146 years ago, the Qing government signed the Treaty of Tianjin with Britain and France and opened Taiwan ’ s ports to international commerce. Waves of Europeans came and built commercial premises in European colonial style, causing the largely agricultural Taiwanese society to confront modernization.
一百四十六年前，清朝與英法簽訂天津條約，將台灣開放成國際通商港口之一，歐洲人紛紛來台設立「洋行」，並帶進歐式建築，讓台灣城市提前進入農業社會與現代化的衝撞期。