{"id":47377,"date":"2025-11-24T18:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/?p=47377"},"modified":"2026-09-22T17:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:52:44","slug":"tainan-west-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/tainan-west-market\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3 Door Traditional Market Walk: [Ximen Market \/ Dacaishi] A Fallen Aristocrat&#8217;s Splendid Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- ============================================================ \u4e09\u9053\u9580 Market Vogue Vol.4 \u2500 \u897f\u5e02\u5834 \/ \u5927\u83dc\u5e02 WORDPRESS \u5b8c\u5168\u76f8\u5bb9\u7248\u672c\uff08\u5168\u5167\u806f\u6a23\u5f0f inline-style\uff09 \u54c1\u724c\u8272\u7cfb\u6a19\u6e96\uff1a#1a1a1a \/ #b8860b \/ #8b0000 \/ #f4f1ea \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500 \u4f7f\u7528\u65b9\u5f0f\uff1a 1. \u9032\u5165 WordPress \u7de8\u8f2f\u6587\u7ae0 \u2192 \u5207\u5230\u300c\u6587\u5b57 \/ HTML \/ \u7a0b\u5f0f\u78bc\u300d\u6a21\u5f0f 2. \u76f4\u63a5\u8907\u88fd\u8cbc\u4e0a\u4e0b\u65b9\u6240\u6709\u5167\u5bb9 3. \u5207\u56de\u300c\u8996\u89ba\u300d\u6a21\u5f0f\u5373\u53ef\u770b\u5230\u5b8c\u6574\u7f8e\u5316\u6392\u7248 ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Schema Markup (SEO \u7d50\u69cb\u5316\u8cc7\u6599) --><br \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n[\n  {\n    \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n    \"@type\": \"Article\",\n    \"headline\": \"The 3 Door Traditional Market Walk: [Ximen Market \/ Dacaishi] A Fallen Aristocrat\u2019s Splendid Return\",\n    \"description\": \"From the Ginza Street of the Japanese colonial era to the most beautiful heritage market of all, the editor of 3 Door Hotel examines the century of history, the architecture, the design shops and food, and the story of rebirth at Ximen Market. 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Together with Guohua Street, Zhengxing Street and Hai\u2019an Road, Ximen Market forms the golden living circle of Tainan\u2019s West Central District, and afterwards you can continue to Yongle Market, Shennong Street or Shuixian Temple Market, covering Tainan\u2019s richest route of history and food in half a day.\"\n        }\n      }\n    ]\n  }\n]\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!-- \u9eb5\u5305\u5c51 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; background: #ebe5d6; border-bottom: 1px solid #d8cfb8; padding: 14px 24px; margin: 0 0 24px; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #5a5550; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box;\"><a style=\"color: #5a5550; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/\">Home<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin: 0 8px; color: #d8cfb8;\">\u203a<\/span><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #5a5550; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/blog\/\">Blog<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin: 0 8px; color: #d8cfb8;\">\u203a<\/span><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #5a5550; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/blog\/tainan-travel\/\">Tainan travel<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"margin: 0 8px; color: #d8cfb8;\">\u203a<\/span><br \/>\nThe 3 Door Traditional Market Walk: [Ximen Market \/ Dacaishi] A fallen aristocrat&#8217;s splendid return<\/div>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ \u96dc\u8a8c\u520a\u982d ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; padding: 48px 24px 32px; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #d8cfb8; margin: 0 0 48px; background: #f4f1ea; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4em; color: #b8860b; text-transform: uppercase; padding: 6px 18px; border: 1px solid #b8860b; margin-bottom: 24px;\">Market Vogue Vol.4<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-size: 48px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.15em; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0 0 8px;\">MARKET VOGUE<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.5em; color: #5a5550; margin: 0 0 36px; text-transform: uppercase;\">3 Door Hotel Online Magazine \u00b7 The Market Walk<\/div>\n<h1 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.4; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: 0.05em; max-width: 760px; margin: 0 auto 18px;\">[Ximen Market \/ Dacaishi] A fallen aristocrat&#8217;s splendid return<br \/>\nSouthern Taiwan&#8217;s first market, and a century of memory restored for NT$135 million<\/h1>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 18px; color: #8b0000; letter-spacing: 0.06em; margin: 0 0 24px;\">From the Ginza Street of the colonial era to today&#8217;s most beautiful heritage market<br \/>\nA journey through time across a hundred years<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #5a5550; letter-spacing: 0.1em;\">Written by an editor devoted to the lanes of Tainan<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #5a5550; letter-spacing: 0.1em; margin-top: 14px;\">2025 \/ 11 \/ 24<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin: 0 10px; color: #b8860b;\">\u25c6<\/span><br \/>\nTainan travel<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin: 0 10px; color: #b8860b;\">\u25c6<\/span><br \/>\nTainan attractions<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin: 0 10px; color: #b8860b;\">\u25c6<\/span><br \/>\nWhere to stay in Tainan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ \u5c01\u9762\u5716 ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 48px; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 920px; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u5c01\u9762.png\" alt=\"\u53f0\u5357\u65c5\u5e97\u63a8\u85a6 \u53f0\u5357\u4f4f\u5bbf \u53f0\u5357\u706b\u8eca\u7ad9\u4f4f\u5bbf \u897f\u5e02\u5834\u5927\u83dc\u5e02\u6700\u7f8e\u53e4\u8e5f\u5e02\u5834\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ \u5e8f\u7ae0\uff1a\u6642\u9593\u7684\u81a0\u56ca ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 64px 0 24px; padding: 0 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.4; border-bottom: 2px solid #1a1a1a;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 15px; color: #b8860b; letter-spacing: 0.3em; margin-right: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;\">\u2014 Prologue<\/span><br \/>\nPrologue: a capsule of time<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">Until you walk into the market, you cannot know how many layers of memory this city holds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">Today, walking through the West Central District, it is hard not to be drawn to that<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">fresh, bright white heritage building<\/strong>with its elegant French roof and finely moulded flowers and foliage, and modern air conditioning and fittings within. It has been called<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">the most beautiful heritage market in Tainan<\/strong>. This is Ximen Market, known to locals as<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Dacaishi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 32px 0; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 920px; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u897f\u5e02\u5834-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u5927\u83dc\u5e02\u4fee\u5fa9\u5f8c\u5916\u89c0\uff0c\u53f0\u5357\u4e2d\u897f\u5340\u767e\u5e74\u53e4\u8e5f\u5e02\u5834\u767d\u8272\u7cfb\u5efa\u7bc9\u6b63\u9762\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">But the splendid rebirth of this<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">fallen aristocrat<\/strong>was never a simple coat of paint. It cost more than<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">NT$135 million<\/strong>in total and took nearly twenty years of planning and restoration before returning to public view in recent years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">So here is the question: beneath that white, fashionable new coat, how much historical clamour and silence is being carried? Does its soul belong to the<em style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; color: #b8860b;\">Ginza Street<\/em>of the colonial era, or to the contemporary<em style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; color: #b8860b;\">creative quarter<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">A century at Ximen Market condenses the whole history book of Tainan&#8217;s development. Its rebirth is not only the restoration of a building but the<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">continuation and revival<\/strong>of a city&#8217;s memory. It is a capsule of condensed time, waiting for us to set this hundred-year journey in motion ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \u4f86\u6e90\u8aaa\u660e editor tip --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 32px 0; padding: 20px 26px; background: #ebe5d6; border-left: 3px solid #b8860b;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; color: #b8860b; letter-spacing: 0.3em; text-transform: uppercase; margin: 0 0 6px;\">\u2014 Photo Credit \u2014<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.85; color: #5a5550;\">Photographs in this article come from the Tainan City Cultural Heritage Management Bureau website and Ximen Market&#8217;s Google business listing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- pull-quote --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 40px 0; padding: 32px 40px; border-top: 2px solid #b8860b; border-bottom: 2px solid #b8860b; background: rgba(184,134,11,0.05); text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 48px; color: #b8860b; line-height: 0.5; margin: 0 0 18px;\">&#8220;<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.6; letter-spacing: 0.05em; margin: 0; text-align: center;\">A capsule of condensed time<br \/>\nwaits for us to open it ourselves.