The Dongdamen Night Market or Dongdaemun Night Market () is a
night market
Night markets or night bazaars are street markets which operate at night and are generally dedicated to more leisurely strolling, shopping, and eating than more businesslike day markets. They are typically open-air markets popular in East Asia, Sou ...
in
Hualien City
Hualien City (; Wade-Giles: Hua¹-lien² Shih⁴; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-chhī'' or ''Hoa-liân-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Hualien County, Taiwan. It is located on the east coast of Taiwan on the Pacific Oce ...
,
Hualien County
Hualien County (Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. It ...
,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
. It is the largest night market in the county.
Name
''Dongdamen'' means ''big east gate'' in English due to its location at the eastern edge of Hualien City.
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.
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.
Architecture
The night market was constructed as part of the 6th rezoning area.
It spreads over an area of 9 hectares and consists of Futing Night Market () for
Taiwanese cuisine
Taiwanese cuisine (, Bopomofo:ㄊㄞˊㄨㄢˉㄌㄧㄠˋㄌㄧˇ, or , Bopomofo:ㄊㄞˊㄨㄢˉㄘㄞˋ) has several variations. The earliest known cuisines of Taiwan are that of the Taiwanese indigenous peoples. Over hundred years of histor ...
, street of
Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese may refer to:
* Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien
* Something from or related to Taiwan ( Formosa)
* Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan
* Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan
* Taiwanese people, ...
cuisine (), Zhiqiang Night Market () and street of
Mainland China cuisine ().
The night market also features a center plaza, tourist information center, an ecology pond and a lookout tower.
Business
Currently there are 400 vendors operating at the night market.
Transportation
The night market is accessible by bus from
Hualien Station
Hualien () is a railway station in Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways Administration. It is the terminal station of North-link line and the starting station of Taitung line.
Overview
The station has two island platf ...
of
Taiwan Railways.
See also
*
List of night markets in Taiwan
This is a partial list of night markets in Taiwan sorted by location.
Northern Taiwan
Keelung
* Miaokou Night Market, Ren'ai (廟口夜市)
Taipei
* Dalong Night Market, Datong (大龍街夜市)
* Gongguan Night Market, Zhongzheng (公館 ...
References
External links
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{{Night markets in Taiwan
2015 establishments in Taiwan
Buildings and structures completed in 2015
Hualien City
Night markets in Taiwan
Tourist attractions in Hualien County