Daxi Wood Art Ecomuseum,Taoyuan City Government

The Historic Japanese-style Dormitory of Daxi Elementary SchoolBuilt around the 1930s, this historic building originally served as housing for teachers. After its restoration in 2025, it has been entrusted to the Daxi Wood Art Ecomuseum to operate as a children's wood education space, featuring wooden play areas designed to nurture children's appreciation for craftsmanship and creative expression.Opening HoursTuesday to Sunday  Admission by appointment only    

The Peoplescape Daxi Pavilion building project is part of the Taoyuan City Government's “Magic Daxi” initiative, under the Ministry of Culture's “Regeneration of Historic Sites” project.“Daxi in Motion” has been kicked off as a community exhibition in Peoplescape Daxi Pavilion. Learn about Daxi's past and its ongoing transformations as you wonder and wander. You are also invited to be a co-creator of Daxi's future.This building encapsulates “Daxi in Motion” by incorporating elements from the historic architecture of Daxi Old Street— archways, colonnades, sloped roofs, and wooden structures—to marry history, culture with contemporary innovation.

Built: 1864Designated Status: National Historic MonumentAddress:No. 32, Ln. 198, Yuemei Rd., Daxi Dist., Taoyuan CityBackground:During the Qing Dynasty, the Lee Family moved to Daxi and cultivated the Yuemei Area, making good use of the river to run and distribute its rice business. The development was so successful that the name "Lee Jin-Xin" was established during the time. In 1860, the Lee family started to build the mansion, and it was completed in 1864. In 1865, the year after the mansion was completed, the Lee family had a successful candidate in the exam and it was honored by erecting flag poles and hanging boards. The mansion became a witness to the Lee Family rising from the farm, thriving in business, and finally achieving success in government.Document Download (Children) :ENJPDocument Download (Adult) :ENJP

Built: Around 1920Designated Status: Historic Building in TaoyuanAddress:No. 68, Zhongzheng Rd., Daxi Dist., Taoyuan CityBackground:This building originally served as the dormitory for the principals of Daxi Elementary School during the Japanese governance period. After Taiwan Recovery, it was offered as the accommodation for Daxi Junior High School's teachers. In 2001, the occupants moved out, and it has been vacant since until 2015. This is the first public house to have its renovations completed and was thus named Hall No. 1. Hall No. 1 operates as an information base for promoting the concepts of the ECOMUSEUM.

Built: 1923Designated Status: Historic building in TaoyuanAddress:No. 21-3, Puji Rd., Daxi Dist., Taoyuan CityBackground:This was originally the Daxi Assembly Hall, built with funds raised by a foundation comprised of local gentry. Finished in 1923, it is actually two structures, one built of brick in the Western style and the other of wood in the Japanese style. The Western-style building was employed for official proceedings, assemblies, speeches, banquets, and ceremonies, while the Japanese-style building was used for dormitories, relaxation, and art and educational activities.This is the only public assembly hall from the Japanese occupation period (1895-1945) left in Taoyuan today, and the park and surrounding structures are well preserved. It was registered as a “historic building” in 2004. With renovation completed in 2020, the building was reopened and dedicated to the theme of “wood furniture” as a space for displaying the design and craftsmanship of Daxi masters as well as creations of furniture needed in contemporary living.

Built: 1949Designated Status: Historic building in TaoyuanAddress:No. 21-3, Puji Rd., Daxi Dist., Taoyuan CityBackground:This was originally the Daxi Assembly Hall, built with funds raised by a foundation comprised of local gentry. Finished in 1923, it is actually two structures, one built of brick in the Western style and the other of wood in the Japanese style. The Western-style building was employed for official proceedings, assemblies, speeches, banquets, and ceremonies, while the Japanese-style building was used for dormitories, relaxation, and art and educational activities.This is the only public assembly hall from the Japanese occupation period (1895-1945) left in Taoyuan today, and the park and surrounding structures are well preserved. It was registered as a “historic building” in 2004. With renovation completed in 2020, the building was reopened and dedicated to the theme of “wood furniture” as a space for displaying the design and craftsmanship of Daxi masters as well as creations of furniture needed in contemporary living.

