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Quick answer: What is 勝豐吧 in Lukang? A bar in a building over a hundred years old on 橫街 (Heng Street) that was first a rice warehouse, then Lukang’s first drink shop.

一句話簡介

它以前是倉庫，後來變成飲料店，現在是一間酒吧。

文章 The Text

鹿港有一條老街，叫做橫街。橫街上有一棟老房子，已經一百多年了。

這棟房子以前是倉庫，用來放米。後來，戰爭結束了，這裡變成一間飲料店，是鹿港第一間飲料店。

現在，這棟房子又改造了，變成一間酒吧，叫做「勝豐吧」。晚上，很多人會來這裡喝一杯，聊聊天。

我覺得很有意思，因為這棟房子一直都在，只是每個時代，它做的事情不一樣。

老房子沒有被拆掉，反而一直被使用。我覺得這樣很好。

單字 The Words

中文	Pinyin	English
老房子	lǎo fáng zi	old house/building
倉庫	cāng kù	warehouse
以前是	yǐ qián shì	used to be
戰爭	zhàn zhēng	war
改造	gǎi zào	to renovate, remodel
酒吧	jiǔ bā	bar
喝一杯	hē yī bēi	to have a drink
時代	shí dài	era, time period
拆掉	chāi diào	to tear down
使用	shǐ yòng	to use

翻譯 The Translation

Lukang has an old street called Heng Street. On this street, there’s an old building that’s over a hundred years old.

This building used to be a warehouse, used for storing rice. Later, after the war ended, it became a drink shop — the first drink shop in Lukang.

Now, the building has been renovated again, into a bar called “Sheng Feng Bar.” At night, lots of people come here to have a drink and chat.

I think it’s really interesting, because this building has always been there — it’s just that in every era, it’s been used for something different.

The old building wasn’t torn down. Instead, it just keeps getting used. I think that’s a good thing.

Notice This

• 以前是 + 名詞 — 以前是倉庫 = “used to be a warehouse.” Super useful pattern for talking about a place’s history: X 以前是 Y (X used to be Y).
• 反而 — This word means “on the contrary / instead.” 沒有被拆掉，反而一直被使用 = “wasn’t torn down, but instead kept being used.”
• This isn’t nostalgia tourism — In Lukang, old buildings like this one are still actually being used by locals — a bar, a workshop, a home. That’s a very Taiwan way of treating history: keep living in it, don’t just look at it.

Try It Yourself

用「以前是…，現在是…」寫一句話，介紹一個你知道、被改造過的地方。

Try writing one sentence using “used to be… now it’s…” to describe a place you know that’s been renovated or repurposed.