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 13px; color: #b8860b; letter-spacing: 0.3em; margin-top: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;\">\u2014 EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE \u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ \u7b2c\u4e00\u5e55\uff1a\u6975\u76db\u7684\u904e\u53bb ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 64px 0 24px; padding: 0 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.4; border-bottom: 2px solid #1a1a1a;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 15px; color: #b8860b; letter-spacing: 0.3em; margin-right: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;\">\u2014 Act One<\/span><br \/>\nAct one: a peak in the past<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">The history of Ximen Market must begin with the<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">modern market management policy<\/strong>promoted by the colonial government. This was not a market that formed naturally among ordinary people: from its birth it was destined to carry the aura and ambition of being<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">the first in southern Taiwan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \u96d9\u5716\uff08\u7528 table \u6392\u7248\u53d6\u4ee3 flex\/grid\uff09 --><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 24px 0;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; padding: 0 6px 0 0; vertical-align: top;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/uEBIjSVSgsXC.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u65e5\u6cbb\u6642\u671f\u6b77\u53f2\u8001\u7167\u7247\uff0c1905\u5e74\u843d\u6210\u6642\u7684\u81fa\u5357\u5927\u5e02\u5834\u539f\u59cb\u6a23\u8c8c\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; padding: 0 0 0 6px; vertical-align: top;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u820a\u7167\u7247.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u820a\u7167\u7247\uff0c\u65e5\u6cbb\u6642\u671f\u9280\u5ea7\u901a\u5546\u5708\u5168\u76db\u6642\u671f\u7684\u5e02\u5834\u5916\u89c0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 600; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 36px 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.5; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 4px solid #8b0000;\">1.1 A pioneer of the modern market<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">Ximen Market was first completed in 1905, the 38th year of Meiji, when it was known as<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">the Tainan Market<\/strong>or<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">the Great Tainan Market<\/strong>, the first publicly built market in the old city. Sited on the fish ponds west of the city wall, its generous footprint made it<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">the pioneering modern market of southern Taiwan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">. The original timber structure collapsed in a typhoon, but the government began rebuilding in 1912. That reconstruction was not only swift but a statement of progressive intent: the market used<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">reinforced concrete<\/strong>, then a technological frontier, forming the L-shaped main building we see today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">Functionally, Ximen Market went far beyond an ordinary food market. Alongside wholesale stalls for fish, meat, vegetables and fruit, it was equipped with<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">cold storage<\/strong>, remarkably modern at the time, so traders could keep produce fresh. More importantly, the market housed<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">a food and drink hall and an ice shop<\/strong>, making it not merely a place of trade but<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">a centre of leisure and social life for the city.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 600; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 36px 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.5; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 4px solid #8b0000;\">1.2 A splendid building and its expanding surroundings<\/h3>\n<p><!-- \u4e94\u5716\u5efa\u7bc9\u7d30\u7bc0\uff08\u7528\u5169\u5217 table \u53d6\u4ee3 grid\uff09 --><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 24px 0;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.33%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: top;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u5b57\u6a23-800x565.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u5efa\u7bc9\u6b63\u9762\u300c\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u300d\u5b57\u6a23\u6ce5\u5851\uff0c\u65e5\u6cbb\u6642\u671f\u53e4\u5178\u88dd\u98fe\u85dd\u8853\u7d30\u7bc0\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.33%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: top;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u9b91\u9b5a\u52f3\u7ae0\u5fbd\u98fe-800x627.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u9b91\u9b5a\u52f3\u7ae0\u5fbd\u98fe\u5efa\u7bc9\u88dd\u98fe\uff0c\u65e5\u6cbb\u6642\u671f\u897f\u6d0b\u53e4\u5178\u98a8\u683c\u6d6e\u96d5\u7d30\u7bc0\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.33%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: top;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u9285\u74e6\u62f1\u9802\u7dda\u8173\u6258\u67b6-800x590.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u9285\u74e6\u62f1\u9802\u7dda\u8173\u6258\u67b6\u5efa\u7bc9\u7d30\u7bc0\uff0c\u99ac\u85a9\u5f0f\u5c4b\u9802\u7d50\u69cb\u5de5\u85dd\u5c55\u793a\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.33%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: top;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u62f1\u5fc3\u77f3-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u62f1\u5fc3\u77f3\u5efa\u7bc9\u88dd\u98fe\u7d30\u7bc0\uff0c1912\u5e74\u91cd\u5efa\u7684\u92fc\u7b4b\u6df7\u51dd\u571f\u53e4\u5178\u5de5\u85dd\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.33%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: top;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u82b1\u8349\u7d0b\u98fe-800x596.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u5916\u7246\u82b1\u8349\u6ce5\u5851\u7d0b\u98fe\uff0c\u65e5\u6cbb\u6642\u671f\u897f\u6d0b\u53e4\u5178\u98a8\u683c\u88dd\u98fe\u85dd\u8853\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.33%; padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background: #ebe5d6; text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 30% 8px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 13px; color: #b8860b; letter-spacing: 0.2em; line-height: 1.5;\">\u2014 ARCHITECTURE<br \/>\nDETAILS \u2014<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #5a5550; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.1em;\">The beauty of a century-old building<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">The second-generation building was<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">one of the most splendid market buildings in all Taiwan<\/strong>at the time. Its style blends Western classical elements of the colonial period and richly repays close attention.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \u7d50\u69cb\u8207\u98a8\u683c \/ \u5546\u5708\u5730\u4f4d\uff08\u7528 table \u53d6\u4ee3 ul\uff09 --><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 24px 0 36px; background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; width: 120px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em; vertical-align: top;\">Structure and style<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\">Built in reinforced concrete, the front entrance is decorated with<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Western classical mouldings of flowers and foliage<\/strong>, beneath<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">a mansard roof with dormer windows<\/strong>. These details made it stand out sharply in the everyday life of the period.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em; vertical-align: top;\">Its standing as a retail district<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\">As commerce flourished, the area around Ximen Market expanded quickly. The most famous addition was the<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">in 1933<\/strong>built around the courtyard fountain on the market&#8217;s eastern side,<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">the Asakusa Arcade<\/strong>. Together with the area around<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Ginza Street<\/strong>(today&#8217;s Zhongzheng Road), it formed the busiest commercial centre in Tainan at the time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">Ximen Market was then the economic and fashionable heart of southern Taiwan, and its prosperity was a microcosm of the modernisation of the whole old city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 32px 0; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 920px; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250904154628-19924a58.