Taiwan Shophouses 台灣街屋

The shophouse is an architectural form that spread all around Southeast Asia with the Chinese diaspora of the 19th century. Although shophouses are mostly known from Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong 香港, Taiwan 台灣 also has a rich heritage of 19th and 20th century shophouses, known locally as jiēwū 街屋, many of them clustered along the Old Streets 老街 of the nation.

Ershui Zheng Ding House 鄭鼎宅

Beautiful old architecture along Yanping old street

In front of the Taiwan Sun Cake Museum

Inside the courtyard at the famous Changhua Confucius Temple

Mazu Temple in Pingtung City

In front of Futai Street Mansion, Taipei

Hen 1/2, Taiping Old Street, Douliu

Fugang Old Street 富岡老街

The signs of Xinhua Old Street

Crossing the bridge into Beigang

The floral alleys of Changhua City