Taoyuan City’s scenic spots for viewing tung trees have entered the period of full bloom, and it is the right time for scenic spots such as Daxi Eleven Fingers Ancient Road to appreciate tung trees.

(Photo by reporter Li Rongping)

[Reporter Li Rongping/Taoyuan Report] Tung flowers are in full bloom. This year, the Hakka Affairs Bureau of Taoyuan City will hold the 2023 Hakka Tung Blossom Festival series activities with the theme of "Tourism Tung Blossom Village". "Ancient Road" Tung flowers and falling flowers drift along the creek, which is quite poetic and picturesque.

Daxi District Office will hold "When the Tung Blossoms Bloom" in the Kangzhuang Leisure Agriculture Area from 29th to May 1st.

The activity of "Traveling in the Farmhouse" combines local small farmers and entrepreneurs to launch agronomy-themed micro-tours, hands-on experience DIY, tung flower market, etc. Some places are reserved on-site for tourists to register on-site.

Chen Shengyi, mayor of Daxi District, said that the Kangzhuang Leisure Agriculture Area focuses on protecting farm life and a friendly ecological environment. It is named after the excavation and paving by Abo. It can connect Touliao (Taiwan Line 7) and Puwei (Taiwan Line 4). You can hear the sound of gurgling water in the stream, and there is a century-old eggplant tree at the exit of the ancient road. Walking along the ancient road with tung blossoms in full bloom, you can feel the breeze blowing, which makes you feel refreshed.

Tong Weizhe, chairman of the Kangzhuang Leisure Agriculture Development Association, said that the Eleven Fingers Ancient Road was originally a rare and uninhabited place for viewing tung trees. In recent years, under the recommendation of the Hakka Committee of the Executive Yuan, it has attracted many people. Composed of restaurants, young farmers and local residents, this time small farmers used local ingredients to design hands-on DIY activities, including picking eggs, painting tops, small woodworking baskets, and allowing tourists to make golden pickles, mulberry jam DIY, green Local souvenirs such as lattes, basil noodles, and Skittles can be shared with relatives and friends, thereby stimulating the vitality of the region and allowing more people to experience the beauty of the countryside.

Famous scenic spots for viewing tung trees in Taoyuan City include Xiaochukeng Ancient Trail in Longtan District, Sanhe Trail, Da Niuzaki Ancient Trail, Shimen Sankeng Iron Horse Trail, Hakka Cultural Center, Gaoyuan Village Bicycle Path, Eleven Fingers Ancient Trail in Daxi District, Dajiaoxiong Ancient Trail, Zhai Mingsi Ancient Trail, Jinmian Mountain Ancient Trail, Baojia Ancient Trail in Yangmei District, Wujiutong Mountain Trail in Luzhu District, Bogongkeng Forest Road, Hutou Mountain Jingguomei Garden in Taoyuan District, Fengshukeng Trail in Guishan District, and Changgung Health Culture Village in Taoyuan. Tung flowers are in full bloom, and the flowering period is expected to last until mid-May.

The snow-white tung flowers on the eleven-finger ancient road of Daxi in Taoyuan float along the stream to the pool, which is quite poetic and picturesque.

(Photo by reporter Li Rongping)

Taoyuan City Jingtong scenic spot has entered the blooming period, and it is the right time to go to "Chasing Snow".

(Photo by reporter Li Rongping)

The tung tree viewing spots in Taoyuan City are in full bloom, and the people who appreciate the tung tree gather the fallen tung flowers and arrange them in a romantic love.

(Photo by reporter Li Rongping)

Taoyuan City Jingtong scenic spot has entered the blooming period, and it is the right time to go to "Chasing Snow".

(Photo by reporter Li Rongping)

The tung tree viewing spots in Taoyuan City are in full bloom, and the people who appreciate the tung tree gather the fallen tung flowers and arrange them in a romantic love.

(Photo by reporter Li Rongping)

The snow-white tung flowers on the eleven-finger ancient road of Daxi in Taoyuan float along the stream to the pool, which is quite poetic and picturesque.

(Photo by reporter Li Rongping)

The small farmers of the Kangzhuang Leisure Agriculture Development Association used local ingredients to design hand-to-hand experience DIY activities.

(Photographed by reporter Li Rongping)