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u66fe\u662f\u5357\u53f0\u7063\u6700\u5927\u5e03\u6599\u5e02\u5834\uff0c\u897f\u9580\u5e03\u5e02\u50b3\u7d71\u5e03\u884c\u6797\u7acb\u7684\u6b77\u53f2\u6a23\u8c8c\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ Podcast \u5340\u584a ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background: #1a1a1a; color: #f4f1ea; margin: 56px 0; border: none;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 36px 24px; vertical-align: middle; background: #8b0000; color: #f4f1ea; font-size: 36px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; text-align: center; width: 96px;\">\ud83c\udf99<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 32px; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 13px; color: #d4a574; letter-spacing: 0.4em; text-transform: uppercase; margin: 0 0 8px;\">\u2014 MARKET VOGUE PODCAST \u2014<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0 0 14px; color: #f4f1ea; line-height: 1.5; letter-spacing: 0.04em; border: none; padding: 0;\">EP4 | Can you believe it? This market cost NT$135 million! Inside an aristocrat&#8217;s rebirth<\/h3>\n<p><audio style=\"width: 100%; display: block; margin: 8px 0;\" controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u4e00\u5104\u4e09\u4fee\u5fa9\u53f0\u5357\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u8cb4\u65cf\u91cd\u751f\u6545\u4e8b-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><\/audio><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #d4a574; letter-spacing: 0.05em; margin-top: 8px;\">Running time 7 min 32 sec | History buff A-jie moved to tears vs foodie Xiao-an exclaiming that it is over the top \ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ \u7b2c\u4e8c\u5e55\uff1a\u975c\u9ed8\u8207\u8f49\u8eab ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 64px 0 24px; padding: 0 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.4; border-bottom: 2px solid #1a1a1a;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 15px; color: #b8860b; letter-spacing: 0.3em; margin-right: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;\">\u2014 Act Two<\/span><br \/>\nAct two: silence and the turn<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">After a peak of prosperity, the pace of urban change is often merciless. This fallen aristocrat entered a long silence after the war.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 600; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 36px 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.5; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 4px solid #8b0000;\">2.1 The shocks of the era, and decline<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">Just after the war, an extension was built on the roof of Ximen Market to house the famous<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Blue Sky Ballroom<\/strong>, keeping it in the public eye a while longer. But as the structure of the city changed, a series of blows arrived in succession:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 24px 0 36px; background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; width: 140px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em; vertical-align: top;\">First decisive blow<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\"><strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">The great fire of 1966<\/strong>dealt the market a heavy blow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em; vertical-align: top;\">Second decisive blow<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\">In the 1990s<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">the Hai&#8217;an Road underground street works<\/strong>struck the Zhongzheng retail district.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em; vertical-align: top;\">The final blow<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\">The departure of the wholesale market stripped Ximen Market of its core function as<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">a centre for wholesale ingredients<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">Under these repeated blows the market declined, and its former glory was covered in dust. Even so, its historical and architectural value was eventually recognised: in 2003 Ximen Market was formally designated<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">a Tainan municipal heritage site<\/strong>, a recognition that laid the crucial foundation for its long restoration and revival.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 600; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 36px 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.5; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 4px solid #8b0000;\">2.2 The Ximen fabric arcade: a light that never went out<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">Through the decades in which the main building lay silent, one area never lost its vitality \u2014 the adjoining<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Ximen fabric arcade<\/strong>(formerly the Asakusa Arcade).<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 24px 0;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; padding: 0 6px 0 0; vertical-align: top;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u6dfa\u8349-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u6dfa\u8349\u5546\u5834\u6b77\u53f2\u6a23\u8c8c\uff0c1933\u5e74\u5efa\u9020\u7684\u4e2d\u5ead\u5674\u6c34\u6c60\u5546\u5708\u820a\u666f\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; padding: 0 0 0 6px; vertical-align: top;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u539f\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u5167\u5546\u5bb6-800x476.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u9580\u5e03\u5e02\u50b3\u7d71\u5e03\u6599\u5546\u5bb6\u6524\u4f4d\uff0c\u53f0\u5357\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u6c89\u9ed8\u5e74\u4ee3\u4ecd\u6301\u7e8c\u71df\u904b\u7684\u5eb6\u6c11\u751f\u547d\u529b\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">After the war, the Asakusa Arcade became a hub for fabric, known colloquially as<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">the Ximen fabric market<\/strong>. For decades it remained an important centre for fabric in southern Taiwan, with many traders and tailors still in business. Like an ember that never went out, it quietly kept the market&#8217;s everyday vitality alive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">Across nearly twenty years of restoration planning, the Tainan City Government&#8217;s Cultural Affairs Bureau respected public opinion and finally decided<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">not to demolish the traditional passage of the Ximen fabric market<\/strong>. That decision embodies the highest principle of cultural preservation:<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">restoring not only a building&#8217;s skeleton but allowing cultural memory and everyday life to flourish together.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- pull-quote --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 40px 0; padding: 32px 40px; border-top: 2px solid #b8860b; border-bottom: 2px solid #b8860b; background: rgba(184,134,11,0.05); text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 48px; color: #b8860b; line-height: 0.5; margin: 0 0 18px;\">&#8220;<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.6; letter-spacing: 0.05em; margin: 0; text-align: center;\">Restoring not only a building&#8217;s skeleton,<br \/>\nbut letting cultural memory and everyday life<br \/>\nflourish together.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 13px; color: #b8860b; letter-spacing: 0.3em; margin-top: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;\">\u2014 EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE \u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ \u7b2c\u4e09\u5e55\uff1a\u83ef\u9e97\u91cd\u751f ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 64px 0 24px; padding: 0 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.4; border-bottom: 2px solid #1a1a1a;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 15px; color: #b8860b; letter-spacing: 0.3em; margin-right: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;\">\u2014 Act Three<\/span><br \/>\nAct three: a splendid rebirth<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 32px 0; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 600px; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/J9wPdehhsW9Z-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\u4fee\u5fa9\u5f8c\u7684\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u5167\u90e8\u7a7a\u9593\uff0c\u73fe\u4ee3\u5316\u7a7a\u8abf\u88dd\u6f62\u8207\u767e\u5e74\u53e4\u8e5f\u5efa\u7bc9\u9aa8\u67b6\u5171\u878d\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">After nearly two decades of planning and restoration, at a total cost of more than<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">NT$135 million<\/strong>, Ximen Market has finally completed its renovation and stands as the most beautiful heritage market. This rebirth did not only restore a building: it is a model of balance between historical preservation and modern commercial operation.