THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TAIPEI LAKE BASIN,IN THE EARLY TIME,BEGAN WITH THE VILLAGES. THE ABORIGINALS BUILT THESE VILLAGES. SINCE 1709, THE HAN IMMIGRANTS,WITH THE GOVERNMENT PERMISSION,HAD CONSTANTLY SETTLED DOWN INTHE BASIN. THE COMMERCIAL MARKET-STREETS OF TAIPEI GRADUALLY TOOK SHAPE. THESE UNPLANNED AND NATURALLY FORMED MARKET-STREETS,LATER COMBINED WITH THOSE PLANNED ONES WITHIN TAIPEI CITADEL. THIS COMBINATION THEN TO BE THEPROTOTYPE OF THE TAIPEI CITY TODAY. THE STUDY CONCERNED WITH THE INQUIRY OF THE FORMATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE MARKET-STREETS IN TAIPEI.
