A rural theater established in 1949 and operating into the 1950s and 1960s. It was reputedly located next to Wanshan Temple (萬善祠) in Daxi Village (大西村), and there was some suggestion the original structure can still be found, but a visit in 2023 was inconclusive. Allegedly had a capacity of 500.
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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
- Theaters in Taiwan (台灣老戲院)
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Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex
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.