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 600; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 36px 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.5; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 4px solid #8b0000;\">3.1 Reviving a century of splendour with modern function<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 24px 0;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; padding: 0 6px 0 0; vertical-align: top;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u5916\u591c\u665a\u5e02\u96c6.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u5916\u591c\u665a\u5e02\u96c6\u6d3b\u52d5\u73fe\u5834\uff0c\u4e0b\u6c89\u5f0f\u5ee3\u5834\u97f3\u6a02\u6f14\u51fa\u8207\u8857\u982d\u85dd\u4eba\u8868\u6f14\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; padding: 0 0 0 6px; vertical-align: top;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u5916\u591c\u665a-800x603.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u591c\u665a\u5916\u89c0\u71c8\u5149\uff0c\u4fee\u5fa9\u5f8c\u767d\u8272\u7cfb\u53e4\u8e5f\u5efa\u7bc9\u591c\u9593\u7167\u660e\u5168\u666f\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">The restored Ximen Market brings back the architectural character of the colonial period while incorporating contemporary design, achieving three key rebirths:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 24px 0 36px; background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; width: 140px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em; vertical-align: top;\">Reviving a century of splendour<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\">It successfully restored the<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">French mansard roof, dormer windows and curved gable<\/strong>, faithfully recreating the appearance of what was then the most splendid market in Taiwan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em; vertical-align: top;\">A new experience<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\">Inside there are<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">entirely new fittings and comfortable air conditioning<\/strong>, along with improved ventilation, public toilets, flooring and drainage. Mobile payment and<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">delivery platforms<\/strong>have also been introduced.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em; vertical-align: top;\">Markets and performance<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\">The market square uses a<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">sunken design<\/strong>, combined with<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">weekend markets, musical performances and street artists<\/strong>, making the market a new focal point for exchange and cultural experience.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin: 32px 0; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 920px; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u99ac\u85a9\u5f0f\u5c4b\u9802\u725b\u773c\u7a97\u8001\u864e\u7a97-800x477.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u4fee\u5fa9\u5f8c\u99ac\u85a9\u5f0f\u5c4b\u9802\u725b\u773c\u7a97\u8207\u8001\u864e\u7a97\uff0c\u91cd\u73fe1912\u5e74\u65e5\u6cbb\u6642\u671f\u5efa\u7bc9\u539f\u8c8c\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 600; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 36px 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.5; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 4px solid #8b0000;\">3.2 A varied mix: design, food and the fabric trade flourishing together<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">The reborn Ximen Market is no longer simply a food market but has become<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">a diverse and inclusive creative quarter<\/strong>. Within the heritage building itself there are<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">more than 100 stalls<\/strong>, comprising 66 for design and textiles, 20 for light refreshments, and 23 for cooked food and general goods.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \u7126\u9ede\u5340\u584a\uff1a\u53f0\u5357\u751c\u7684\u50b3\u627f\u8207\u6f6e\u6d41 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #ebe5d6; padding: 36px 40px; margin: 36px 0; border-left: 4px solid #b8860b; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 13px; color: #b8860b; letter-spacing: 0.3em; text-transform: uppercase; margin: 0 0 8px;\">\u2014 Focus 01 \u2014<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; color: #8b0000; margin: 0 0 20px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.5;\">\ud83c\udf70 Tainan sweetness: inheritance and trend<\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; width: 130px; background: #f4f1ea; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; vertical-align: top;\">Carrying on the old flavours<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\">With eighty years behind it,<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Yonghexiang Bakery<\/strong>specialises in traditional cakes such as red tortoise cakes, egg yolk pastries and pengbing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #f4f1ea; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; vertical-align: top;\">The giant talking point<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\"><strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Baizhen Bakery<\/strong>is famous for cream puffs<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">the size of your palm<\/strong>, richly old-fashioned in flavour.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #f4f1ea; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; vertical-align: top;\">A frenzy for the palate<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\"><strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">BB.BABE Korean bakery<\/strong>is known for breads whose filling comes out like a waterfall.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #f4f1ea; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; vertical-align: top;\">The drink of the moment<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\">The well-known tea brand<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Dengchu Daicha<\/strong>builds its drinks on Taiwanese high-mountain tea with cheese or whisky.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 20px; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #f4f1ea; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; vertical-align: top;\">Local and limited<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 20px; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\"><strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Senshan Fruit Room<\/strong>sells Japanese-style candied apples and seasonal candied fruit skewers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 32px 0; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 920px; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u5167-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u5167\u90e8\u6587\u5275\u6524\u4f4d\u8207\u7f8e\u98df\u5340\u5168\u666f\uff0c\u73fe\u4ee3\u5546\u696d\u8207\u767e\u5e74\u53e4\u8e5f\u7a7a\u9593\u5171\u878d\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">The market has brought in many new-generation<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">design brands and curated goods<\/strong>, so an old market can now be browsed with real style. More importantly, on the Guohua Street Section 3 side the<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">the Ximen fabric market<\/strong>passage remains, and many fabric traders and tailors continue to trade, so while browsing design shops you can also feel<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">the vitality of the traditional fabric trade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ \u7b2c\u56db\u5e55\uff1a\u5e74\u8f15\u4e16\u4ee3\u653b\u7565 ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 64px 0 24px; padding: 0 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.4; border-bottom: 2px solid #1a1a1a;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 15px; color: #b8860b; letter-spacing: 0.3em; margin-right: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;\">\u2014 Act Four<\/span><br \/>\nAct four: a guide for the younger generation<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 600; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 36px 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.5; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 4px solid #8b0000;\">How the Instagram generation should do Ximen Market<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">If this is your first time in Tainan and you belong to the generation that checks social media before anything else, Ximen Market is exactly the kind of place that will<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">hold your phone&#8217;s attention for an extra 30 minutes<\/strong>. It is nothing like the market you are picturing: every column, every dormer window, even the stall selling giant cream puffs carries its own<em style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; color: #b8860b;\">urge to make you press the shutter.