The Taichung International Tapestry Festival returns this year, with 200,000 flowers creating a Taiwanese version of Provence.

(Photo by reporter Su Mengjuan)

[Reporter Su Mengjuan/Taichung Report] The Taichung International Tapestry Festival was closed last year due to the impact of the epidemic, and it will return this year. From December 3rd to 18th, there will be 19 kinds of flower species in the No. 2 Nursery of the New Community Seedling Improvement Breeding Farm, such as Four Seasons Begonia , Christmas red, sunflower and other 200,000 flowers and plants form a large-scale flower art installation, and another 120 meters of southern French-style streets will create a "Taiwanese version of Provence" in a 2-hectare site, inviting the public to come to Taichung to enjoy the flowers "Heart Blossoms" ".

Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan pointed out that the Taichung International Tapestry Festival was suspended last year due to the epidemic, and it will return this year as the epidemic slows down. In previous years, the venue of the new community Agricultural Committee was chosen. This year, the Agricultural Committee considered the global food shortage during the Ukraine-Russia War. The site of the Huahai Festival held by the Council of Agriculture was replanted with corn, and the original site of the Taichung Tapestry Festival was not lent. Legislator Jiang Qichen worked hard to get the Council of Agriculture to agree to lend the land, so that the Tapestry Festival can be held smoothly this year. Taichung Tapestry The festival will be held under the special landscape surrounded by cornfields, which will have a unique style.

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Lu Xiuyan pointed out that in order to encourage energy saving and carbon reduction and avoid traffic jams for flower viewing, there will be no parking lot at the site of this year's tapestry festival. It is "heart blossoms", all are welcome to come to Taichung to enjoy the "heart blossoms", and the mood will be good.

Han Yuqi, Director of the Tourism Bureau, pointed out that the Xinshe Flower Festival of the Council of Agriculture has been suspended. Although the scale of this year's event has been reduced, the curatorial direction is in the style of southern France, and it is committed to making Xinshe a "Taiwanese version of Provence". The exhibition area covers an area of ​​2 hectares , using 19 kinds of flowers, such as four seasons crabapple, Christmas red, sunflower and other 200,000 flowers and plants to form a large-scale flower art installation. In addition, a 120-meter-long southern French-style street was specially created. The Agricultural Bureau and the Municipal Hakka Affairs Committee invited local small farmers , to exhibit and sell local characteristic agricultural products and promote Hakka culture. Every Saturday and Sunday, on the main stage of the exhibition area, there are wonderful performances such as dance troupes, orchestras, magic shows and creative music.

The Tourism Bureau also cooperates with the Taichung City B&B Association on the "Taichung Festival B&B Project" to launch 5 special itineraries, gather more than 30 mountain city B&B discounts, and provide about 20 value-added experience benefits; also cooperate with Taichung New Community Leisure Agriculture The Guidance Development Association cooperates with local co-creation and invites local florists to make flower arrangements at the intersection of Xiezhong Street and Huafeng Street, and Bailanzhen Memorial Park. The public is invited to areas including Xinshe, Fengyuan, and Dongshi to participate in worker experience and rural characteristics.

The Bureau of Tourism and Tourism reminds that this year, due to the use of the seedling field nursery for the tapestry festival, there is no car parking lot. Visitors can use the surrounding parking lots along the MRT Green Line and take the special shuttle bus for the tapestry festival at Songzhu Station of the MRT. There are plans for this year Fengyuan, Taiyuan, and Songzhu shuttle lines, and during holidays, a total of 5 shuttle buses will be added to Dongshi and the venue ring line. During the exhibition period, the public can take the Taiwan Railway to Fengyuan Station and Songzhu Station to transfer to the shuttle bus.

The Taichung International Tapestry Festival returns this year to create a Taiwanese version of Provence.

(provided by the city)