Limited-time offer for 4 months only: Taipei’s Green 17 bus transforms into a fabric shop and traditional Chinese medicine store
▲ The Green 17 transformed into a heritage sightseeing bus. (Photo / Screenshot fromTaipei Tourism Network, the same below)
Travel Center / Comprehensive Report
Recently, a new series of “Green 17” heritage buses have appeared in Taipei, featuring three themed sightseeing routes centered around the area’s distinctive industries—fabrics, tea, and traditional Chinese medicine—that pass through the old city districts. These buses take travelers to attractions such as Longshan Temple, Ximending, and Dihua Street, and also offer multilingual audio guides in Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean. The service is expected to run for four months, so those interested are advised to hop on soon.
▲% The bus interiors are themed around traditional Chinese medicine, fabrics, and tea.
The exterior design of the Green 17 themed sightseeing buses features an eye-catching retro brick-red color, adorned with uniquely styled text art, while white lines trace the historical landmarks of the old city such as Beimen, Ximen Red House, Xia Hai City God Temple, and Monga’s Longshan Temple. The interior design is centered around three main themes: tea, traditional Chinese medicine, and the fabric market. It draws inspiration from the unique traditional Chinese medicine culture of the century-old “Qian Yuan Herbal Medicine Store,” the “Yong Le Market Fabric Shop” popular in the 1950s and 60s, as well as the century-old tea houses “You Ji Famous Tea” and “Xin Fang Chun Tea Shop,” using “real-life settings” to create a strong sense of spatial dislocation.
▲% The display of traditional Chinese medicine inside the bus makes one wonder if they’ve stepped into a pharmacy.
The bus displays real items such as fabric products, irons, ironing boards, tea sieves, and statues of the Eighteen Arhats. Passengers can scan the QR code in front of their seats to access audio guides in Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean for 25 attractions including Longshan Temple. The bus also plays two well-known classic tunes, “Looking Forward to the Spring Breeze” and “Four Seasons of Red,” composed by Taiwan’s “Father of Folk Songs” Deng Yu-xian and lyricist Li Lin-qiu from Dadaocheng, providing both great music and visuals for passengers.
▲ Even details like the bus doors and floors are meticulously designed.
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