Established in 1932 as Shōhei-za (昇平座), originally with a capacity of 600. It changed names after the war and was extensively renovated in the late 1950s. The theater closed in 1986 and the roof of the building was ripped off in a typhoon in 1994. After many years of neglect it was donated to the government and renovated into a tourist attraction beginning in 2009.
Map
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- 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)
Sources
- New Taipei Gold Museum Report: In Search of Old Theaters, Hsinchu Municipal Cultural Center, 2019 《新北市立黃金博物館「尋找老戲院身影」》，新竹市立文化中心，2019
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Theaters in Taiwan (台灣老戲院)
- Mining Industry in Taiwan (台灣礦業)
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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.