<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 600; color: #8b0000; margin: 36px 0 14px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; line-height: 1.5;\">\u25c6 Timing: two golden windows<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">Ximen Market has<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">two golden windows for photographs<\/strong>, and the difference between them is considerable:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">The first is<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">10:00\u201311:30 in the morning<\/strong>. At this hour the sun slants in through the dormer windows of the mansard roof and casts soft pools of light on the white vaulted ceiling \u2014 the loveliest moment for photographing the building. The stalls have not long opened and the crowds are still thin, so you can walk a full circuit at leisure and pick up a few pengbing at Yonghexiang as a gift.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">The second is<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">17:30\u201319:00 in the evening<\/strong>. Now the exterior lighting comes on and the whole white monument turns momentarily into<em style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; color: #b8860b;\">the Louvre of the old city<\/em>, and with market music and street performers in the sunken square the mood can make you think you are in Europe. At weekends you may catch a musical performance too \u2014 a very photogenic slot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">The slot we recommend least is<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">12:30\u201314:00 at midday<\/strong>, when crowds, delivery riders and photography groups all pile in, the flow becomes chaotic, and your photographs will capture the back of someone&#8217;s head.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 600; color: #8b0000; margin: 36px 0 14px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; line-height: 1.5;\">\u25c6 Composition: four angles you must take<\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 24px 0 36px; background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; width: 140px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em; vertical-align: top;\">The full facade<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\">Step back across the road and fit<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">the mansard roof and the moulded Ximen Market lettering<\/strong>into one frame. We suggest a 0.5x wide angle to capture the full symmetry of the curved gable.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em; vertical-align: top;\">Looking up along the interior aisle<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\">Stand where the L-shaped aisles meet and tilt the camera<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">up at 45 degrees<\/strong>to catch the vaulted ceiling and both rows of stalls at once. It is loveliest when light pours through the dormer windows.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em; vertical-align: top;\">A close-up of the mouldings<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\">The<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">abalone medallions and floral mouldings<\/strong>on the front entrance are the essence of colonial-era craft. Shoot close up in portrait mode and the blurred background gives a superb texture.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em; vertical-align: top;\">The sunken square<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 22px; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.85;\">Walk down into the courtyard<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">The sunken square<\/strong>and shoot upwards to get the whole complex in. In the evening, with a market on, it is especially cinematic.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 600; color: #8b0000; margin: 36px 0 14px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; line-height: 1.5;\">\u25c6 Food: the truth about the Baizhen cream puff<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">The conclusion first:<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Baizhen Bakery&#8217;s giant cream puff really is the size of your palm<\/strong>. That is not marketing, it is fact. First-timers usually gasp; second-timers learn the lesson that one puff is right for two people. The filling is an old-fashioned custard cream, not too sweet, and the crisp shell has real layers. It is one of those rare cases of<em style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; color: #b8860b;\">looking extravagant on Instagram and eating very honestly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">As for BB.BABE&#8217;s Korean bread, the waterfall of filling really does pour out \u2014 so once you have bought one, be sure to<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">photograph it immediately and eat it immediately<\/strong>, or five minutes later it will be a disaster in your paper bag.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">If you want a photograph with a contemporary old-city mood, the combination the editorial team recommends most is<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Dengchu Daicha&#8217;s high-mountain tea whisky<\/strong>(amber liquid in a clear cup against a white heritage backdrop). That single photograph will lift your Tainan stories a whole level.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 600; color: #8b0000; margin: 36px 0 14px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; line-height: 1.5;\">\u25c6 Budget: a perfect day for NT$800<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">The good thing about Ximen Market is that<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">entry is free<\/strong>, so the whole budget goes on eating and drinking. We suggest: cream puff NT$80, Korean bread NT$80, tea NT$100, traditional cakes at Yonghexiang NT$150, Senshan candied fruit NT$100, and gifts such as pengbing or handmade pieces NT$300 \u2014 roughly<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">NT$800 per person<\/strong>, enough to eat from morning to evening and pick up all your Tainan gifts.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 600; color: #8b0000; margin: 36px 0 14px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; line-height: 1.5;\">\u25c6 What to wear: choosing colours that talk to the building<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">This matters for anyone who enjoys Instagram: the restored Ximen Market is built around<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">a fresh white palette<\/strong>, so getting your colours right will lift a photograph a whole level. In our own tests the most photogenic were<em style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; color: #b8860b;\">off-white, milk tea, pale khaki and light blue<\/em>\u2014 soft tones that merge with the white architecture and give photographs a cinematic quality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">Least advisable are fluorescent colours or large areas of black: the former jump too hard against a white background, the latter swallow the layers of light. If you want a retro mood, try<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">deep wine red, dark green or burgundy<\/strong>, which against the French lines of the mansard roof create the illusion of browsing a market in Paris.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 600; color: #8b0000; margin: 36px 0 14px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; line-height: 1.5;\">\u25c6 Route: the smartest way to dodge the tour groups<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">Many people do not know that Ximen Market has<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">an L-shaped circulation<\/strong>, with the main entrance on Ximen Road. In fact entering from the Youai Street side is quieter and more relaxed. The reason is simple: coach parties always stop at the main entrance, so walking against them lets you avoid the crowds of large groups.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">Another advanced tip:<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">do the exterior first, then the interior<\/strong>. Many people head straight for the cream puff stall on arrival, which crowds the inner aisles while the exterior goes unphotographed. Reverse it: photograph the building and facade outside first, then go in and enjoy the food. By the time you come out the crowd may have thinned, letting you add a few clean interior shots.<\/p>\n<p><!-- pull-quote --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 40px 0; padding: 32px 40px; border-top: 2px solid #b8860b; border-bottom: 2px solid #b8860b; background: rgba(184,134,11,0.05); text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 48px; color: #b8860b; line-height: 0.5; margin: 0 0 18px;\">&#8220;<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.6; letter-spacing: 0.05em; margin: 0; text-align: center;\">At Ximen Market,<br \/>\nevery photograph you take<br \/>\nis a shutter across a hundred years.