體驗 INSIGHT 3 4 and Beimen metro stations. Take a break at a few of silk is available at a fair price. If you are not a crafty Stepping Back the antique cafes, bars, and restaurants. Browse for person yourself, but still see the charm in custom souvenirs in craft stores like Lao Mian Cheng Lantern craft ware, then you can choose your favorite fabrics in Time on Shop, which sells handmade paper lanterns. Indulge and have them made into bags, clothes, cushions, or your inner flâneur at museums, galleries, temples, whatever else. While you’re waiting for your tailoring, theaters, and design showrooms. why not check out Dadaocheng Theater just upstairs, Dihua Street If you’ve been missing out on Cupid’s arrows, then which is renowned for staging local opera and puppet 回味迪化舊時光 a visit to Xiahai City God Temple could be the next best performances. thing. Famous for its matchmaking powers, the temple When the sun goes down, you might consider BY DANIEL CUNNINGHAM 1 has over 600 deities, which is more than any other dinner and drinks at one of Dihua Street’s trendy bars. temple in Taiwan, so surely one of them can help you Alternatively, just around the corner, if you head down find love. Volunteers at the temple will show you how to Fisherman’s Wharf, there is a pop-up market where During the 19th century, Dadaocheng was one of nuts, and tea. Just passing the stores, your senses are to pay your respects to the deities and (fingers crossed) you can eat and drink beside the river looking out onto Taipei’s most affluent communities, linked to trade via immersed with oriental aromas that whisk you off to a find that special someone. the New Taipei City skyline. There is even a ferry that the Tamsui River. The opulence of that bygone era still long forgotten time. If you don’t mind bustling through Right next to the temple is Yongle Fabric Market, will carry you upriver to the sleepy seaside town of shines through its architecture. Dadaocheng’s lanes a crowd, then the best time to visit is the Lunar New a paradise of textiles. Everything from polyester to Tamsui, where the river meets the East China Sea. have become increasingly gentrified over the past Year at the end of January, when market stalls set up decade as artists and designers move into beautifully all along the narrow lane, offering a myriad of local renovated terraces. delicacies. The most popular lane of all is Dihua Street, famous You could spend a whole day walking from one 5 for its herbal medicine stores as well as dried fruits, end of Dihua Street to the other, between Daqiaotou ） 5 2 1. Dadaocheng was a vibrant business area in the 19th century. Today, Dihua Street is still lined with stores offering Chinese medicinal herbs and dried fruits. ︱ 2. Yongle Market in Dadaocheng is the most famous textile wholesale market ）、台灣影像圖庫（ 4 in Taipei City. ︱ 3. The buildings on Dihua Street have retained their historical exteriors. The shops here are distinguished by their earthy, quaint decors. ︱ 4. The Chinese New Year Market that takes place around the Lunar New Year on Dihua Street attracts massive crowds. ︱ 5. Once a busy commercial port, Dadaocheng is now a popular scenic spot for visitors to enjoy the urban skyline. ）、典匠資訊（ 1. 19 世紀的大稻埕，熱鬧繁華；如今的迪化街仍雲集販售中藥、果乾的店 1~3 舖。︱ 2. 大稻埕內的永樂市場，為台北市著名的布料批發市場。︱ 3. 迪化 街兩旁仍保留舊時建築樣貌，店面也維持古樸的裝潢。︱ 4. 迪化街每到農 曆春節時分，便化身年貨大街，引來大量人潮。︱ 5. 大稻埕曾是熱鬧的商 港，如今的大稻埕河岸則是旅人欣賞城市天際線的熱門地點。 圖片：達志影像（ 38︱Les îles Les îles︱39.