Mingyi Old Street Introduction
Ming Yi Old Street is located outside the North Gate of Jinmen City and has a history of over four hundred years. It is known as the oldest street in Jinmen, with small street houses lined up on both sides. Originally, there were barriers at the entrances on all four sides of the street. In the past, Ming Yi Old Street was a bustling market in Jinmen City, and locals referred to it as "Vegetable Buying Street." As Jinmen shifted from being the political and economic center during the early Qing Dynasty to Houluke, this area gradually declined. To preserve the memories of Jinmen's first street, three buildings on Ming Yi Old Street have been converted into a storytelling museum, displaying detailed descriptions of the daily lives of ordinary people in the past, including aspects of faith, agriculture, and daily living. The Huang Tianyou Memorial Hall commemorates Mr. Huang Tianyou, who went to Singapore to study medicine at a young age. He returned to Jinmen to settle down at the age of twenty-nine, initially renting a place on Mofan Street for consultations before moving back to practice medicine in a western-style building in Jinmen City. He passed away at the age of forty-one due to enteritis, leaving behind three sons and a daughter, along with his second wife Chen Qing, to take care of the western-style building. Due to years of neglect, the building leaks when it rains. Chen Qing's eldest son has built a new modern residence next to the western-style building, which carries memories of the past, hoping that the government will provide subsidies for repairs to prevent it from collapsing.
