The annual Taoyuan Lupinus Festival, to enter its third edition this year, is an event that welcomes tourists to bring their family members to have a tour of Dabeiken and Sanhe exhibition areas.
Explore the neighborhood on foot. In you ramble through the fields, you can see the beauty of the tea plantations, Lupine flowers, the Hakka culture and tea farms in the countryside.
SAVORING SLOW-PACED MOUNTAIN LIFE AND STRONG TEA
Stop for a cup of tea after making a turn on the road. Bring your tea with you as walking around the neighborhood throughout the whole Lupine Flower Season.
★ We have a pot of hot Hakka tea ready for you to sip. Please bring a small tea cup with you.
Take a sip of tea, and you’ll feel relaxed and refreshed.
Floral Tea Feast
★ Event time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
★ Event site: Main venue (Sanshui Soil and Water Conservation Classroom)
Great Earth Tea Feast
★ Event time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
★ Event site: He Kiln Cultural and Creative Park
Making “slow-living” tea cups and drawstring pouches
★ Event time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ★ Event site: Main venue (Sanshui Soil and Water Conservation Classroom)
★ Event time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ★ Event site: He Kiln Cultural and Creative Park
Making “slow-living” tea cups and drawstring pouches
Go to the event’s Facebook fan page called “Dabeiken Leisure Agriculture Area-Taoyuan Lupinus Festival.” After checking in at the website, you can get a free “slow-living” tea cup and drawstring pouch. You may also print a favorite pattern on the pouch as an art enthusiast usually does.
★ Event site: Information desk at Dabeiken main venue
★ Event dates: Feb. 15, 16, 22. 23, 29, and March 1, 7, 8 (a limited quantity of 100 per day)
★ Event time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
※ For relevant information, please consult persons in charge.
A PHOTO CONTEST ON INSTAGRAM
We invite all photography lovers to join the contest by sending to us photos showing you immersed in a sea of flowers. You stand to win a Hakka Specialty Tea.
★ Registration period: Feb., 15 to March 1, 2020
★ Gifts: Hakka Specialty Tea (for top 15 finishers)
★ How to join the contest:
Step 1: Follow the “pin586326” account on Instagram.
Step 2: Take a photo of yourself at the event site and post it on your Instagram account, which must be one that is open to the public.
Step 3: Tag “@pin586326” in your text and add designated hashtags like “#2020Taoyuanlupinusfestival” or “#Taoyuanlupinu.”
★ Selection criteria: Top 15 finishers in order of the number of “likes” received
The photo contest on Instagram
※ The photos are for reference only, with their content yet to be checked with the real things.
※ The organizer reserves the right to adjust, suspend or terminate the event without any prior notice.
LUPINUS & ART
Follow the artist’s vision and realize different perspectives
People are invited to carry out Lupinus creation and breakthrough activities, and experience the multiple faces of art and life.
I’m King of Challenge &What A Beauty Lupinus
Go to the “Taoyuan City Art Association” booth to ask for breakthrough levels, complete five levels (you can choose the order of clearance), the first 150 passers can get Lupinus paintings painted by the artist on site!
★ Event dates: 2/15, 2/23, 3/1 (limited to 150 participants per game)
★ Activity time: 09: 00-12: 00
★ Venue: Main venue (Sanshui Soil and Water Conservation Classroom)
GOLDEN ROMANCE
Hakka singer-songwriters, bands, and young singers
In the Valentine’s Day-themed event that features romantic Lupine flowers, singers and bands sing in relays to hype up the audience.
BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS
Local music and dance clubs as well as Hakka singers.
The performances demonstrate a combination of local Hakka traditions and innovative art forms. They are imbued with the passion from multiple generations. They are good shows well worth seeing.
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN FLOWERS
A Drum show as the prelude, stylistically diverse musical performances, Hakka traditional music
Let fun-filled melodies reverberate between flowers and in the tea-growing mountains to demonstrate an invigorating rhythm and a strong life force.
A FLORAL BANQUET
Fun-packed child-parent shows, stylistically diverse artistic performances, and performances by Hakka music and dance clubs
Like the many colors of a floral banquet, stylistically diverse artistic performances, fun-packed child-parent shows, and musical and dance performances are presented.
FLOWER SITUATION
The golden flowers in full bloom on tea farms are like butterflies fluttering about in the fields.
TRAFFIC INFORMATION
During the holidays (2/15, 2/16, 2/22, 2/23, 2/28, 2/29, 3/1), because there are many people and there is no car turning space, Vehicles and motorcycles that enter the venue without parking spaces will be controlled in a single cycle. Vehicles and motorcycles are required to follow one-way traffic. No parking spaces are provided along the road. If you want to park, please park the vehicles at the venue parking lot.
