In 1835 the Jinguangfu land-reclamation company, a Hokkien–Hakka venture led by Jiang Xiuluan, pushed into Beipu, building guard posts and a defensive settlement around Citian Temple. The national monument Jinguangfu Office and the Jiang family's Tianshui Hall still stand, and the Jiang A-Hsin Mansion recalls the Japanese-era tea-export boom. Today Beipu is Hsinchu's busiest Hakka street, famed for lei cha, dried persimmons and Oriental Beauty tea.
Architecture
HakkaMinnan red brickBaroque facadesJapanese-era
Themes
HakkaQing eraTeaTemplesFarming
Getting there
Where
Beipu Street, Miaoqian Street, Nanxing Street and Chengmen Street, Beipu Township, Hsinchu County
Getting there
TRA Zhudong Station, then Hsinchu Bus to Beipu
Time needed
Half a day
Best time
Dried persimmon season in autumn and winter; crowded on weekends
