Dry goods have been traded on this street for over a century, and the shopkeepers still live upstairs
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Along Dihua Street, old shophouses with homes above and shops below still sell dried goods and Chinese herbal medicine, with independent shops and galleries squeezed in between, old and new side by side on the same street. The old shops have lasted because, since the Qing dynasty, the street has been Taipei's trading hub for dried goods, tea and medicinal herbs, and that has never changed.
Walk to the end of Minsheng West Road, go through Water Gate No. 5, and you reach Dadaocheng Wharf on the Tamsui River, with sailing boats, an arched bridge and a container market. In the evenings, people often go there to watch the sunset.
Shopping is easy: for everyday shopping the neighborhood ranks 10th out of Taipei's 73. Yongle Market is on Dihua Street Section 1, with a traditional market on the ground floor, fabric on the first floor and garment workshops on the second, so groceries and fabric can be done in one building.
To get into the city, take the Zhonghe-Xinlu Line from Daqiaotou Station to the north.
Green space is scarce, with shophouses and old apartment blocks packed side by side, so greenery ranks third from the bottom and street environment only 60th.
Since 1996 Dihua Street has held its Lunar New Year market every year before the holiday, drawing a million or more people over about 15 days; if you live on the street, allow extra time for getting in and out during those weeks. Beimen Station to the south is outside the neighborhood, so if you live in the southern part, the walk to the MRT is longer.
The name Dadaocheng comes from a large public threshing ground that once stood here. After the Dingxia Jiaopin clash of 1853, settlers from Tong'an moved north from Monga and built a new market town here, relying on shipping on the Tamsui River.
Three years later work began on the Xiahai City God Temple on its current site, and it was completed in 1859. After Tamsui opened as a treaty port, Dadaocheng became the centre of Taiwan's tea exports, and by 1886 there were already 252 tea merchants.
Compared with the 73 Taipei neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
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