1st 2nd International Taiwan Hakka Arts and Cultural Festival

The year 2019 will offer a total of thirteen local Hakka festivals and other Hakka-themed cultural activities, which will be taking identify from February to November beyond cities and towns in Taiwan.

Selected by the Hakka Diplomacy Council concluding year, the featured festivals include traditional festivals that embody pregnant Hakka culture and history too as innovative festivals that will reinterpret local Hakka lifestyle from a cultural perspective.

Initiated by the Council, the year-long festival program aims to discover local Hakka festivals and deepen community date in Hakka villages. Information technology will present the Hakka spirit and highlight the value and characteristics of Taiwanese Hakka festivities, and push for the registration of Hakka community and sites as national cultural heritage.

Featured festivals and events:

Dragon Bombing Festival

The Dragon Bombing Festival was held for the first fourth dimension in 1998 by Miaoli City to revitalize traditional Hakka folk culture. Every bit a Hakka version of the widely historic Lantern Festival, dragon-bombing activities such as Hakka dragon dances, lion dances, and temple arrays are performed during February in Miaoli.

Xin Ding Ban Festival

Historically, Hakka people offered rice dishes to deities to pray for a infant. Today, the Xin Ding Ban Festival is held every February in Taichung not only to preserve this traditional Hakka custom, but also to encourage couples to have more children and promote gender equality.

Liudui Defending the City Walls Festival

The Liudui Defending the City Walls Festival was established in Pingtung to offering insights into Hakka ancestors' brave defence force against enemies who tried to invade their homes during their early on settlement in the Liudui region of southern Taiwan . Information technology now takes place in several Hakka townships during February.

Zhudong Tian-Chuan Solar day Taiwan Hakka Folk Songs Singing Contest

Based in Hsinchu'southward Zhudong Township, the singing contest is the oldest and largest contest of its kind in Taiwan. Every Feb, the event seeks to preserve Hakka culture by highlighting the cultural meaning of "Tian-Chuan Solar day," i.e. National Hakka Day or Ripped Sky Festival, a traditional celebration that commemorates goddess Nüwa.

Liudui Games

Returning for its 5 quaternary edition this March, the Liudui Games commemorate the brave Hakka who safeguarded Hakka villages in the early on days. The games likewise aim to encourage immature Hakka people to render to Liudui to participate in local affairs and revive Hakka culture.

Hakka Tung Blossom Festival

Under the theme of Tung flowers, the annual festival presents the Hakka community's respect and gratitude toward south nature . The vitality of Tung flowers also reflects the Hakka people's stiff spirit. From Apr through June, taking a trip to Hakka villages for blossom-viewing and sightseeing is an absolute must.

Taichung Ciao Sheng Sian Shih Cultur due east Festival

"Ciao Sheng Sian Shih" is the championship bestowed to a historic pioneering craftsman named Lu Ban, who is worshiped as a deity by craftspeople and artisans today. The festival held in Taichung every May through June advocates his spirit and trade.

Yi-Wei Hakka War Cultural Festival

The Yi-Wei Hakka War Cultural Festival is held every May and June in Taoyuan to assist the public learn near the brave "Yimin," which refers to Hakka volunteers who formed militias to protect their hometowns during the Japanese invasion of Taiwan in 1895.

Boxing of the Male monarch of Drummers

The Boxing of the King of Drummers seeks to pass down Hakka folk culture by offering a platform during June or July in Hualien County for Hakka performance groups to exercise and present their works.

Hakka Fishing Festival

To pass down the traditional skills of catching fish by using beach seines or stone ponds, which is 1 of the oldest fishing techniques in Taiwan, the Hakka Fishing Festival in Taoyuan offers seine-fishing opportunities, exhibitions, and tours to Hakka angling villages during July.

Hsinchu Hakka Yimin Festival

Combined with the Xinpu-based Pear Festival, the Hakka Yimin Festival is held in August to help revive the traditional civilization and arts of Hsinchu and commemorate the spirit of Yimin militias. It also seeks to boost local tourism and raise awareness of Hakka culture.

Zhao-an Hakka Festival

As an of import Oct event of Hakka groups in Yunlin Canton, the Zhao-an Hakka Festival revitalizes the dwindling culture of "Zhao-an," a Hakka group that originated from the Chinese province of Fujian. The festival offers tours to local cultural destinations associated with Zhao-an heritage.

Chenggong Festival

To promote the Hakka township of Guoxing in Nantou and its local community, folk religion, and culture, the Chenggong Festival offers various events for visitors to experience Hakka culture and food and explore local cultural destinations every September.

Rice Harvest Festival

During the Japanese colonial era, many Hakka people relocated to Taitung in eastern Taiwan to grow rice and other agricultural products. The Rice Harvest Festival in November helps the public empathize that Hakka culture is also an important part of Taitung.

Hakka Wedding & Party

Since the commencement Hakka-themed wedding was held in Kaohsiung in 2013, the Hakka Nuptials & Political party has get an annual event that attracts Hakka and non-Hakka couples to hold their weddings together in November. Hakka customs, food, and music are presented during the result for the participants to learn nigh Hakka culture.

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