Zhongping Road Story House is hidden within the bustling Zhongping shopping district. During the old days, it was the dormitory of civil servants. As the structure still contains building materials from the Japanese colonial era, such as its roof tiles, window sills, sliding doors, and pillars, the well-preserved building is a window to the old way of life during the Japanese colonial period. In 2010, the building was listed as a historical site and renovated by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Taoyuan City Government. The renovated building incorporates art and culture exhibitions, cultural activities, and cultural creative merchandise. Guided group tours are also available where visitors are shown a glimpse of the way of life in Zhongli from the Japanese colonial era to the agricultural era.Zhongping Road Story House is a Japanese era townhouse full of history; it was built in 1930 and served as a Japanese townhouse style dormitory for civil servants. The building covers an area of around 100 square meters. As it became the residence of the Department of Indigenous People Section Chief Wang Guo-Zhi and Ministry of Education's Liao Yun-Quan, successively, the four generations of the two different families lived here for almost 60 years, imbuing the house with an abundance of family memories and historical remembrances.The most valuable aspect of the old house is the preservation of culture. In 2007, after the original residents moved away, it was listed as a historical building in 2010. In order to revitalize and reuse the old building, the Department of Cultural Affairs, Taoyuan City Government, began to revamp the spaces inside the house which took around 2 years. In May of 2015, it was finally re-opened as the "Zhongping Road Story House". The elegance and simplicity of the bygone days are preserved through the mode of presenting a different story in each corner of the house, these include the br...