Established in part of an old rice mill by Lin Guangxing (林光星) on the southwest side of Zhiben. It was a rudimentary theater with seating for 350 and only operated until 1966, after which the facility was sold. The new owners occasionally rented the space for cabaret acts in the 1980s. Since the rice mill had a waterwheel there was probably an irrigation canal running through the property, and it seems to have been on the southwest side of what is now Zhiben Elementary School (知本國小).
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Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- Theaters in Taiwan (台灣老戲院)
Connections
- Jinxing Theater (金星大戲院)
Nearby Locations
Author
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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.