Nantou Plum Festival kicks off with a buzz, spectacular scene as a thousand people do plum DIY

The 2019 Nantou Plum Festival grandly opened on the morning of the 31st at the Xinyi Township Farmers' Association's Plum Dream Factory, attracting thousands of people to take part. Deputy County Magistrate Chen Cheng-sheng, former Council of Agriculture Chairman Chen Chih-ching, Councilor Chen Shu-hui, Council Secretary-General Chen Kuo-chung, Council of Agriculture Taichung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station Deputy Director Hung Mei-chu, Xinyi Township Chief Chuan Chih-chien, Xinyi Township Farmers' Association General Manager Huang Chih-hui, and more than a thousand members of the public—all did plum DIY together, a spectacular scene.

Deputy County Magistrate Chen Cheng-sheng said that Nantou County has a wide planting area, and it is an agricultural product rich in nutrition and health concepts, mainly distributed across the four major townships of Shuili, Xinyi, Ren'ai, and Guoxing, with excellent quality.

The Nantou County Agriculture Department stated that the Plum Festival series of activities has officially begun. In addition to the opening event, on April 6, 13, and 20 there will be indigenous-style plum-making experiences at the Qingliu Tribe in Ren'ai Township; on April 20 there will also be a plum DIY activity at the Xindongyang National Highway Nantou Service Area; and on April 27 and 28 there will be plum-picking meals and agricultural specialty product sales activities by the Shuili River in Shuili Township. The plum-picking meal on April 27 was originally planned for 500 places, and registration sold out instantly upon opening. To satisfy the public's desire to taste the plum-picking meal, an additional 500 places have been specially opened. For registration time and related information, please contact the Shuili Township Farmers' Association.

In addition, to let more people experience the fun of plum-making DIY, starting from March 26, the farmers' associations of the four major plum-producing townships and the Nantou County Agricultural Cooperative Union will respectively go to farmers' associations in areas such as Wuqi and Da'an in Taichung City, Yilan City Farmers' Association, Miaoli Toufen Social Volunteer Service Association, Taipei City Shilin District Farmers' Association, Neihu District Farmers' Association, New Taipei City Banqiao District Farmers' Association, Jianguo Flower Market, and National Taiwan University Agricultural Exhibition Hall and other places for sales exhibitions. On April 6, 7 and 20, 21, the county farmers' association will also hold sales exhibitions at Taipei Hope Plaza and Taipei Yuanshan Expo Park respectively, and people from all over are welcome to visit and purchase.