Yanping Street grew outside the Dutch Fort Zeelandia in the 1600s and is often called "Taiwan's first street". In the Qing era Anping was Tainan's outer port, and merchants mounted "sword lion" plaques over doorways to ward off evil. A controversial widening in the 2000s removed some old houses; today it is a busy strip of shrimp-cracker and candied-fruit shops, with older homes hidden in side alleys.
Architecture
Minnan red brickTimber houses
Themes
Qing eraPort tradeTemples
Getting there
Where
Around Yanping Street and Xiaozhong Street, Anping District, Tainan
Getting there
From Tainan Station take bus 2, 19 or Taiwan Tourist Shuttle 99 to Anping Old Fort
Time needed
Half a day
Best time
Weekday afternoons; at dusk watch the sunset at Anping Harbor
