. In the past, tramps used to gather on the third floor, but the government evacuated them out from the building when the building was renovated.
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