Location | Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan |
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Coordinates | 23°58′25.4″N 121°36′41.0″E / 23.973722°N 121.611389°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]
Dongdamen means big east gate in English due to its location at the eastern edge of Hualien City. [2]
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 m2 area of the night market and burned down 32 stalls. [4]
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]
Currently there are 400 vendors operating at the night market. [3]
The night market is accessible by bus from Hualien Station of Taiwan Railways. [3]