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Sanxia, New Taipei City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Sanxia is a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan, where the carved stone of Zushi Temple faces the brick shophouse arcades of Sanxia Old Street.
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Where to stay in Sanxia
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Sanxia divides sharply between a walkable old quarter in the north and forested hills in the south. The old quarter is the base. Sanxia Old Street, Zushi Temple and the Sanxia History Museum stand a few streets apart, reached by the buses that run out from Taipei.
South of that the district climbs, and Manyueyuan National Forest Recreation Area is a day out rather than a doorstep. The nearest railway station is at Yingge, over the Dahan River. If you want museums more than shophouses, the New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum and the New Taipei City Art Museum sit over in Yingge District, not in Sanxia.
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Sanxia Old Street
The brick shophouse arcades and the temple sit a few minutes apart, with the Sanxia History Museum on the same walk.Find hotels in Sanxia Old Streetquiet modern streets north of the old townThe National Taipei University quarter
The newer part of Sanxia, built out around the university's Sanxia campus and the boulevard that serves it.Find hotels in The National Taipei University quartertrips that need a railway stationYingge, over the Dahan River
The nearest railway station sits on the far bank at Yingge, with buses running back across into Sanxia. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Find hotels in Yingge, over the Dahan RiverHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around New Taipei City
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Museums & Galleries
3- Sanxia History Museum Heritage
- New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum
- New Taipei City Art Museum
Castles & Historic Sites
1- Yuanshan Bell
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About Sanxia
What are the main landmarks in Sanxia?
Sanxia gathers its landmarks around Sanxia Old Street and Zushi Temple. The street is a run of brick shophouse arcades built under Japanese rule, now given over to ceramics and food stalls. The temple is older.
Zushi Temple was first raised in 1769 and rebuilt three times, the last effort begun in 1947 under the painter Li Mei-shu. His work is kept close by, at the Li Mei-shu Memorial Gallery and the Professor Li Mei-shu Memorial Museum. The Sanxia History Museum holds the local record, the New Taipei City Hakka Museum is the largest Hakka cultural centre in Taiwan, and the Yuanshan Bell hangs apart at Yuanshan Village.
What is the history of Sanxia?
Sanxia was known as Sa-kak-eng, the triangular surge, a name from the 1780s for the confluence where the Sanxia River and the Hengxi River join the Dahan River. Dye made the town. Settlers from Anxi planted Strobilanthes cusia on the slopes, large-scale indigo production is recorded from 1822, and Lin Tzu-tzeng opened the first dyeing workshop in 1830.
The Japanese administration renamed the place Sankyō in 1920. Sanxia Township became Sanxia District on 25 December 2010, when Taipei County was raised to New Taipei City. The Sanxia Indigo Blue Dye Festival still marks the older trade.
Where is Sanxia?
Sanxia fills the southwestern corner of New Taipei City, bounded by Yingge District over the Dahan River and by Wulai District, the only larger one, to the east.
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What is the best area to stay in Sanxia?
Sanxia Old Street: walkable stays beside Zushi Temple. The National Taipei University quarter: quiet modern streets north of the old town. Yingge, over the Dahan River: trips that need a railway station.
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Updated October 2026