Ximenting used to be a street name during the Japan colonization. After a century change, it was influenced by the transformation factors such as: politics, economy, population, family, education, transportation, culture and globalization. The culture environment at Ximenting has been shifted from Xanshijie (containing Moungar, Dadaochen and inner city areas), a natural wilderness graveyard in late Ching dynasty to a culture colonization and entertainment consuming area by a colonial Japanese reconstruction plan (containing earth fill plan of Moungar marsh and urban district renewal). Finally, by merging Chunghua Mart and accompanying a thriving development of movie industry, Ximenting was promoted as a most prosperous consuming area after Taiwan restoration.
During 90's, Ximenting became less prosperous when Taipei commercial area is gradually moving eastward and Chunghua Mart was torn down. Ximen Station of Taipei Mass Rapid Transit system is inaugurated to run in the year end of 1999 and thus it has attracted a large population. A rejuvenation project by local community as well as a construction plan by city government was implemented just at its original checkered road and street basis. Meanwhile, a Pedestrian District was set up and upgraded Ximenting a spatial image of Asakusa, Tokyo. Then it was shaped as a fashion commercial area dedicated to young people.
At first, this thesis will review the current available documents in order to define "culture environment" and case reflection, to analyze social change and the national policy in Taiwan, and furthermore, to study the juvenile subculture and fashion culture.
Then, it will continue to analyze Ximenting evolution in the past century. The interaction factors of culture and social change during the Ching dynasty, Japan colonization and Taiwan restoration have led to the most prosperous consuming society for the time being.
At last, an evaluation to the current Ximenting culture environment and social change will be proceeded and, consequently, and a concern will be brought about toward its nature, human, culture and society orientation. Moreover, a further study will lead to the mutual influence between social change and culture environment. The consuming spectacle for the juvenile fashion culture made Ximenting to become a unique landscape.
In conclusion, the thesis results obtained from the above different gradual studies will bring about: (1) Culture environment and social change will influence each other. Social change will endow a space conception during the different times. Rejuvenation and transformation of culture environment will influence social change, too. (2) Catalyzed by its social change, Ximenting culture environment has become the current consuming space from Xanshijie transforming space in late Ching dynasty, and, subsequently, a colonial culture and entertainment consuming area constructed by the established Japanese culture environment, and, finally, the new consuming society being politically and economically changed after Taiwan restoration. (3) Ximenting space culture mostly appears to be a fashionable "Juvenile Subculture" consuming space, including: sex and body fashion, mass media for entertainment, body tattoo and orthopedic aesthetics, street brushing and exotic consumption, and a colonial culture space consuming for Europe, America, Japan and Korea movies. (4) In view of Ximenting space consuming, young people satisfy themselves by symbol consuming and class consuming through popular goods, meanwhile, they will particularly take Ximenting as a Carnival site and a street show to spend their young life. Thus Ximenting was constructed as a landscape for the consumption of Taipei city. (5) The consumer culture at Ximenting space will contain not only a consuming spectacle for the juvenile fashion culture, but also a fulfilling space for family intimacy and social etiquette, a consuming culture space for the old people as well as a traditional temple culture space for Han people so as to present a multi-culture spectacle.
