Dongdamen Night Market

Not to be confused with Dongdaemun Market in Seoul, South Korea.

Dongdamen Night Market
東大門夜市

Location	Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan
Coordinates	23°58′25.4″N 121°36′41.0″E
Opening date	July 2015
Architect	night market
Days normally open	7
Number of tenants	400 vendors
Total retail floor area	9 hectares

The Dongdamen Night Market or Dongdaemun Night Market (traditional Chinese: 東大門夜市; simplified Chinese: 东大门夜市; pinyin: Dōngdàmén Yèshì) is a night market in Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan.[1] It is the largest night market in the county.[2]

Name

Dongdamen means big east gate in English due to its location at the eastern edge of Hualien City.[2]

History

The area where the night market stands today used to be the area of the old train station. The night market was opened in July 2015.[3] On 3 June 2019, the night market was engulfed in flame, which started about 1 a.m. The fire damaged 660 m^2 area of the night market and burned down 32 stalls.[4]

Architecture

The night market was constructed as part of the 6th rezoning area.[2] It spreads over an area of 9 hectares and consists of Futing Night Market (Chinese: 福町夜市) for Taiwanese cuisine, street of Taiwanese aborigines cuisine (Chinese: 原住民一條街), Zhiqiang Night Market (Chinese: 自強夜市) and street of Mainland China cuisine (Chinese: 各省一條街).[3][5] The night market also features a center plaza, tourist information center, an ecology pond and a lookout tower.[2]

Business

Currently there are 400 vendors operating at the night market.[3]

Transportation

The night market is accessible by bus from Hualien Station of Taiwan Railways.[3]

See also

• List of night markets in Taiwan

References

1. Spencer, David (21 February 2018). "Taiwan Hualien's Top Tourist Attractions". Taiwan News. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
2. "Hualien Tungtamen Night Market". Guide to Taipei.com. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
3. "Hualien Dongdamen Tourist Night Market". TravelKing. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
4. Everington, Keoni (3 June 2019). "Video shows night market fire burn down 50 stalls prior to Han rally in E. Taiwan". Taiwan News. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
5. "The introduction of Hualien Dongdamen Night Market". 東大門夜市. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

External links

• Dongdamen Night Market on Facebook