Meinong Hakka Town
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Southern Taiwan’s most representative Hakka town, with oil-paper umbrellas, blue Hakka shirts, flat rice noodles and tobacco kilns set among rice fields; the winter flower fields are at their most beautiful.
Meinong District lies about 45 km northeast of Kaohsiung and is the centre of Hakka culture in southern Taiwan. Key sights include the Meinong Hakka Cultural Museum (covering Hakka migration, blue shirts and the tobacco industry), the Yuanxiang Oil-Paper Umbrella Culture Village (where you can paint your own oil-paper umbrella), Dongmen Tower, Meinong Lake, traditional Hakka houses and tobacco kilns. Must-eat dishes are Meinong bangtiao (flat rice noodles) and Hakka stir-fry. In winter, when the fields lie fallow, they fill with cosmos flowers, and you can cycle through the fields. Getting there: transfer at Qishan, about 20 minutes. Driving or hiring a car is recommended, and it pairs well with Qishan Old Street in a day trip.
Opening hours
Cultural relics museum approx. 09:00–17:00 (closed Mondays)
Nearby sights
- Cishan Old Street
- Tianliao Moon World
- Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum
- E-Da World
- Chengcing Lake
- Fengyi Academy
- Dadong Arts Center
- Dragon and Tiger Pagodas