Wufenpu

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Wufenpu’s name dates to the Qing period, when five families bought land from Pingpu communities and cultivated it. The soil was poor for farming, yet the area later became one of Taipei’s best-known garment wholesale districts. After the war, small houses used to accommodate new residents were gradually rented for clothing work and living space. From the 1960s, people from Fangyuan in Changhua moved here and opened garment businesses, forming a concentration of workshops and wholesalers. In the 1970s and 1980s, Wufenpu ranked alongside Wanhua, Shalu and Tainan as a major center for domestic garment production and wholesale. As manufacturing moved elsewhere, the district shifted toward wholesale trade. Today, dense clothing, shoe and hat shops and market stalls still shape the streets. Walking among the storefronts and lanes reveals how residential space, garment work and commerce accumulated into a distinctive market district. Songshan Station and Houshanpi also connect it with nearby neighborhoods such as Raohe Night Market.