Xinfu Market. The Xinfu Foodstuff Retail Market was completed in 1935, and it is a public market completed in the later period of the Japanese colonial era. The buildings within the market cover the architectural styles of that period. The Xinfu Foodstuff Retail Market was completed in 1935, and it is a public market completed in the later period of the Japanese colonial era. The buildings within the market cover various building materials of that period. The horseshoe-shaped main market building has a flat roof supported by reinforced concrete beams and reinforced brick walls. In addition, the attached buildings include wooden Japanese-style dormitories and brick public restrooms. The appearance of public restrooms also symbolizes the modernization process of the market at that time, but unfortunately, it has not been completely preserved over time. In 1930, the Taipei Prefecture Government promulgated the "Regulations for Foodstuff Retail Markets." Based on hygiene considerations, detailed specifications were made for the structure and spatial layout of market buildings. Against this backdrop, the "Xinfu Foodstuff Retail Market" was completed. The Taipingding Foodstuff Retail Market (1938, now abolished), Xingding Foodstuff Retail Market (1938, now "Xing'an Market"), and Iriafunecho Foodstuff Retail Market (1938, now "Zhixing Market"), built during the same period, have all been rebuilt or abolished, making Xinfu Market a precious example of public market architecture from the Japanese colonial era that demonstrates new hygiene standards and architectural styles. When Xinfu Market was built, the site was about 506 ping, and the building was about 199 ping. The market site was surrounded by a red brick wall about 160 cm high. The walls of the market's main building are reinforced brick.
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