A large performance venue established as Minami-za in January 1921 on Hongmaojing Street with seating for 2,000. The opening run featured actors from Shanghai and played to full houses for three months. A second-generation two-storey building was constructed slightly southwest of the original around 1931. This was Shinminami-za (新南座), later known as Kokumin-gekijō (國民劇場). It was replaced by the more modern Guomin Theater (國民戲院) in the post-war era.
Note: this location has vanished. Any information presented here is only for reference.
提醒：此地點已消失，本文僅供參考用途。
Map
Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Cultural Heritage Map of Old Theaters in Taiwan (臺灣老戲院文史地圖)
- Cultural Heritage Map of Old Theaters in Taiwan (臺灣老戲院文史地圖)
Sources
- Guo Yingliang, Chiayi City Old Theater Tour, Taiwan Library Cultural Association, 2017 郭盈良，《嘉義市老戲院踏查誌》，台灣圖書室文化協會，2017
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Theaters in Taiwan (台灣老戲院)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.