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 13px; color: #b8860b; letter-spacing: 0.3em; margin-top: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;\">\u2014 EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE \u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ \u7b2c\u4e94\u5e55\uff1a\u6563\u6b65\u8def\u7dda\u6642\u9593\u8868 ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 64px 0 24px; padding: 0 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.4; border-bottom: 2px solid #1a1a1a;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 15px; color: #b8860b; letter-spacing: 0.3em; margin-right: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;\">\u2014 Act Five<\/span><br \/>\nAct five: a walking route<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 600; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 36px 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.5; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 4px solid #8b0000;\">From 3 Door, covering the most splendid half-day in the old city<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">The<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Ximen Market walking route<\/strong>the editorial team recommends most is arranged like this \u2014 its core logic is<em style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; color: #b8860b;\">see the architecture in the morning, eat design-led food at midday, browse the fabric market in the afternoon and watch the night view in the evening<\/em>, and the whole route is under 5 km on foot:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 24px 0 36px; background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; width: 100px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em;\">09:30<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.7;\">Set out from 3 Door Hotel along Chenggong Road and Zhongyi Road heading south, taking in the atmosphere of old Tainan as you go<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em;\">10:00<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.7;\">On arrival at Ximen Market, walk a circuit outside first for the facade and close-ups of the mouldings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em;\">10:30<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.7;\">Go inside and start at Yonghexiang Bakery with a pengbing to warm the stomach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em;\">11:00<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.7;\">Photograph the Baizhen giant cream puff, then find a seat in the sunken square to eat it<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em;\">11:30<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.7;\">BB.BABE Korean bread plus Dengchu Daicha high-mountain tea completes the trio of design-led food<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em;\">12:30<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.7;\">Walk into the Ximen fabric market and feel the everyday vitality and the warmth of time in the fabric patterns<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em;\">13:30<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.7;\">Head five minutes north from Ximen Market to Guohua Street and Yongle Market for lunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em;\">15:00<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.7;\">Continue to the old street of Shennong Street and rest in a cafe for the afternoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em;\">17:00<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebe5d6; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.7;\">Return to 3 Door Hotel to rest a while and change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #8b0000; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.1em;\">18:30<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 14px 22px; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.7;\">Visit Ximen Market again for the night view; at weekends you can join the market in the sunken square<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">The essence of this route is that<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">the same place has two completely different characters by day and by night<\/strong>. By day it is an elegant heritage museum; in the evening a lively creative market \u2014 going twice in one day is the best value of all.<\/p>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ \u4e3b\u7de8\u79c1\u623f\u7b46\u8a18 ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 64px 0; padding: 48px 40px; background: #1a1a1a; color: #f4f1ea; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; background: #b8860b; color: #1a1a1a; padding: 8px 20px; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.2em; margin: 0 0 24px;\">Editor&#8217;s notes<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"border: none; color: #f4f1ea; margin: 8px 0 28px; padding: 0; font-size: 26px; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 14px; color: #d4a574; letter-spacing: 0.3em; margin-right: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;\">\u2014 Editor&#8217;s Field Notes<\/span><br \/>\nThe editor&#8217;s private notes<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 0; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgba(244,241,234,0.18); width: 64px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 28px; color: #d4a574; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2;\">01<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 0; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgba(244,241,234,0.18);\">\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600; color: #d4a574; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">History first, food second<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; color: #f4f1ea; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.85;\">On a first visit, spend fifteen minutes walking the exterior and look closely at those<strong style=\"color: #d4a574;\">floral mouldings, abalone medallions and the mansard roof<\/strong>. Once you understand the story behind the building, the cream puff in your mouth gains another layer of meaning: you are eating not only a dessert but an era of splendid return.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 0; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgba(244,241,234,0.18); width: 64px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 28px; color: #d4a574; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2;\">02<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 0; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgba(244,241,234,0.18);\">\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600; color: #d4a574; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">The fabric market is the hidden attraction<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; color: #f4f1ea; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.85;\">Most visitors browse the design area and leave, but<strong style=\"color: #d4a574;\">the true soul of Ximen Market is that passage through the fabric market<\/strong>. Step through the arch and you will see owners pricing bolts of patterned cloth on an abacus and tailors bent over sewing machines \u2014 the Tainan that Google reviews will not tell you about.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 0; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgba(244,241,234,0.18); width: 64px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 28px; color: #d4a574; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2;\">03<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 0; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgba(244,241,234,0.18);\">\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600; color: #d4a574; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Yonghexiang&#8217;s pengbing is a key to the Tainan palate<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; color: #f4f1ea; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.85;\"><strong style=\"color: #d4a574;\">Yonghexiang Bakery, eighty years old,<\/strong>is one of the market&#8217;s oldest shops. Its pengbing has a crisp shell, a hollow centre and rich molasses \u2014 a flavour only Tainan&#8217;s older generation recognises. A box taken home carries more story than any pineapple cake.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 0; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgba(244,241,234,0.18); width: 64px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 28px; color: #d4a574; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2;\">04<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 0; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgba(244,241,234,0.18);\">\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600; color: #d4a574; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Weekends are the main event<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; color: #f4f1ea; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.85;\">If you can choose your date,<strong style=\"color: #d4a574;\">please choose a weekend<\/strong>. The sunken square hosts markets, music and street performers at weekends, and the atmosphere of heritage plus music plus market is nothing like a weekday. We suggest arriving 30 minutes early for a good spot.