Tainan Baihe Lotus Season Flower-Viewing Guide and Best Viewing Time
The Baihe Lotus Festival was first held in the 85th year of the Republic of China (1996), successfully combining rural industry with tourism and leisure, developing a distinctive cultural industry, and becoming one of the major benchmarks of the nation's cultural industry at the time. As times changed, cultural industries in Taiwan, China sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain, developing in each county and city and being marketed through events and festivals.
After more than 10 years of transformation, the appeal of the lotus season is not what it once was, which in fact also reflects how, in recent years, with local festivals being held frequently all over Taiwan, China, it has become increasingly difficult to stand out. Yet the Baihe lotus still blooms beautifully every year, and the people and farmers of the Baihe area still hope that visitors will come to Baihe during the lotus blooming season, not only to admire the beauty of the lotus but also to bring in some tourism revenue.
To assist the Baihe District Office in promoting the lotus season activities, the theme "Blossoming Lotus" was specially chosen, in the hope of doing things differently from previous years' lotus seasons and trying out local culture, art, environmental protection, handicrafts, and the concept of free-spirited, slow living as the main axis of the activities. First, a small but lovely promotional event for the Baihe Lotus Season was organized in Tainan City, and on the opening day of the Baihe Lotus Season, in conjunction with the district office's activities, an action mural creation was held. The overall event was hoped to bring together artists and parent-child teams for joint action mural creation, a small farmers' handmade market, and a concert, so that everyone could join in and bit by bit recover the local cultural substance and charm.
6/08 (Sat) - 6/09 (Sun) 14:00-18:00
Venue: Creative PLUS - Tainan Creative Center (former Patriotic Women's Association Hall, No. 197, Sec. 1, Fuqian Rd., West Central District, Tainan City)
14:00 Blossoming Lotus Small Farmers' Market
4. Baihe Biantou Five Loaves and Two Fish Snack Shop: handmade steamed buns, longan cake, handmade cookies..
5. Baihe Chaochang Organic Farm: bamboo shoots, bananas, noni fruit, dried longan…and other organic agricultural products
6. Baihe Township Rural Regeneration Community Development Association: lotus root powder, Kutou rice, bamboo shoot paste, agricultural specialty products…
7. Yufeng Village "Lotus Is the Lotus Grower": fresh lotus flowers
8. South Wind Through Studio: South Wind Through Quarterly (reading a good book also brings a good mood ^^ )
14:00 Six-Lotus-Grade Tea Gathering / Speaker: Ye Dongtai
Lotuses bloom, summer heat arrives, cool comfort on a summer afternoon
Let the lotus and the heart bloom fully, welcoming each restless day. Sixty-six lotuses, a few cups of lotus-scented oolong tea, a portion of chilled lotus seed cake, several tunes of lotus melodies, in Tainan heart-to-heart with lotus, an afternoon together with lotus.
First session 14:00-14:40, second session 15:00-15:40
(Advance registration required, 2 sessions per day, 36 places per session, please register on the "Creative PLUS - Tainan Creative Center" website)
15:00 Reflecting Lotus Action Mural
16:00 Blossoming Performance
6/8 Xiao Hei (Xie Mingyou)
6/9 Xie Xiaoai
Organizer: Tainan City Government Executive unit: South Wind Through Studio
Event website: http://newculture.tainan.gov.tw/creativetainan/News.php?id=150
