Hanxi's Lecheng Temple and the Hanxi Night Market across the river, both sides sharing the Hanxi name
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Lecheng Temple on Hanxi Street — locals call it Hanxi Mazu — holds its procession every year on the first day of the third lunar month. In 2024, that procession lasted 22 days, passing through 11 districts and 116 villages. The 40-meter-tall monument beside the temple is easy to spot — you can see it at night from cars coming in from Taiping and Dali. Heading southeast from the temple across the Hanxi River, the East District Office and Hanxi Night Market are on the other side, about 600 to 800 meters from the temple. "Hanxi" is also a place name — it covers both sides of the river.
For daily shopping, this neighborhood ranks 21st out of Taichung's 47 neighborhoods, and 23rd for everyday convenience — both in the middle. At night there's an extra option: Hanxi Night Market runs every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening, with over 200 stalls and free parking for cars and scooters right next to it. The riverside and bridge scenery along Hanxi East Road and Hanxi West Road got a makeover in 2020. Chenggong Elementary School and Yuying Junior High School are both right in Lecheng Village, next door to each other.
Sidewalks rank 40th and greenery ranks 39th — both toward the lower end among Taichung's 47 neighborhoods. There's no train station within the neighborhood; the nearest, TRA Jingwu Station, is about 420 meters outside it, and public transit ranks 24th. If you live near the night market, expect more people and traffic on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. Nearby Shijiawang Market is just outside the neighborhood, in Dongnan Village.
The name "Hanxi" ("dry creek") comes from the fact that this stream's flow depends entirely on rainfall — it often runs dry in the dry season. It originally continued flowing southwest from Dongxin Village, but because the lower reaches sat low and flooded often, the course was later artificially redirected near Dongxin Village to connect straight into Dali River. Lecheng Temple, on the west bank, is said to have been built in 1753; the current main hall was completed in 1924, and the front hall, Sanchuan Hall, in 1929. The 921 earthquake knocked down the temple's left gable wall, and during the repairs, Hanxi Street itself was redone too — paved with brick tiles and fitted with traditional-style street lamps. The Hanxi Night Market across the river wasn't officially approved until 2017.
Compared with the 47 Taichung neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
NHI-contracted hospitals, public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area (estimated from the Taichung City Education Bureau's catchment tables for the 2023 (elementary) and 2022 (junior high) school years, the latest the city has published as open data, treating every neighborhood in a village as equal in size), high schools and universities inside or within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more (OpenStreetMap), and large shopping malls and department stores (OpenStreetMap).
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