Eat good chicken / market interest, enter Xinfu / East Sanshui Street Market

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There is an archway at the intersection of Kangding Road and Sanshui Street in Wanhua District with heavy traffic, which says "Xinfu Market" and "East Sanshui Street Market" at the same time. In the traditional street market within about 150 meters, there are two markets coexisting. What on earth is this all about?

To put it simply, East Sanshui Street sells agricultural products and food, and daily fresh circulation of the fast pace of market transactions; Xinfu Culture Market does not sell things, but lays out the slow atmosphere of market labourers / space / memory. The "East Sanshui Street Market" is still a living traditional market. The "Xinfu Cultural Market" has become a designated historic site in Taipei and has been transformed into a space for art shows and food education. The two markets have their own roles reflecting each other, creating the interest of another market combination.

Young people dressed up in cosplay, they appear in the market.

Under the accident and coincidence of history, the rise of the publicly-owned new rich market brought about the gathering of mobile vendors in East Sanshui Street, but after the mobile vendors became a legitimate market, the new rich market disappeared. now, when East Sanshui Street, the traditional market, is getting tired due to changes in people's consumption habits, the new rich-town cultural market of transformation and regeneration has injected a new vitality into the East Sanshui Street market.

The living market is the best museum and gallery. In the interactive dialogue between the two markets, we can clearly see the connection between the traditional market and the daily market, and see the momentum of social and artistic intervention, which also makes us have more imagination and expectations for the future of the traditional market.

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