Diaojiao Tower Introduction
Shiding East Street, also known as "Diaojiao Building" and Shiding Old Street, is currently one of the few remaining "Wujiantian Street" in Taiwan. If you closely observe the houses here, you will notice that all the buildings rely on the strength of columns, allowing them to be suspended above the riverbed, which is a very unique architectural feature. In the past, in the mountainous areas, people sometimes had to support part of their buildings in mid-air to construct in ideal locations, so the houses on the riverside of Shiding East Street are supported by columns. Retained since the Japanese colonial period, they have become a distinctive architectural style. This unique Diaojiao Building form was developed by the residents to solve the problem of limited land area. However, do not think that this kind of house structure is unreliable, as the Diaojiao Buildings have stood for decades, and time has proven that they are indeed quite stable!