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 0; vertical-align: top; width: 64px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 28px; color: #d4a574; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2;\">05<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 18px 0; vertical-align: top;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600; color: #d4a574; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Where you stay decides how deeply you experience it<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; color: #f4f1ea; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.85;\"><strong style=\"color: #d4a574;\">3 Door Hotel is a 15-minute walk from Ximen Market<\/strong>\u2014 a distance that lets you browse by day, return to the hotel in the evening to rest and go back out for night photographs, with no need to call a car at all. Within the same 15-minute radius are Guohua Street, Shennong Street, Yongle Market and the Confucius Temple district, making it one of the few options on any<strong style=\"color: #d4a574;\">Where to stay in Tainan<\/strong>list that unlocks the whole West Central District from a single point.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ \u53f0\u5357\u4f4f\u5bbf\u63a8\u85a6\u6a6b\u5e45 ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 64px 0; background: #ebe5d6; border: 1px solid #b8860b;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 36px 40px; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 13px; color: #b8860b; letter-spacing: 0.4em; text-transform: uppercase; margin: 0 0 12px;\">\u2014 TAINAN STAY RECOMMENDATION \u2014<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0 0 12px; border: none; padding: 0; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Where to stay in Tainan | an old-city base within walking distance of Ximen Market<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #5a5550; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0;\">3 Door Hotel stands at No. 77 Chenggong Road, a 15-minute walk from Ximen Market and linked to Guohua Street, Shennong Street, Shuixian Temple Market and the Confucius Temple district \u2014 the best position for<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">setting down your bags and walking straight into a century<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 36px 40px; vertical-align: middle; text-align: right; width: 200px;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 14px 26px; background: #8b0000; color: #f4f1ea; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.15em;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.ezhotel.com.tw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book a room now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ FAQ \u5340\u584a ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 80px 0;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0 0 48px;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.4em; color: #b8860b; text-transform: uppercase; margin: 0 0 8px;\">\u2014 Frequently Asked Questions \u2014<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0; border: none; padding: 0; letter-spacing: 0.08em;\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Q1 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 28px; background: #1a1a1a; color: #f4f1ea; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 1.6;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 28px; height: 28px; background: #8b0000; color: #f4f1ea; text-align: center; line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 14px; margin-right: 14px; vertical-align: middle;\">Q<\/span><br \/>\nWhere is Ximen Market (Dacaishi), and when did it reopen?<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 22px 28px; background: #ebe5d6;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 28px; height: 28px; background: #b8860b; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: center; line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 14px; margin-right: 14px; vertical-align: top;\">A<\/span><br \/>\nXimen Market lies around<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Ximen Road Section 2 and Youai Street<\/strong>in the West Central District of Tainan, about a 15-minute walk from 3 Door Hotel. Restored at a cost of more than<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">NT$135 million<\/strong>, it reopened recently and is the most talked-about heritage and design destination in Tainan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Q2 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 28px; background: #1a1a1a; color: #f4f1ea; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 1.6;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 28px; height: 28px; background: #8b0000; color: #f4f1ea; text-align: center; line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 14px; margin-right: 14px; vertical-align: middle;\">Q<\/span><br \/>\nWhy is it called Dacaishi, and how does it differ from an ordinary market?<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 22px 28px; background: #ebe5d6;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 28px; height: 28px; background: #b8860b; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: center; line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 14px; margin-right: 14px; vertical-align: top;\">A<\/span><br \/>\nXimen Market was founded in<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">1905<\/strong>as the first publicly built market in the old city of Tainan and the largest modern market in southern Taiwan at the time, which earned it the name Dacaishi. After restoration it has become a<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">diverse creative quarter bringing together design, food and the traditional fabric trade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Q3 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 28px; background: #1a1a1a; color: #f4f1ea; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 1.6;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 28px; height: 28px; background: #8b0000; color: #f4f1ea; text-align: center; line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 14px; margin-right: 14px; vertical-align: middle;\">Q<\/span><br \/>\nWhich shops are essential at Ximen Market?<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 22px 28px; background: #ebe5d6;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 28px; height: 28px; background: #b8860b; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: center; line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 14px; margin-right: 14px; vertical-align: top;\">A<\/span><br \/>\nThe essential stops include the eighty-year-old<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Yonghexiang Bakery<\/strong>, the giant cream puffs of<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Baizhen Bakery<\/strong>, the Korean bakery<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">BB.BABE<\/strong>, the tea brand<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Dengchu Daicha<\/strong>, and the Japanese-style candied fruit of<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Senshan Fruit Room<\/strong>. The Ximen fabric passage also remains, with fabric traders and tailors still in business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Q4 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 28px; background: #1a1a1a; color: #f4f1ea; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 1.6;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 28px; height: 28px; background: #8b0000; color: #f4f1ea; text-align: center; line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 14px; margin-right: 14px; vertical-align: middle;\">Q<\/span><br \/>\nWhat distinguishes the architecture, and why is it called the most beautiful heritage market?<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 22px 28px; background: #ebe5d6;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 28px; height: 28px; background: #b8860b; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: center; line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 14px; margin-right: 14px; vertical-align: top;\">A<\/span><br \/>\nXimen Market has<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">a French mansard roof, dormer windows and a curved gable<\/strong>, along with finely moulded flowers, foliage and abalone medallions, making it one of the most splendid market buildings in Taiwan at the time. Restored in<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">a fresh white palette<\/strong>as its main palette, it looks especially elegant in the light, which earned it the name of Tainan&#8217;s most beautiful heritage market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Q5 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0; background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 28px; background: #1a1a1a; color: #f4f1ea; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 1.6;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 28px; height: 28px; background: #8b0000; color: #f4f1ea; text-align: center; line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 14px; margin-right: 14px; vertical-align: middle;\">Q<\/span><br \/>\nHow do I get to Ximen Market from 3 Door Hotel, and what else is nearby?<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 22px 28px; background: #ebe5d6;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 28px; height: 28px; background: #b8860b; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: center; line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 14px; margin-right: 14px; vertical-align: top;\">A<\/span><br \/>\nIt is about a<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">15-minute<\/strong>walk from 3 Door Hotel at No. 77 Chenggong Road. Afterwards you can continue to<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Yongle Market, Shennong Street or Shuixian Temple Market<\/strong>, linking up the richest golden living circle route in Tainan&#8217;s West Central District.