A sanheyuan on the Qiziding (崎仔頂) slope above Fuyou Temple, built no later than 1824 by the merchant Zheng family as Rongji Mansion (榮記大厝) and bought in 1915 by Shih Kun-shan (施坤山), whose timber and petroleum firm Shih Ho-fa (施合發商行) grew into one of the largest in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial era. A road widening plan left the house expropriated and decaying from 1990 until local campaigners secured its designation as a monument in 2005, along with a Japanese-style house, air raid shelter, and stone garden behind it. Council budget freezes stalled restoration for over a decade, and it finally opened to the public as an exhibition space in September 2025.
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- Status:Public (公有)
- Heritage designation:Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
- Address:新北市淡水區中正路8巷9號
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
- Sanheyuan in Taiwan (台灣三合院)
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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.