Wharf Dadaocheng Royalty-Free Stock Photo

Functioning primarily now as a ferry port, in the past Dadaocheng was one of the main shipping ports for Taipei City. After Tamsui was opened as a commercial port, Dadaocheng, a pier much closer to the downtown Taipei area, began growing as foreign merchants began setting up satellite offices of their Tamsui operations, specialising in tea, cotton, and silk textile trade. This growth attracted people from all over northern Taiwan, fuelling its growth into one of Taiwan`s largest cities at the time.