Jingtong Old Street Introduction
The most vibrant old street in Jing Tong is located at the exit of Jing Tong Station. In addition to being a Japanese wooden station, the area features the "Jing Tong Electronic Sky Lantern Museum," the only sky lantern-shaped building in the world that combines the sky lantern culture of Pingxi with local landscapes and skylines, standing at the end of Jing Tong Old Street like a sky lantern offering blessings. Along the old street, there are many wishing bamboo tubes and the "Railway Story Museum," a must-visit for railway enthusiasts, which sells wooden postcards where you can write blessings and stamp them with unique seals provided by the shop as a souvenir! In the past, the Pingxi area thrived due to coal mining; although the mines have all ceased operations now, the Jing Tong Mining Life Museum, remodeled from the TRA employee dormitories, showcases the development history of the Jing Tong mining industry. For food, you can experience the local specialty lunchboxes that early miners used (packaged in stainless steel boxes), as well as Taiwanese homestyle dishes like deep-fried pork wrapped in tofu skin and enjoy some coal coffee.
