Diaojiaolou Introduction
Shiding Dong Street, also known as "Stilt Houses," is part of Shiding Old Street and is currently one of the few remaining "Invisible Sky Streets" in Taiwan. If you carefully observe the houses here, you'll notice that they all rely on the strength of pillars, allowing the houses to be suspended above the riverbed, which is a very unique architectural feature. In the past, people in mountainous areas sometimes had to build part of their structures suspended in the air to have their houses in ideal locations. Therefore, the houses along the riverside on Shiding Dong Street are supported by pillars, a practice that has been preserved since the Japanese colonial era, creating a distinctive architectural style. This unique stilt house construction was developed by residents to address the limited land area. However, don't be misled into thinking that such a house structure is unreliable; these stilt houses have stood here for decades, and time has proven their stability!
