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19.

129 Guangzhou Street

129 Guangzhou Street is an interesting house. The inside partition is angled, rather than perpendicular to the rest of the house. The reason for this is because during the Japanese renovation of the city, contemporary buildings had to be renovated and remodeled to accommodate new roads and passageways. You’ll find that many buildings on Guangzhou street have a slanted partition, much like the interior of number 129.

Yi An Religious Guardianship is a rather well-known shrine in the Wanhua area.Whenever religious carnivals took place, clerical processions would pass by these shrines in order to bless the local neighborhood. Yi An was founded in 1921. The founder Yang Shi Tou lived right here in 129. Many members of his staff would come here to conduct religious practices. There were several other similar shrines in the area, and they would participate in ceremonies that had to do with the QingShan Deity. Many stories involving QingShan can be found at the QingShan Temple nearby.

Historical photos credits
《剝皮寮歷史街區建築調查研究》