In a back room, the 77-year-old owner Chang Shui-lien is energetically packing up a large order of chair mats. Turning from Weikung Road, which leads away from the station, into Tienhsia Road, we find a row of two-storey brick buildings dating from the Japanese occupation--the old rush weaving street. It is said that in its heyday, the street had over 100 rushwork shops.
從火車站前的為公路拐進天下路，一排日據時代留存至今的二層樓式磚造建築便是當年的蓆帽街，據說鼎盛時代街上曾有百餘家帽蓆店，如今很多店面都呈歇業狀態，真正還在掛牌營業的帽蓆店，只剩區區兩家。