Jingliao Jindexing Apothecary

Date CapturedFebruary 2nd, 2018 at 08:42 UTCCameraNIKON D3100LensAF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED IIApertureƒ / 7.1Shutter Speed1/200 secFocal Length18.0 mmISO200Exposure Value13.3 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

A three-bay timber shophouse on Jingliao Old Street, said to have been built for a Lin family in Lucao, Chiayi, in the 18th century, then dismantled and re-erected on this site in 1910. It was bought soon after by Ruan Qian (阮謙), a practitioner of Chinese medicine whose family had settled in Jingliao in 1875, and it still carries his shop name Jindexing Qianji (金德興謙記) on a plaque of 1925. A raised-beam frame (抬樑式) leaves the interior unusually open beneath a U-shaped attic; earthquakes in 1941, 1964, and 2010 cost the building its swallowtail ridge and several of its wattle-and-daub walls, and it remains a private residence closed to visitors despite designation as a monument in 2005.

Date CapturedFebruary 2nd, 2018 at 09:28 UTCCameraNIKON D3100LensAF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED IIApertureƒ / 3.5Shutter Speed1/30 secFocal Length18.0 mmISO200Exposure Value8.5 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Date CapturedFebruary 2nd, 2018 at 09:28 UTCCameraNIKON D3100LensAF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED IIApertureƒ / 4Shutter Speed1/60 secFocal Length18.0 mmISO200Exposure Value9.9 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Date CapturedFebruary 2nd, 2018 at 09:29 UTCCameraNIKON D3100LensAF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED IIApertureƒ / 6.3Shutter Speed1/160 secFocal Length18.0 mmISO200Exposure Value12.6 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400