Department of Cultural Affairs

The home of the first Neihu Village mayor during the Japanese colonial era is located on a hill on the west side of Neihu’s old district. Built circa 1919, it boasted Baroque-style embellishments, red brick, washed terrazzo, earthen sculptures and colored decorative tiles – all highly popular features of Taisho-style architecture. The house is a typical luxury home of the era. It faces south and is surrounded on three sides by woods. The ground plan of this mansion is roughly in a T formation. The predominant building materials are brick and wood. The exterior walls are made of red brick and decorated with washed terrazzo and colored tiles imported from Japan. The floor is made of wood and supported by wooden beams. Another beam was specially used to hang traditional Taiwanese censers and lanterns. The building façade’s elegant curvilinear design features windows of non-uniform shape, a curved, protruding balcony and an imitation Baroque gable crest. A plaque has been added to the gable crest in recent years, naming the building Bi Feng Temple; however, it was never converted to religious use.