2019 Top 12 Hakka Festivals Taitung Good Rice Winter Harvest Festival All-You-Can-Eat Chirashizushi

2019 Top 12 Hakka Festivals - Taitung Good Rice Winter Harvest Festival. On the 9th (Saturday), the "Houshi Danghao 2nd Rice Bucket King Competition - Preliminary Round" was held at the Taitung County Hakka Learning Hall. 29 contestants from all walks of life gathered together, and a Taitung resident surnamed You won the preliminary championship with a great result of eating nearly 3 jin, and will advance with other qualifiers to the final on November 23, competing for the championship prize of a one-year "Taitung Good Rice long-term meal ticket." On November 17, there will be another preliminary round for the Rift Valley area at the Taitung County Hakka Cultural Park (Chishang). Big eaters who love rice are welcome to sign up enthusiastically.

"3.2.1, start the competition!" Under the host's countdown command in Hakka, facing a large bucket of sushi rice, the contestants all went all out. Some prepared water, some paired it with fermented bean curd, and some directly formed rice balls and put them into their mouths. Able to eat sushi rice heartily in the corridor of an old Japanese-style building, the 3 sisters surnamed Yu from Nanwang, all in their early 20s, all said the activity was very interesting. One of them even made it into the top 10, and her slim figure surprised everyone. Besides contestants who lost last year and came this year to redeem themselves, there were also people who came from far away from Kaohsiung to participate, as well as father-son teams, husband-wife teams, and groups of classmates competing against each other in the same group. Cheers and laughter continued throughout the scene, and in the end, a 41-year-old Taitung resident surnamed You won the Taitung venue preliminary championship.

This year marks the 10th anniversary, and the event will be expanded. With the theme "Eating Danghao in the Winter Harvest," besides the unchanging spirit of passing on the festival tradition, 10 "Danghao (Hakka: just right, very good)" activities are also planned, combining Hakka music, arts and culture, experiences, celebrations, and competitions. From November 2 to November 23, every week will be exciting. Everyone is welcome to keep following the latest event information and eat Taitung rice foods to their heart's content all at once.