Xiuchuan Ju (秀川居)

Over a century ago, during the Qing dynasty, Xiuchuan Street was a busy shopping street. The old Sanxia River wharf stood here, crowded with merchant sailboats. The street's Zaishu Temple, right on the riverbank, was Sanxia's earliest center of worship. Everything residents needed for daily life could be found here, and a cluster of traditional buildings gradually grew up around it. Trade in the area declined during the Japanese colonial era, and most shops moved to what is now Sanxia Old Street. Even so, the streets around Xiuchuan Street still feel very much like a place where ordinary people live, and they rank among Taiwan's most historically significant old streets. To bring back the charm of the old house's past, Ganlè Wenchuang, with a simple and gentle approach, reimagined an old house as a standalone