For as long as street vendors have existed, police have been banning them or giving them the boot in the name of keeping traffic moving. Taipei ’ s establishment of its first “ tourist night market ” 20-some years ago brought this game of hide and seek to an end and for the first time recognized night markets as a unique cultural asset.
從有攤販以來，就一直遭到警方以「妨礙交通」之名驅離或取締，二十多年前台北市成立了第一個「觀光夜市」，這個「躲貓貓」遊戲一度停止，夜市也首次從上不了檯面的原始社會遺緒，成了獨具特色的文化資產。