Built: 1935Designated Status: Historic Building in TaoyuanAddress:No. 33-3, Puji Rd., Daxi Dist., Taoyuan CityBackground:During the Japanese governance period, Martial Arts Dojo, Daxi used to be a place for police to practice judo and kendo.After Taiwan Recovery, the place was assigned to be the housing for the former president Chiang Kai-Shek's gendarmeries.In 1999, gendarmeries moved out, and in 2001, the hall underwent renovations by the Daxi County Office. In 2015, Wood Art Eco-Museum took over the hall and had the ancillary building fixed. Now it is the base for special exhibitions.Document Download

Built: 1941Designated Status: Historic Building in TaoyuanAddress:No. 52, Puji Rd., Daxi Dist., Taoyuan CityBackground:This Japanese style duplex dormitory used to be the single dormitories of Daxi police stations. After Taiwan Recovery, it became the housing for the families of Chiang Kai-Shek's servants. Upon the completion of renovation, it was named the Craftsman Story House, presenting the development of carpentry beginning at the end of the Qing Dynasty. The Craftsman Story House exhibits Daxi wood craftsmen's craftsmanship, spirit and legacy.

Built: Around 1937Designated Status: Historic Building in TaoyuanAddress:No. 23, Puji Rd., Daxi Dist., Taoyuan CityBackground:The attached wooden houses used to be the dormitory for the staff of Daxi County Police Station. After Taiwan Recovery, the function remained the same, and the concrete houses and walls were later built for better accommodations. Different materials represent the style of each era. The Native History Hall underwent renovations in 2016 and now serves as a place for exhibiting the lives and history of Daxi's residents.Document Download:ENJP

Built: 1937Designated Status: Historic building in TaoyuanAddress:No. 5, Puji Rd., Daxi Dist., Taoyuan CityBackground:During the period of Japanese occupation from 1895 to 1945, the mansion served as the residence of the head of the Daxi County police unit. In those days the county jurisdiction encompassed today's Fuxing District of Taoyuan City and Jianshi Township of Hsinchu County, and the police played an important role in administering Daxi and neighboring mountain areas. From the end of the Japanese era to 2015, the mansion was the residence of top Daxi police officials.Since 2017, it has been repurposed to promote domestic and international living arts exchange on the theme of living handicraft application and experience. And since 2021, in memory of Taiwanese Diva Fong Fei Fei, grew up in Daxi in the neighborhood. This house, again, has been repurposed to Fong Fei Fei Story House. House is just like a vessel, people in and out, convergence of affection and memory, not only in honor of Fong Fei Fei, but also to recreate the brand new meaning of our era.

Built: 1942Designated Status: Historic building in TaoyuanAddress:No. 48, Puji Rd., Daxi Dist., Taoyuan CityBackground:This building was originally a grain storehouse built in 1942, towards the end of the Japanese colonial period. After the war, it was converted to housing for guards assigned to watch over a holiday retreat used by former President Chiang Kai-shek. Later, the Daxi farmer's cooperative rented the building to store edible salts and fertilizer. Since the building preserved special construction techniques used during the Japanese colonial period, in 2017 Taoyuan designated it as a municipal-level historic building. In 2021, it was restored for reuse as the Lunar June 24 Story House: Celebrating Lord Guan's Birthday.The aim of the story house is to promote and preserve the Daxi Puji Temple Lord Guan's Birthday Celebration, an intergenerational popular custom that the Taoyuan City Government designated as an intangible cultural heritage in 2011. An old grain storehouse was restored and given new life as the repository of an ancient Daxi tradition.

Built: UnknowDesignated Status: Historic Building in TaoyuanAddress: No. 7, Puji Rd., Daxi Dist., Taoyuan CityBackground:This Japanese-era building has the only hipped roof in the police dormitory complex; its reception room has a gable roof, and its interior layout is also different from that of other buildings here. After World War II it was used as a police dormitory for Daxi Precinct. The restoration retained the building's original characteristics along with ruins of the wall built by post-war residents. In 1921 the building was repurposed as the Craft Exchange Hall, with space for handicraft exhibits and interchange that provide an industrial linkage for native wood and other handicrafts.

Built: 1937Designated Status: Historic Building in TaoyuanAddress: No. 5.7.9.11.13.15, Ln.13, Puji Rd., Daxi Dist., Taoyuan CityBackground:The Arts & Crafts Center is in the repurposed third unit of the Six-unit Dormitory. It is used as space for resident craftsmen, a craft classroom, woodcraft workshop, and crafts education room. Wood and lacquer crafts were initially introduced, with master craftsmen from at home and abroad moving in to pass on their skills and cultivate talent to join in the development of local handicraft arts.