Sanxia Old Street & Zushi Temple
三峽老街・長福巖
A well-preserved old street with red-brick arcades and Baroque façades, and the nearby Zushi Temple, with its exquisite carvings, which has been called the 'palace of Eastern art'.
Sanxia Old Street is located on Minquan Street in Sanxia District, New Taipei City. It is more than 200 meters long, with red-brick arcade shophouses built during the Japanese occupation period lining both sides. Their façades feature elaborate Baroque decoration, making it one of the best-preserved old streets in Taiwan. Today the street is mainly lined with shops selling Golden Horn bread, blue-dyed fabrics, tea and snacks. Next door, Sanxia Zushi Temple (Changfu Rock), restored from 1947 under the direction of painter Li Mei-shu, features extremely intricate and fine stone, wood and bronze carvings, and it has been called the 'palace of Eastern art'. Admission is free. You can take a bus from Yongning MRT Station, and it can be combined with Yingge Ceramics Old Street on the same day.
Opening hours
Open all day (shops approx. 10:00–19:00)
Nearby sights
- Yingge Ceramics Old Street
- Daxi Old Street
- Bangka Lungshan Temple
- Ximending
- Presidential Office Building
- Taiwan Museum
- Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
- Dihua Street & Dadaocheng