{{Short description|Street in Jincheng, Kinmen, Taiwan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox street | name = Mofan Street | marker_image = | native_name ={{native name|zh|模範街}} | alternate_name = | image = Muofan Street.JPG | image_size = 250px | image_alt = | image_map = | caption = | map_type = Taiwan | map_size = 250px | map_caption = Taiwan | map_alt = | other_name = | former_names = | part_of = | namesake = | type = street | owner = | maint = | length = | length_m = 75 | length_ft = | length_km = | length_mi = | length_ref = | length_notes = | width = | area = | addresses = | location = Jincheng, Kinmen, Fukien Province, Taiwan | arrondissement = | quarter = | postal_code = | metro = | coordinates = {{coord|24|25|54.1|N|118|19|8.7|E|type:landmark_region:TW|display=inline,title}} | direction_a = | terminus_a = | direction_b = | terminus_b = | junction = | north = | east = | south = | west = | main_contractor = | cost = | references = | commissioning_date = | construction_start_date = 1924 | completion_date = 1925 | inauguration_date = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | demolition_date = | designer = | known_for = | status = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }}
The '''Mofan Street''' ({{zh|t=模範街|s=模范街|first=t|p=Mófàn Jiē}}) is a street in Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Fukien Province, Republic of China (Taiwan).
==Name== The street gets its name from the uniform hybrid architecture of Chinese and Western styles which means ''Model Street''.<ref name="taipeitimes">{{cite news|last=Chang|first=Yun-ping|date=6 April 2003|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/04/06/201019|title=Kinmen highlights its heritage|publisher=Taipei Times|access-date=5 April 2014}}</ref>
==History== The construction of the street started in 1924 when the President of Kinmen Junior Chamber Fu His-chi held a fundraising drive among overseas Chinese.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wu|first=Cheng-ting|date=2 January 2018|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/01/02/2003685053|title=Kinmen features one nation on each side of the street|publisher=Taipei Times|access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref> The street was completed in 1925.<ref name="lonelyplanet">{{cite web|date=25 September 2019|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/taiwan/kincheng/attractions/mofan-street/a/poi-sig/1358281/1327844|title=Mofan Street|website=Lonely Planet|access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref>
==Architecture== The 75 meter long street features buildings with brick exteriors and arched door fronts modeled after the Japanese, Fujian and Western architecture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kinmen.travel/en/travel/attraction/25|date=6 December 2017|title=Model Street|website=Classic Kinmen Travel|accessdate=27 December 2017}}</ref> There are 16 buildings at each side connected by a common arcade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.kinmen.gov.tw/Layout/sub_D/AllInOne_en_Show.aspx?path=7026&guid=40bb3d14-cdfb-497f-b31a-974bf968c96e&lang=en-us|title=Mofan Street|publisher=}}</ref>
==See also== * List of roads in Taiwan
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Old Streets in Taiwan}} {{commons category}}
Category:1925 establishments in China Category:Jincheng, Kinmen Category:Streets in Taiwan Category:Transportation in Kinmen County
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