Gui De Street
On the north side of Taipei Municipal Zhongxiao Junior High school is the ‘Gui De’ Street, which is also known as the ‘tea’ street. In the early ‘Guang Xu’ year of the Qing Dynasty, western people came to open ‘Fan Zhuang’ (selling the ‘Wu Long’ tea) and locals started the ‘Pu Jia’ (selling the ‘Bao Zhong’ tea) on Gui De Street. In the heyday of the tea business, there were about 60 stores operating on ‘Gui De’ Street. If you want to get a better understanding of Taiwanese tea production history, Dadaocheng will be the best candidate.
- Event Information
- Name: Dadaocheng Zhao Cha Qu
- Time: The 2nd and 4th week’s Saturday of each month from 9 a.m.-noon
- Place: Dadaocheng
- Activity: Free Tea tasting and learning the tea production’s history
- Phone: (02) 25557598 or 255552962
Yong Le Fabric Market
- Address: 2F., No.21, Sec.1, Dihua St., Datong Dist., Taipei City 103
- Hours: 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. (Closed on the 3rd & 17th day of the first lunar month)
- Transportation: Bus 9, 274, 601, 613, and San Chung Bus Co., Ltd.
On the second floor of Yong Le market is the fabric wholesale market. You will be able to find various types of fabric in this market, including, man clothing, women clothing, curtain fabric, non-woven fabric, tablecloth, plaid, and patchwork. For your convenience, you can also have your custom clothe made on the 3rd floor with your favorite fabric from the 2nd floor. There are also plenty of fabric shops on the nearby Dihua Street, so if you ever want to buy any fabric, these places will definitely be your favorite.
Chinese New Year Street Fair on Di Hui Street
Di Hui Street has the most well-preserved European Baroque architecture and the buildings that were built in the early Republic of China period. If you are fond of the traditional business, the street still has numerous traditional industries such as incense, farm implements, and bamboo wares.
Di Hui Street is the busiest and the most historical street in Dadaocheng. It also has the largest grocery, traditional Chinese medicine, and fabric wholesale market. During the Chinese New Year, there will be a traditional street fair on Di Hui Street. The street will usually pack with thousands of visitors who come here to shop for Chinese New Year celebration’s goods. You can find anything that you need in the street fair including fresh flowers, candies, mushroom, dried sea shrimp, and clothes. To better strengthen the local business and promote the traditional culture, Taipei City Government specially designated Datong District and Di Hui Street to be in the “Cultural and Art Heritage’s tourism season”.