Lingtan Street Innovation Base Introduction
Come to the market on weekends to enjoy coffee, listen to lectures, and learn cooking! Walking along Lingtan Street, near Longtan Lake, colorful lanterns printed with the landscape of Longtan hang high, and the air is filled with the aroma of freshly baked cakes. Occasionally, cheerful music can be heard, making it hard to imagine that this was once the abandoned Longtan Old First Market food street for 14 years! In 2016, several local young people from the 70s and 80s, aiming to promote local culture in Longtan, held the "Hard Neck Market," which combined cultural and creative stalls with artistic performances, sparking high discussions at the time and thus leading to the establishment of the Creative Base. In 2017, the Creative Base chose to settle in the past bustling area of Longtan - the First Market, and named it after the old name of Longtan - Lingtan. It gathered 20 local cultural and creative brands, injecting unprecedented cultural energy into Longtan. Currently, the number of shops has nearly reached 50, with a rich variety including art studios, dried flowers, small farm products, picture book story houses, desserts, and light meals, making cultural creativity not just an abstract design but a way to bring life closer to beauty. Lingtan Street, just a few hundred meters long, presents a wonderful combination of old and new everywhere; a salty fish and egg cake, apple salmon gua bao, with familiar yet surprising flavors; there’s also an erhu class where people of all ages can easily enjoy traditional music! If you want to know how to create traditional Hakka flavors, cooking classes are open for registration here! The bustling scenes of the past market are captured on hand-painted postcards. Push open the vintage-style wooden door and savor a cup of hand-brewed single-origin coffee. Taoyuan Fort Story House is the best interactive space for parents and children, allowing them to learn about the past and present of the old town through picture books and hands-on experiences. Start your exploration journey and discover the surprises during Lingtan Street's transformation.
