Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abstract ...... i

List of Illustrations...... v

Explanatory Notes...... vii

1. Introduction ...... 1

2. Literature Review...... 6

2.1 History of Dadaocheng...... 6

2.2 Taiwanese gentry under Japanese rule...... 8

2.3 Taiwan Nichi-nichi Shimpo and the Jiangshanlou ...... 11

3. Jiangshanlou in Dadaocheng...... 17

3.1 Chinese/Han People moved to Dadaocheng ...... 17

3.2 Dadaocheng under Japanese rule ...... 21

3.3 Jiangshanlou established in Dadaocheng ...... 30

3.4 Jiangshanlou founded with fine taste ...... 33

3.4.1 The Building...... 33

3.4.2 Marketing...... 35

3.4.3 The Cuisine...... 41

4. Gentry and Their Social Activities at Jiangshanlou ...... 46

4.1 Definition of the gentry ...... 46

4.2 Some famous members of the gentry in Dadaocheng under Japanese rule49

4.2.1 Li Chunsheng (1838~1924) ...... 50

4.2.2 Chen Tianlai (1872~1939) ...... 56

4.2.3 Jiang Weishui (1890~1931) ...... 60

4.3 Gentry’s social activities in the Jiangshanlou ...... 63

iii 5. Jiangshanlou Displayed in The Taiwan Nichi-nichi Shimpo from

1921 to 1940...... 67

5.1 The operation ...... 69

5.2 Literary works ...... 73

5.3 Meetings and banquets...... 78

5.4 Taiwanese cuisine...... 84

6. Conclusion...... 88

7. Reference...... 92

8. Glossary of Chinese Characters...... 101

Appendix i ...... 107

Appendix ii ...... 109

Appendix iii...... 112

Appendix iv ...... 113

Appendix v ...... 114

Appendix vi ...... 115

iv List of Illustrations

Figures

Figure 1 Managers of the Taiwan Nichi-nichi Shimpo ...... 12

Figure 2 Dadaocheng became a thriving port due to tea business...... 20

Figure 3 Taiwan’s tea export amount...... 28

Figure 4 Catagorized tea export amount ...... 29

Figure 5 Taipingting is the current Yanping North Road...... 32

Figure 6 The outward appearance of the Jiangshanlou ...... 34

Figure 7 The gentry enjoyed geishas’ company in Jiangshanlou...... 40

Figure 8 The Memorial Presbyterian Church of Li Chunsheng is now situated in

Dadaocheng...... 56

Figure 9 Jinji Tea Corporation...... 57

Figure 10 Chen Tianlai’s house ...... 58

Figure 11 Four important reporters of the Taiwan Nichi-nichi Shimpo...... 65

Figure 12 Frequencies of the Jiangshanlou mentioned in the Taiwan Nichi-nichi

Shimpo ...... 67

Figure 13 The Taiwan Nichi-nichi Shimpo revealed people’s lives under Japanese rule.68

Tables

Table 1 Brief region scales of Dadaocheng, Manka and Keelung...... 23

Table 2 The population of Taipei City under Japanese rule ...... 25

Table 3 The population in Taipei under early Japanese governance ...... 26

Table 4 Shop numbers in Dadaocheng, Manka and Chengnei...... 27

v Table 5 Taiwan’s camphor export values under Japanese rule ...... 29

Table 6 Li Chunsheng’s contributions to public welfares ...... 55

Table 7 23 founding members of Taipei Tea Business Union ...... 60

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