Beside a solemn old Buddhist temple, a former winery whose grounds now hold cafés, galleries and exhibitions
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Shandao Temple sits right on Zhongxiao East Road, Section 1, and the MRT station shares its name. Inside, noise is not allowed in the Main Shrine Hall, which keeps a solemn atmosphere; next door, the nine-storey Ci'en Building houses Buddhist art from the Northern Wei dynasty to modern times. A short walk east brings you to Huashan 1914 Creative Park, where the old winery grounds are now full of restaurants, cafes, shops, galleries and exhibition halls, and it's also a popular spot for wedding photos. To the south the neighborhood reaches Jinan Road and takes in the Legislative Yuan; its blocks run east all the way to Xinsheng South Road.
The Bannan Line is right under your feet, and public transport here ranks 3rd among Taipei's 73 neighborhoods. The streets are clean, too: it ranks 8th for cleanliness. For groceries, there's Huashan Market right in the neighborhood. For school, the three li of Meihua, Xingfu and Xingshi make up almost exactly one catchment, that of Zhongxiao Elementary School.
The northern boundary is the elevated Civic Boulevard; if you're looking at a place on that side, keep an eye on the traffic on the flyover when you view it. Healthcare options are relatively limited: it ranks 36th for medical care. One thing that's easy to mix up: Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station is actually in Da'an District, not in this neighborhood. And Huashan Park, despite the similar name, is on the other side of Civic Boulevard in Zhongshan District, and isn't part of this area either.
The name Huashan comes from Kabayama-cho during the Japanese colonial era, named after Taiwan's first Japanese Governor-General, Kabayama Sukenori. In 1914, a private Japanese company set up the Taihoku Winery here. Shandao Temple's story began in 1895, when the Japanese Jodo-shu (Pure Land) sect opened a mission inside Taipei's walled city; it moved to Yuanshan in 1907, and finally relocated to its current site in Kabayama-cho in 1926. In 1960, the Legislative Yuan moved into the former campus of Taipei Prefectural Second Girls' Higher School on Zhongshan South Road. The winery later became Taipei No. 1 Winery, and relocated to Guishan in Taoyuan in 1987; after sitting idle for a decade, the arts community began pushing from 1997 onward to turn the site into a performance and exhibition space.
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NHI-contracted hospitals, public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area (estimated from the 2026 school-year village/neighborhood catchment table, treating every neighborhood in a village as equal in size; "Shared catchment" means families there can choose between two or more schools), high schools and universities within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more, and large shopping malls and department stores.
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