Shin Fang Chun Tea House. Museum Introduction: Dadaocheng was once Taiwan's gateway to the world. Through the export trade of tea and camphor, modern Western civilization and traditional Han culture. Museum Introduction: Dadaocheng was once Taiwan's gateway to the world. Through the export trade of tea and camphor, modern Western civilization and traditional Han culture sparked brilliant fireworks on the banks of the Tamsui River. Whether it was the stage performances of modern new dramas or traditional opera troupes, or the competing elegance of coffee salons and tea tasting cultures, Dadaocheng was flourishing in the first half of the 20th century. Witnessing this period of prosperity, the "Shin Fang Chun Tea House" was built in 1934. It was the ancestral home of tea merchant Wang Lianhe, who came to Taiwan with his family from Anxi, Fujian. This Japanese colonial era building, which blends Chinese and Western characteristics, is one of the few well-preserved mixed-use Western-style buildings in Taipei. Designated as a municipal historic site in 2009, it underwent a four-year restoration project from 2011 to 2015. In the same year, the original owner donated this historically valuable heritage building to the Taipei City Government. After the Taipei City Government's Department of Cultural Affairs officially took over the "Shin Fang Chun Tea House" in May 2016, it launched special exhibitions such as "Returning to the Glorious Era of Dadaocheng's Old Tea Houses," "The Story of the Shin Fang Chun Old Building," "Purple Dadaocheng Aesthetic Exhibition," and "Recreating the Fragrant Years of Dadaocheng Tea" on September 20, 2016, to showcase the industrial time and cultural context, introducing this heritage building and its history to the public.
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