Old things in the south

Chapter 48 Hsinchu White Powder
Whether it is a train going south or going north, when it arrives at Hsinchu Station, the vendors on the train sell not only Hsinchu’s special tangerine, but also “Hsinchu white powder”, but the business is very slow.The first time I came back to Taipei from my hometown in Toufen, I bought eight boxes of Shuangtaoweiji’s Hsinchu white powder at once on the train. Not only the passengers on the same car stared at me in amazement, but even the children who sold the powder were a little baffled .Why on earth did I buy so much powder?Give it away or use it yourself?Not at all.I just feel a sense of kinship with it, it's a product of my hometown and I haven't seen it in many years.It's a pity that it has now fallen to the point where no one pays attention to it. It once had a heyday!

My mother likes to use Hsinchu powder the most, but this is also a matter of early years.When I was living in the north, many boxes of Hsinchu powder were sent from my hometown, and my sister also sent a lot of Fujian powder from Fujian, so my mother’s cosmetic box piled up dozens of boxes of powder with various flavors.There is a kind of powder that smells like cinnamon, and there is a kind of pink powder, which is useless. I often use it to make my little sister happy.Later, this kind of fans disappeared in my family, because I have not heard from my hometown for a long time.So, when I heard new bamboo powder being sold on the train, it brought back many memories of my childhood. I even remembered my mother’s method of applying powder. She didn’t use a powder puff. on the face.

In its heyday, Hsinchu white powder once opened up overseas markets.However, since imported products flooded the market, Hsinchu powder has gradually gone downhill.In Taipei, I tried to ask various cosmetic stores and stalls selling cosmetics, but I couldn't get Hsinchu powder.Hsinchu powder was founded 70 years ago by a shop called "Jin Demei".At that time, milling was powered by cows, and cows had to cover their eyes when they were working. So at that time, young people who wore glasses called "Kim Deokmi's buffalo" as a joke. You can imagine how famous Kim Deokmi is.

Now there is another tribe in Hsinchu City that makes Hsinchu powder. It is near Hsinchu Station and walks south to Guanyin Pavilion. This is the birthplace of Hsinchu powder.

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