The Red House, often also called Red House Theater, is a Western-style red-brick octagonal structure in Taipei's Ximen space built in 1900s, is Taiwan's first public market and one of the most well preserved historical site. The building was designed b a western-styled architect in the prefectural civil engineering office at the time, the market entrance, incorporating both octagonal and cruciform shapes from the east and west. The entrance also took on the ‘eight trigrams' (pronounced as Ba-gua) design considered boldly creative then. 位于西门町, 为三级古迹, 红楼剧场是一座以红砖所打造成的八角墙楼, 屋顶则以钢管行成的雨伞骨架支撑着, 这与众不同的设计蓝图为日本建筑师近藤十郎所构想的. 到目前为止红楼已有了九十多年之历史, 从原始的市场到现在的公共娱乐文化中心, 红楼从未流失过它那厚厚的文艺气息. 这么独特的建筑, 亦是今天全岛所保存最古老完整的三级古蹟市场建筑物, 当然吸引众人的目光, 西门红楼曾经有过一段辉煌的过往, 却在七十年代以后逐渐衰微而遭人遗忘, 现在已被施加创意, 赋予崭新的使用功能. 出台北捷运西门站出口, 穿过一条不宽的马路, 在一片现代楼房和店铺的环抱中, 一座砖红色八角洋楼显得格外醒目, 这就是西门町极负胜名的 "西门红楼". 西门红楼建筑的赭红设计与实用理念都显现后文艺复兴时期的风格, 其外观特徵都是表面饰以红砖, 且鲜少华丽的饰带装饰. 西门红楼历经繁华没落, 虽然经过多次整修, 依然保有原来的面貌. 一栋在台北已经不多见的百年建筑, 让人彷佛又回到民国初年那个热闹又充满文化的时代. 西门红楼宽阔是个零阻碍的八角型场地. 酒红色的室内设计, 透露着强烈的中国风. 西门红楼茶坊除了是烦嚣的大都会中一个休憩身心的沉静角落, 也可以在这里找寻到台湾电影故事的踪影. 这里蒐集了相当多台湾早期电影的史料, 纪录台湾电影发展的历程, 琳瑯满目的电影海报, 带人走进国片时光隧道. 有几部电影是你曾看过而已经淡忘的? 这些也许能勾醒您年少时的情感记忆. 咖啡馆内木质墙面陈列了一系列完整的台湾电影导演, 片名及年代等相关资料, 沿著吧台逛一回, 将有意想不到的惊奇. 展览区全是红楼的记忆, 各种旧宝贝, 旧照片的展示, 让红楼与西门商圈的记忆, 跨越时间鸿沟与今人对话. The historical Red House underwent a series of cultural transformation and these changes provided better services to the general public, created a space of creativity, attracted crowds and expanded the domain of overlapping cultural arts in Taiwan. The Red House has indeed successfully transformed into a new cultural & creative industries development center in Taiwan.
西门红楼从原始的市场演变到现在的艺文活动展演及推广, 将古蹟, 週边环境, 休閒娱乐功能结合, 让历史空间有著多重的意义. 百年以后的今天, 纵使人事全非, 但西门红楼仍揹著历史的刻划, 提供人们一个文化休閒的新视野. 在繁华热闹的西门町旁, 矗立著这栋充满历史意义的建築, 对新一代的年轻人, 有著怀旧与饮水思源的深层意义. p/s: This blog post on the Red House will be the last of my Taiwan photography trip theme on 'Old Streets". However, there will still be another (final) upcoming blog post on an exhibition visited during my Taiwan photography trip. The Hong Kong Travelogue and some local photo shoots will be featured soon thereafter. Please continue to stay tune to my photography blog! Thanks so much for dropping by to read all my travels so far! :-) 我的台湾旅游拍摄老街的后记: 走过一栋又一栋老旧建築, 时间就像墙面上稳稳凿深, 无法清除的痕迹, 让这些曾经有过辉煌故事的老地方有了让人想念的理由. 我爱这些街道巷弄的樸实, 也乐於用步行, 踏过石子路铺排的时光轨迹...... 时光与记忆的重叠, 是情感所延伸的心故事, 岛屿上的故事, 从这些建築打落地基时便已根深蒂固, 走过老地方, 透过时间迁移, 换取一段悠閒的生活空档, 以深度漫遊取代走马看花, 以恳切心绪温热平淡的时日. 走访怀旧老台湾, 我享受了悠闲好时光!!
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