Until the 1990s, it was a red light district,[4] with pornography shops and strippers congregating along the two sides of these streets.

Prostitutes could be easily found in the brothels in the area, where they waited for customers in plain view.

[7] Previously, snake-meat restaurants would get attention from passersby by putting on performances where handlers would kill and skin live snakes.

[8] The night market's last snake-meat restaurant, the Asia Snake Meat Store (Chinese: 亞洲蛇肉店), closed on May 21, 2018.

[12][13] The night market is 500 meters (1650 feet) northwest of Exit 1 of the Longshan Temple Station of the Taipei Metro.