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Sanxia District 三峽區

Sanxia District (三峽區) in New Taipei (新北) has an old commercial street lined with red-brick arcades and Baroque-style façades. Sanxia Old Street (三峽老街), also called Sanjiaoyong Old Street (三角涌老街), developed as a trading street during the Qing dynasty.

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Courtyard and carved columns of Sanxia Qingshui Zushi Temple · 三峡清水祖师庙庭院与石雕柱. Shown locality: Sanxia Old Street and Qingshui Zushi Temple, Sanxia District. Source-recorded photograph date: 2016-10-01 09:30:10.
Courtyard and carved columns of Sanxia Qingshui Zushi Temple · 三峡清水祖师庙庭院与石雕柱. Shown locality: Sanxia Old Street and Qingshui Zushi Temple, Sanxia District. Source-recorded photograph date: 2016-10-01 09:30:10. · Rutger van der Maar · CC BY 2.0
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Administrative area
District · 區
Part of
New Taipei City
Chinese name
三峽區
Local areas
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Area & population

Area in the source
191.45 km²

Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.

Carving at the temple

Nearby Qingshui Zushi Temple (清水祖師廟) was founded in 1769. Its stone floors, walls and columns support a timber upper structure. The main hall has five copper doors, elaborate pierced stone columns and a coffered ceiling that rises in successive spiral layers. Murals and carvings draw on stories including Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義) and Journey to the West (西遊記).

Old trades and snacks

The old street’s shops reflect industries including camphor, cloth dyeing, tea and Chinese medicine. Food specialities include golden-horn pastries (金牛角), available in different flavours, and handmade tofu pudding (豆花). The Sanxia Historical Museum (三峽歷史文物館) stands at the street’s entrance.

Sources for this guide

三峽老街 | 新北市觀光旅遊網 · Tourism and Travel Department, New Taipei City Government

三峽清水祖師廟 | 新北市觀光旅遊網 · Tourism and Travel Department, New Taipei City Government

Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-27.

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Courtyard and carved columns of Sanxia Qingshui Zushi TempleCourtyard and carved columns of Sanxia Qingshui Zushi Temple · 三峡清水祖师庙庭院与石雕柱 Source-recorded photograph date: 2016-10-01 09:30:10.

Sanxia Old Street and Qingshui Zushi Temple三峡老街与清水祖师庙

Sanxia Old Street and the nearby Qingshui Zushi Temple reveal different sides of the same historic town.

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Sources & geographic information

Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.

Photo: Sanxia Old Street and Qingshui Zushi Temple · Rutger van der Maar · CC BY 2.0. Full-frame source proportionally resized and converted to WebP for display. No subject alteration. Source-supplied marks and edits remain; cards may crop the view.

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