Changhua Chengzhong Theater

Date CapturedFebruary 23rd, 2025 at 08:49 UTCCameraDC-S5M2LensLUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6Apertureƒ / 3.5Shutter Speed1/125 secFocal Length20.0 mmISO100Exposure Value10.6 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Chengzhong Theater (城中大戲院) was a late period cinema operating out of a mixed-use building in central Changhua City. Business records¹ suggest the theater was established in 1990 and went out of business around 2005. As with most other theaters clinging to life in the 2000s this cinema was known for screening adult films. After the theater closed the interior was completely renovated into a language school, leaving only a few traces of its operating history in the public areas in and around the building.

Date CapturedFebruary 23rd, 2025 at 08:37 UTCCameraDC-S5M2LensLUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6Apertureƒ / 3.6Shutter Speed1/60 secFocal Length21.0 mmISO3200Exposure Value9.6 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Date CapturedFebruary 23rd, 2025 at 08:49 UTCCameraDC-S5M2LensLUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6Apertureƒ / 3.7Shutter Speed1/60 secFocal Length23.0 mmISO1250Exposure Value9.7 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Date CapturedFebruary 23rd, 2025 at 08:40 UTCCameraDC-S5M2LensLUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6Apertureƒ / 3.5Shutter Speed1/40 secFocal Length21.0 mmISO6400Exposure Value8.9 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Date CapturedFebruary 23rd, 2025 at 08:37 UTCCameraDC-S5M2LensLUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6Apertureƒ / 3.9Shutter Speed1/60 secFocal Length26.0 mmISO250Exposure Value9.8 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Footnotes

1. A copy of these records can be found here. The proprietor was a certain Chen Zhenxiong (陳振雄), which may or may not be the KMT politician of the same name. ↩