捷發乾記茶莊－西螺老街文化館 Jie Fa Qian Ji Tea Shop－Xiluo Cultural Center
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清末，捷發茶莊創始人許金先生，自福建省泉州渡海來台，在西螺落腳創辦茶莊，取名捷發乾記茶莊。捷發臨街雙坎三樓建築延平路90-92號，皆為許金所建。90號在第二代分產後轉手他人，目前僅餘92號門面，可窺探昔日茶莊經營型態。
捷發茶莊第一進於西元1932年建成，第二三進原為閩式三合院，日治昭和時西螺街上實施市區改正，各處大興土木，許金遂於西元1936年將三合院改建成華麗三間寬二層洋樓，其建築規模與形態，在當時是為西螺街屋第二進建築最精湛者。山牆上除許氏家徽外，還有一展翅老鷹，象徵屋主雄偉氣勢。自91年起第一進店面做為展覽廳與旅客服務中心，屋內開放參觀做為老街居民生活之示範點，還有71坪後院連接修文路，為漢和洋長型街屋建築之典範。
At the end of the Qing Dynasty the merchant Mr. Xu Jin, came from Quanzhou in Fujian province (China) to Xiluo and set up this tea shop called Jie Fa Qian Ji Tea Shop. Jie Fa is a double-facade house of three floors which overlooks the Yanping road on numbers 90 to 92, both of them built by Xu Jin. After two generations, No 90 passed to another owner, nowadays only No 92 can betray its past as Tea Shop. The first row of Jie Fa Tea Shop was built in 1932, the second and the third one were built in line with the courtyard house style typical to Fujian province. The work to develop and expand downtown Xiluo was undertaken during the Japanese Showa reign and there was a large-scale construction of new buildings. In 1936 Xu Jin was very satisfied and he supported the project of rebuilding his courtyard house as a gorgeous three open space and two-storey western-style building. The house was such a success that it became the second most exquisite building in Xiluo. The family name was removed from the roof and a sturdy monument of a wing spreading eagle was placed as the symbol of the house. Since 2002 the shop became an exhibition hall and a backpackers’ house. The inner part of the house is open to the tourists who want to visit it and feel like the old inhabitants of the Old Street. Moreover there are about 235 square meters (71 ping) of backyard that link Yanping road with Xiuwen street, because this was the Han and the Ying old style of buildings and streets.
