Songshan Cultural and Creative Park ---Taipei of Taiwan

About Songshan Cultural and Creative Park

Located in the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Xinyi District of Taipei City, formerly known as the "Taishan Tobacco and Spirits Sales Office Songshan Tobacco Factory," it specializes in the manufacture of tobacco products such as cigarettes and cigars. Matsuyama Tobacco Factory officially entered history after it ceased production in 1998 and merged into the Taipei Tobacco Factory. In 2001, it was listed as a historic monument. After several renovations, it was transformed into the current Songshan Cultural and Creative Park. The mainstay is the largest and most active cultural park in Taipei.

Songshan Cultural and Creative Park-History and Transformation

Since the establishment of the Taiwan Tobacco Monopoly System in 1905, it has facilitated the construction of the Taipei Tobacco Factory in 1911, not only for the Taiwan market, but also for Central and South China and even Southeast Asia. In 1937, the Governor’s Office of Taiwan’s Bureau of Monopoly and the Songshan District also established the “Tongshan Tobacco Factory”, which was later renamed “Taiwan Provincial Tobacco and Wine Bureau, Songshan Tobacco Factory”. Songshan Tobacco Factory is a pioneer in Taiwan's modern industrial plant and is also the first professional cigarette factory. Matsuyama Tobacco Factory is a "Japanese modernist" building. It is elegant and simple in appearance. The stone bricks and glass used in the factory are specially tailored materials. In addition to advanced equipment, the factory also pays attention to the welfare of its employees. It has established staff quarters, nurseries, and welfare institutions in the factory. Matsuyama Tobacco Factory began production in 1939 and produced various brands of cigarettes, cigars and other products.

However, under the influence of tobacco and alcohol sales reform, urban planning, and reduced demand, the Songshan Tobacco Factory ceased operation and was incorporated into the Taipei Tobacco Factory, officially entering history. Until 2001, the Taipei City Government designated the Songshan Tobacco Factory as a designated historic site, including an office, a tobacco factory, a boiler room, and No. 1 to No. 5 warehouses as the noumenon, and a lotus pond, a transportation track, and a new warehouse after the restoration. Monument preservation area. In 2011, the outsourcing operation management of the Cultural Affairs Bureau transformed the Songshan Tobacco Factory into a Songshan Cultural and Creative Park.

Songshan Cultural and Creative Park ─ Introduction

Due to the extensive planting of various planting plants in the post-war plant and the formation of a semi-wild natural ecological environment since the closure of the Songshan Tobacco Plant, the biological diversity and the pleasant landscape are the largest green areas in the Eastern District of Taipei City. Songshan Cultural and Creative Park successfully transformed the old tobacco factory with a long history into a new stronghold in the cultural and creative industries. The park often holds various exhibitions, video shootings, concerts, lectures, performing arts, etc., attracting many people to visit. .

In the park, another part of the building is opened to provide businesses in different fields, including cafes, restaurants, glass craft shops and so on. In 2013, Taipei’s Wenchuang Tower and its Eslite Pines shop on the first floor also opened in the park to provide richer design products, various hand-crafted experiences, and film and television entertainment.