Lukang Public Hall

Date CapturedNovember 28th, 2017 at 06:27 UTCCameraNIKON D3100LensAF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED IIApertureƒ / 13Shutter Speed1/640 secFocal Length18.0 mmISO200Exposure Value16.7 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Lukang Public Hall was built during the Japanese colonial era as a meeting place for the town’s residents. District chief Chen Huaicheng (陳懷澄) cleared the site by razing the 1769 Wanchun Temple (萬春宮), a shrine to Sufu Wangye (蘇府王爺) subsequently absorbed into Fengshan Temple, along with the adjoining merchant guild hall. Completed in 1928, it features a reinforced concrete frame and washed-pebble façade with a irimoya (入母屋) roof. After the war it served as a Kuomintang party office and Zhongshan Hall (中山堂) before reopening as the Lukang Arts and Culture Center (鹿港藝文館) in 2010. It is now regularly open to the public as a small art gallery and exhibition space.