Mofan Street

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Mofan Street

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Updated：2018-12-11

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Traveling Back in Time

Introduction

Highlights
◼️Mofan Street is known for the artistic atmosphere.
◼️In addition to the most renowned shaobing (Chinese layered flatbread), a number of other snacks and souvenirs can be found in Mofan Street.
◼️There are also a number of restaurants in Mofan Street where visitors can dine in.

Mofan Street was originally where Zheng Chenggong trained soldiers in Houpu in the final years of Ming dynasty. In 1942, Kinmen County Businessmen’s Association gathered funds and constructed both vertical and horizontal streets featuring arcades built with red bricks.

The architectural design was based on a five-pillar layout introduced from Southeast Asia. Buildings on both sides of the streets are all two-entry houses. The first entry is a Western-style house front into which sits a Minnan-style architecture. The exterior design looks neat and elegant which is representative of the Chinese-Western architecture popular during the initial stage of the Republic of China. Such architectural beauty and aesthetic lies in the conformity of single arches. The area is considered an excellent model, hence the name Mofan Street.

In modern-day Kinmen, Mofan Street is home to both residences and innovative stores that offer souvenirs and dining services.

Information

Address Mofan Street, Jincheng Township, Kinmen County Taiwan, R.O.C

Opening Hours Open all day

Recommended length of visit

0.5-1hr

Directions

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11 Couples
21 Solo
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16 Friends

DavidASU
Union City, California
Traveler type:
Friends getaway
All Taiwan ROC national flags on both side now
2018-09
This street (aka Kinmen Old Street) is known to have the ROC Taiwan national flags on one side and the other side has th3 China 5 stars national flag. Due to Taiwan Double ten National Holiday, all flags have been the Taiwan RIC flags since last week. The street is about 75 meters long with special architecture and very popular for tourists.
thelonious22
Seongnam
Traveler type:
Solo travel
Cool brick building, but nothing special
2018-09
Mofan Street was a bit more atmospheric than most streets in Kinmen with shops being housed in an old Western style building and was blocked off to motor traffic.
712alvinm
Hong Kong, China
Traveler type:
Couples
Historic street
2018-06
A short but well preserved street with historic buildings of a combination of Japanese, Fujian and Western architecture. Mofan Street literally means 'Model' Street, which now consists of a couple of souvenir stores and restaurants. It only takes you 10 mins to walk along the street and have a few photos, but one more thing I would recommend you to do is to try a Taiwanese dessert restaurant there that offers desserts of a mixed tofu custard, taro ball, Chinese mesona, peanuts, etc. It's pretty good.
nathalieyes
Berne
Traveler type:
Friends getaway
Nice short street
2018-03
Its a nice short street with some small shops and restaurants. Its nothing exciting (and there isnt anything really exciting on Kinmen Island in my opinion), but its definitely worth while walking thrue it at least once. From 4pm onwards it should be a pedestrian street, but sadly a lot of mofa drivers ignore that :-(.
STS_1234
Singapore, Singapore
Traveler type:
Solo travel
short street
2016-04
Mofan Street (模范街) is a very short street which show you the older days the houses, market, shop, etc. of Kinmen, not many shops. Now you also can find fresh market stalls at this area. If you don't pay attention, you may just walk past and not realising its existence.