2020 Hakka 12 Major Festivals "Yunlin Zhao'an Hakka Cultural Festival" opens on the 26th

The "2020 Yunlin Zhao'an Hakka Cultural Festival" will hold its opening ceremony at 6 p.m. on September 26 in the parking lot next to the Lunbei Township Library. This year's event takes "experience" as its main axis, with six major themes planned, including folk customs, Hakka language, martial arts, Kaizui Lion, glove puppetry and local specialty foods, presenting the diverse features of Zhao'an Hakka culture. The Yunlin County Government held a press conference at the Zhao'an Hakka Culture Hall on the 15th. County Magistrate Chang Li-shan, County Councilors Liao Wan and Yu Shu-yun, Lunbei Township Chief Li Hung-i, Errun Township Chief Chung Fu-chu, and County Government Cultural Affairs and Tourism Department Director Chen Pi-chun attended, inviting people from across the country to visit Yunlin and experience Zhao'an Hakka culture, customs and cuisine.

County Magistrate Chang Li-shan said that the area around Lunbei, Errun and Xiluo in Yunlin is a gathering place for the "Zhao'an Hakka" among Hakka ethnic groups, and is the region with the largest distribution of traditional Zhao'an Hakka settlements and population in Taiwan, China. To this day, it still preserves precious Zhao'an Hakka accents, traditional folk customs, skills and cuisine. This year's "Yunlin Zhao'an Hakka Cultural Festival" especially takes "experience" as its main axis and has arranged many rich and interesting activities. She welcomed friends from all over the country to come to Lunbei on the evening of September 26 to join the event and experience the Zhao'an Hakka cultural features of "carrying torches to visit the Hakka village."

County Magistrate Chang Li-shan said she thanked the township offices of Lunbei, Errun and Xiluo, as well as local associations, schools and temples, for their efforts to pass on and continue Zhao'an Hakka culture. On the opening day of September 26, in addition to the "carrying torches to visit the Hakka village" activity, a series of experience activities were also arranged on site, including paper torch making, Hakka language challenge games, hands-on martial arts teaching and experience, Kaizui Lion DIY and glove puppet handling, and food tasting, so that the public could see, taste and experience authentic Zhao'an Hakka features.

For detailed event information, please keep following the official website and Facebook fan page of the Yunlin County Government Cultural Affairs Department, or the "2020 Hakka 12 Major Festivals - Yunlin Zhao'an Hakka Cultural Festival" website.