But Bopiliao (literally, "skin-the-hide shack" or perhaps "peel-the-bark shack") might seem an unusual name for a neighborhood. Where did the name come from?
別具風味的古樸環境，除了在此開拍的新片《艋舺》，早在 1986 年，侯孝賢拍攝描述少年情懷的《戀戀風塵》時，就曾以此處的民華印刷廠為主要場景。然而，「剝皮寮」一詞究竟從何而來？