Hongya Book House Introduction
Hongya Bookstore is located near the Beimen Station of the Alishan Forest Railway. The bookstore features sections on indigenous peoples, environmental ecology, Pingpu peoples, Taiwanese literature, cultural reflections, the history of the Japanese colonial period, as well as cats and book browsing. Every Wednesday, Hongya Bookstore hosts lectures without interruption. The owner uses the bookstore as a base to engage in various cultural heritage preservation efforts in the Chiayi region, such as the Taiwan Library and the Yushan Hostel, and mobilizes civic participation in environmental and cultural issues through demonstrations. Hongya claims to be the most active social movement bookstore south of the Zhuoshui River, in fact, it is an independent bookstore closely tied to social movements across Taiwan.
