Red Envelope Club

The Red Envelope Club is an entertainment venue in Ximending, Taipei, where female performers sing traditional Chinese songs from the 1920s to 1950s for an audience of older male guests. The shows feature music from that era, creating an atmosphere focused on these historical melodies.

These clubs started in the 1960s as gathering places for former Kuomintang soldiers who had relocated from mainland China after the civil war. The venues became spaces where people maintained connections to their past lives and cultural roots.

The venue's name comes from how guests give money to performers in red envelopes, a meaningful way to show appreciation in Chinese tradition.

These venues line Hankou Street, Emei Street, and Xining South Road in the Ximending district. The area is easy to walk through, and visitors can move between different locations without difficulty.

These clubs preserve musical styles that have largely disappeared from daily life everywhere else in the modern world. Visitors step into a specific chapter of Chinese music history that survives in only a few places.

GPS coordinates: 25.04339,121.50640

Latest update: December 10, 2025 16:29