Jingtong Old Street Introduction
The most vibrant old street in Jingtong is located at the exit of Jingtong Station. Besides being a Japanese wooden station itself, the area features the world's only sky lantern-shaped building, the "Jingtong Electronic Sky Lantern Museum," which incorporates the unique characteristics of Pingxi's sky lantern culture into the local landscape and skyline, standing like a blessing lantern at the end of Jingtong Old Street, softly glowing and offering blessings to Pingxi! Next to the old street, there are many wish bamboo tubes and the "Railway Story Museum," which is a must-visit for railway enthusiasts. It sells wooden postcards, where you can write your blessings and stamp it with unique stamps provided by the store as a souvenir! In the past, the Pingxi area thrived due to coal mining; although the mines have since ceased operations, there is still the Jingtong Mining Life Museum, renovated from the former Taiwan Railways employee dormitory, showcasing the complete history of Jingtong's mining development. In terms of cuisine, you can experience the special bento meals (packaged in stainless steel boxes) that early local miners ate, as well as Taiwanese home-style dishes like pork rolls wrapped in tofu skin and fried, and enjoy charcoal coffee.
