The bookstore was originally opened on 3 January 1927 by Taiwanese Cultural Association as a meeting venue for pro-democracy and self-rule movement as a branch of the Central Club.

It also served as the venue for the public to learn about writer Lu Xun and Ba Jin after the May Fourth Movement on 4 May 1919 in Peking.

[1] After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the shop finally resumed to its normal operation.

In the same year, it was later moved to its current building on Taiwan Boulevard which it was used to be used as the store dormitory and warehouse.

[3] The bookstore is accessible within walking distance northeast of Taichung Station of Taiwan Railways.