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 vi.