Red-brick old street by the Zushi Temple, once known for cloth dyeing
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Qingshui Zushi Temple at No. 1, Changfu Street is the spiritual heart of Sanxia. Together with the Zushi temples in Mengjia, Tamsui, and Ruifang, it's known as one of the four great Zushi temples of greater Taipei, and its stone and wood carvings were made by craftsmen from different schools. Next to the temple, Minquan Street is the old street, curving into an S-shape along the terrain, lined with 260 meters of red-brick shophouses. In its early days, this street made its living from dyeing cloth, and a pushcart railway once ran down the middle, carrying coal, camphor oil, and tea. Halfway down the street stands Xinglong Temple, dedicated to Mazu.
Everyday life beyond the old street is part of this neighborhood too. Heping Street has the Sanxia Public Market, and Zhongshan Road is home to the Sanxia District Office and Sanxia Elementary School. The Sanxia Historical Relics Museum is also on Zhongshan Road—a good place to start if you want to get to know old Sanxia. For medical care, there's En Chu Kong Hospital on Fuxing Road, a regional teaching hospital funded by Xingtian Temple. For convenience of daily life, this neighborhood ranks 35th out of New Taipei's 100 neighborhoods, putting it in the middle. Near the hospital is National Taipei University Station on the Sanying Line, whose secondary name is "En Chu Kong Hospital"; the station sits less than 10 meters outside the neighborhood's northern boundary. Two municipal monuments, Sanxia Arch Bridge and Zaishu Temple, are also within the neighborhood.
Based on street-view photos, this neighborhood ranks 81st for street environment and 77th for sidewalks, toward the bottom of New Taipei's 100 neighborhoods. On weekends and holidays, Qingshui Zushi Temple and the old street draw big crowds, so if you live nearby, it's best to plan your comings and goings around the rush. The western side of the neighborhood is taken up by Yuanshan mountain, so housing is concentrated in the eastern half.
This area was once called Sanjiaoyong, named for the meeting point of the Dahan River, Sanxia River, and Hengxi River. Qingshui Zushi Temple broke ground in 1767, was completed in 1769, and was rebuilt after the 1833 earthquake. During the Tongzhi and Guangxu eras, dye works became the signature trade of Sanjiaoyong Street—the river water was well-suited for setting dye colors, and the finished dye could be shipped down the Tamsui River to Wanhua for export. In 1895, Japanese troops burned down the temple and the old street, and the temple was rebuilt in 1899. Starting in 1916, residents paid out of pocket to remodel their shophouse facades in a pseudo-European style. In October 1920, Sanjiaoyong was renamed Sanxia. After the war, starting in 1947, Li Mei-shu led a third reconstruction, bringing in stone pillars from the Taiwan Grand Shrine, and oversaw the project until 1983. Renovation of the old street was completed in February 2007, and in 2018 the temple was designated a municipal monument.
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