Xiluo Old Street
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The most prosperous period of Xiluo Street was during the Japanese Occupation time that was around in the first half of the 20th century. There are endless streams of tourists and businesses. the lively Xiluo Street which was next to the ferry pier is (now Yanping Old Street). At that time, the shops along the street and the East Market were mostly trading places for different kinds of goods from everywhere. There were many hotels and tea shops nearby and are always very busy and crowded.
西螺街在20世紀上半葉日治時期，是最繁華的時期，往來的旅客、商家絡繹不絕，緊鄰著渡船頭的，便是熱鬧的西螺街(今延平老街)。當時沿街的店家及東市場內，多為南北水陸貨物的交易場所，鄰近旅社、茶店眾多，一片燈紅酒綠，車水馬龍盛況非常。
However, after the great earthquake at central Taiwan in 1935, Xiluo was severely damaged. According to the records, many houses were destroyed at that time, and there were devastated walls everywhere. Therefore, Xiluo Street was launched the "Urban Correction Project" in Showa 12 (1937) and actively rebuilt the street profile. The current appearance of Xiluo Old Street was mostly established at that time. The 142 Xiluo historical street houses seen so far were built during the Japanese Occupation period and have survived till today. Their style was influenced by the prevailing global decoration style and modernist architectural style at that time. Japanese architects loved this modern trend and had designed many public offices and commercial facilities in Taiwan, such as the Taipei Chenma Chamber of Commerce (near the Commercial Press), Taichung Entertainment Center, Xiluo Water Conservancy Association and other buildings, thus driving Taiwan architect to learn and merge some of the traditional architectural styles into a special architectural style with a sense of the century and the local flavor. It happened to be the transition period for Taiwanese architecture from traditional to modern.
不過民國24年(1935)中部大地震時，西螺慘遭重創，據載，當時許多房屋傾毀，到處斷壁殘垣，滿目瘡痍。所以，西螺街在昭和12年（1937）展開「市區改正計畫」，積極重建街廓，西螺老街現今的樣貌，大都是在此時奠定。 目前所見142棟西螺歷史街屋，是日治時期建成留至今日的，其風格受到當時全球盛行的裝飾風格及現代主義建築風格的影響。日籍建築師們對此現代化潮流的喜愛，在台灣設計了許多公家機關和商業設施，例如台北辰馬商會(今商務印書館附近)、台中娛樂館、西螺水利會等建築，因而帶動台灣本土的建築工匠群起效仿，並融合了部分傳統建築風格，結合成具有世紀時代感及地方情趣的特殊建築風格，剛好是台灣建築由傳統邁入現代的過渡期。
The East Market at the end of the street was close to the ferry pier of Xiluo River during the Qing Dynasty, and business travelers from everywhere gathered here and became an important trading place. During the Showa period, the district was rebuilt. The front building of the East Market was built into a "mountain-shaped" bamboo house, which was divided into a shophouse facing the street, and store and vegetable & meat stalls in the back. The inside construction was similar to the Archway house" of Tokyo, Japan. After the completion of the Xiluo Bridge in 1953, the Xiluo Town Office re-used the removed wood from the Xiluo Bridge to refurbish the roof girders of the East Market, so it is equivalent to an accessory of the Xiluo Bridge. Later, it was classified as a dangerous building due to disrepair. In 1998, the Luoyang Culture and Education Foundation looked for various resources to rebuilt in 2009. The front building is mainly for reinforcement and restoration, while the rear is transformed and revitalized. In addition to replacing some of the beams and columns, it also maintains the characteristics of pavilion feet and wooden mezzanine. It developed towards the "cultural and creative market", are used to drive the development of Yanping Old Street.
街尾的東市場在清朝時期因為緊鄰西螺溪的渡船頭，南北商旅都在這裡聚集，成為西螺早期南北貨的重要交易場所。昭和年間實施街區改正，東市場的前棟整建成「山字型」的竹管厝，分為前棟臨街一條龍的店屋，和後棟竹管厝商店與菜、肉攤位，內部建築形式，類似日本東京造街時期的「牌樓厝」。民國42年西螺大橋落成後，西螺鎮公所將建造西螺大橋用過的木料，拿來整修東市場的屋脊樑架，所以它等於是西螺大橋的附屬品。後因年久失修被列為危險建築，民國87年螺陽文教基金會爭取各方面資源，在民國98年整建，前棟以補強修復為主，後面則改造與空間活化，除了更換部份樑柱，同時維持亭仔腳、木夾層等特色，並朝向「文創市集」發展，用來帶動延平老街的發展。
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