Ximending is named after the West Gate of Taipei City. In the era of the Japanese rule, Ximending was originally a desolate place. Later, the Japanese decided to follow the Asakusa area in Tokyo and set up a leisure business district. Before the 1980s, Ximending was the long-standing representative of Taipei's most prosperous entertainment pop. Between 1980 and 2000, as the city of Taipei gradually developed eastward, the status of Ximendings business district experienced a decline, a few degrees. After 2000, with the opening of the MRT Bannan Line, the construction of the Zhonghua Road Boulevard, and the reconstruction of the Ximen characteristic business district, and the special elements of its past glory, the Ximen business circle entered another stage of recovery, and clearly Become a representative of adolescent subculture and a place for international sightseeing backpackers to visit.