Temple street night market and three old temples, an old market street from the days of the Tamsui River's inner harbour
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Xinzhuang's Temple Street is full of clothing shops, shoe stores, and snack stalls by day, and turns into a night market after dark. Along a single stretch of Xinzhuang Road you'll find three old temples lined up one after another—Ciyou Temple, Guangfu Temple, and Wusheng Temple—so you can see them all in one walk. All three were built in the 18th century, back when Xinzhuang was the inner harbor of the Tamsui River, giving rise to the saying "a thousand sails crowd Xinzhuang Port, a thousand lamp-lit households fill its markets". One block north of Temple Street is Xinzhuang Station on Zhongzheng Road, about a 6-minute walk from Temple Street and the district office. Head south to the end and you'll hit the Dahan River levee, with Banqiao on the other side.
Since both Temple Street and Xinzhuang No. 1 Market are in this neighborhood, it ranks 5th out of New Taipei's 100 neighborhoods for everyday shopping. You won't have to travel far for medical care either—it ranks 9th for healthcare. The old street sees plenty of temple festivals: Dazhong Temple holds the Wenwu Dazhongye Festival, popularly known as the Xinzhuang Dabaibai; Ciyou Temple celebrates Mazu's Birthday Festival; and Guandi Temple marks Guandi's Birthday. Besides Xinzhuang Station within the neighborhood, Touqianzhuang Station is just across the eastern boundary.
The old street area doesn't have much green space—it ranks 88th for greenery. Temple Street turns into a night market at night, so if you're living along Xinzhuang Road, think about whether you're okay with the noise and crowds after dark.
The name "Xinzhuang" means "newly developed village"; the area was earlier called Wulaowan and Xingzhi. Han settlers arrived to cultivate the land in the 18th century, and Xinzhuang became the inner harbor of the Tamsui port—though after the mid-Jiaqing era the waterway silted up, and prosperity shifted to Mengjia. Ciyou Temple worships Mazu and faces what was once the ferry crossing of Xinzhuang Port; its inscriptions record construction starting in 1729, when it was originally named Tianhou Temple. The temple burned down in 1748 and wasn't renamed Ciyou Temple until it was rebuilt in 1753. Guangfu Temple worships the Three Mountain Kings and is generally said to have been built in 1780; it was listed as a second-grade historic site in 1985 and is now a national monument. The old street still keeps old place names like Yanguan, Xiguan Lane, Mishi Lane, and Tiaoshui Lane, and you can still spot the occasional Baroque-style old facade. By the Japanese colonial period, the commercial center had shifted to Zhongzheng Road, laid out on the bed of a removed railway. The Xinzhuang Line, where Xinzhuang Station sits, opened on January 5, 2012.
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