Zhongping Road Story House Introduction
Zhongping Road Story Museum is hidden within the bustling Zhongping Commercial District. Originally serving as a Japanese civil servant dormitory, the building contains original materials from the Japanese colonial period, including tiles, window grilles, sliding doors, and beams, which reflect the living conditions of local residents during that time. The building was registered as a historical site in 2010 and was restored by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Taoyuan City Government. It now combines art exhibitions, cultural experiences, and creative products while providing guided tours for groups, allowing visitors to glimpse the life in Zhongli from the Japanese occupation to the agricultural era. The Zhongping Road Story Museum is a historically rich Japanese-style duplex building, constructed in 1930. It was originally a duplex dormitory for Japanese civil servants, occupying an area of over 30 ping. It was inhabited by Mr. Wang Guozhi, the former director of the Mountain District Department, and Mr. Liao Yunquan from the Education Bureau, with both families living there for nearly half a century, infusing the house with deep familial connections and historical memories. The most precious value of the old house lies in the preservation of culture. After the original residents moved out in 2007, it was designated as a historical building in 2010. To revitalize the space, the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Taoyuan City Government began renovations in 2013, taking nearly two years until it reopened in May 2015 under its new name "Zhongping Road Story Museum." The museum preserves the elegance of the past through various exhibits, including a preserved kitchen with a large stove, coal balls in the cellar, memories of common household life with pigs in the backyard, and a corner showcasing watermelons cooled in a well, along with traditional Japanese-style tatami arrangements, evoking warm memories of those bygone times. Zhongping Road Story Museum not only leads visitors to understand the cultural landscape of the old house through its story corners but also deeply engages them with regular exhibitions of old photographs, relics from past eras, creative culture zones, art exhibitions, urban lectures, and Hakka cultural experiences throughout every corner of the museum, allowing visitors to listen to the memories of the old house. Visiting Zhongping Road Story Museum, in the atmosphere of historical relics, inspires visitors to appreciate the past, while reminiscing about the stories of the old house. Visitors are also welcomed to share their own stories to be treasured by the old house, helping to complete the puzzle of stories from those times.