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ \u7d50\u8a9e\uff1a\u6642\u5149\u6d41\u8f49\uff0c\u8a18\u61b6\u6c38\u5b58 ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 64px 0 24px; padding: 0 0 18px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.4; border-bottom: 2px solid #1a1a1a;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 15px; color: #b8860b; letter-spacing: 0.3em; margin-right: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;\">\u2014 Epilogue<\/span><br \/>\nIn closing: time turns, memory remains<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">A century at Ximen Market is a complete history book of Tainan&#8217;s development, condensed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">From the largest wholesale centre for ingredients in southern Taiwan during the colonial period, to the Dacaishi that carried everyday memory after the war, to today&#8217;s most beautiful heritage market combining history and design, it has borne witness to how Tainan held fast to its own cultural grain through the tide of modernisation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\">The reopening of Ximen Market links Guohua Street, Zhengxing Street and Hai&#8217;an Road into an indispensable<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">golden living circle<\/strong>.<strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">Where to stay in Tainan<\/strong>and hope to travel deeply, Ximen Market is without question the essential new destination for understanding Tainan&#8217;s history, tasting its food and feeling its creative atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.95; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"color: #8b0000;\">On your next trip to Tainan, are you ready to keep an appointment a hundred years in the making at Ximen Market?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \u7d50\u8a9e CTA --><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 48px 0;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 16px 36px; background: #b8860b; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.2em;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.ezhotel.com.tw\/\">From a splendid century-long return, back to the most comfortable place to rest \u2192 see our rooms<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u8cc7\u8a0a\u5716\u8868 --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 32px 0; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 920px; height: auto; display: block; margin: 0 auto; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\" src=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u8cc7\u6599\u5716\u8868-800x447.png\" alt=\"\u897f\u5e02\u5834\u6b77\u53f2\u5e74\u8868\u8207\u5efa\u7bc9\u8cc7\u6599\u8cc7\u8a0a\u5716\u8868\uff0c\u53f0\u5357\u5927\u83dc\u5e02\u767e\u5e74\u767c\u5c55\u8108\u7d61\u6574\u7406\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ \u4e0b\u671f\u9810\u544a ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 64px 0; padding: 36px 40px; background: rgba(139,0,0,0.04); border: 1px dashed #8b0000; text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 13px; color: #8b0000; letter-spacing: 0.4em; text-transform: uppercase; margin: 0 0 12px;\">\u2014 NEXT ISSUE PREVIEW \u2014<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"border: none; padding: 0; font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0 0 10px; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Market Vogue Vol.5 | Yamuliao Market: a philosophy of time over charcoal<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; color: #5a5550; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.8;\">Next time we walk into Tainan&#8217;s warmest traditional market, Yamuliao, to see how charcoal has kept burning for sixty years in this old market long after it vanished from modern kitchens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ \u7cfb\u5217\u5ef6\u4f38\u95b1\u8b80 ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 64px 0; padding: 40px 0; border-top: 1px solid #d8cfb8; border-bottom: 1px solid #d8cfb8; text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.4em; color: #b8860b; margin: 0 0 24px; text-transform: uppercase;\">\u2014 Read More From The Series \u2014<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Serif TC',serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0 0 28px; border: none; padding: 0; color: #1a1a1a;\">\ud83d\udcd6 The complete 3 Door Market Walk series<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; line-height: 2.6;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 8px 14px; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; background: #ffffff; margin: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/tag\/market-vogue-en\/\">\ud83d\udcd6 Series overview<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 8px 14px; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; background: #ffffff; margin: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/tainan-market-walk\/\">\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f Walking guide<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 8px 14px; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; background: #ffffff; margin: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-ep1-east-market\/\">EP1 Dongcai<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 8px 14px; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; background: #ffffff; margin: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-ep2-shueixian-gong\/\">EP2 Shuixian Temple<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 8px 14px; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; background: #ffffff; margin: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/yongle-market-walk\/\">EP3 Yongle Market<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 8px 14px; border: 1px solid #b8860b; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; background: #b8860b; font-weight: bold; margin: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/tainan-west-market\/\">EP4 Ximen Market<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 8px 14px; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; background: #ffffff; margin: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/yamuliao-market-charcoal-fire-time\/\">EP5 Yamuliao<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 8px 14px; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; background: #ffffff; margin: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-extra-ep1-breakfast-war\/\">Side I: breakfast wars<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 8px 14px; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; background: #ffffff; margin: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-extra-ep2\/\">Side II: alchemy of sweetness<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 8px 14px; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; background: #ffffff; margin: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-extra-ep3\/\">Side III: getting distracted<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 8px 14px; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; background: #ffffff; margin: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-ep4-soundscape\/\">Side IV: soundscape<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 8px 14px; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8; color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; background: #ffffff; margin: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/3doorhotel.com.tw\/en\/market-vogue-ep5-taste-spectrum\/\">Side V: spectrum of taste<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ============================================================ Tag \u96f2 ============================================================ --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 40px 0; text-align: center; line-height: 2.4;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; margin: 4px 6px; padding: 6px 16px; background: #b8860b; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; border: 1px solid #b8860b; font-weight: bold;\">#WhereToStayInTainan<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"display: inline-block; margin: 4px 6px; padding: 4px 14px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #5a5550; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\">#XimenMarket<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"display: inline-block; margin: 4px 6px; padding: 4px 14px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #5a5550; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\">#Dacaishi<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"display: inline-block; margin: 4px 6px; padding: 4px 14px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #5a5550; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; border: 1px solid #d8cfb8;\">#TainanHeritage<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"display: inline-block; margin: 4px 6px; padding: 4px 14px; background: #ebe5d6; color: #5a5550; font-family: 'Noto Sans TC',sans-serif; 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