Taipei Hakka Winter Celebration will be held on 11/14, combining sustainable markets and dramas to showcase the charm of Hakkas

The "2026 Taipei Hakka Harvest Winter Celebration", directed by the Taipei City Hakka Committee and hosted by the Taipei Hakka Cultural Foundation, will be held lively at the Taipei Hakka Culture Theme Park on the 14th. The event combines a sustainable food and lifestyle festival market, as well as traditional rituals and stage cultural performances, inviting citizens to experience the diverse charm of Hakka culture and the joy of harvest at the end of the year. This year's event takes "Harvest step by step" as the annual theme, and deeply explores the spirit of hard work, harvest and gratitude to heaven contained in the Hakka winter harvest tradition. "Bu Bu" cleverly echoes the image of galloping forward in 2026, the Year of the Horse, symbolizing down-to-earth and continuous progress; "Harvest" shows the fruitful results of solid farming and cultural inheritance.

Taipei City Guest Committee stated that this time it invited Jingsheng Hakka Theater Company to bring Taiwan's premiere drama "The Tribulation of the East China Sea", which combines the classic myth of Nezha's sea disaster with modern marine environmental issues, using vivid operas to educate and entertain, and cultivate the sustainability awareness of parent-child audiences. "Percussion" combines percussion, martial arts, acrobatics and physical performance, with traditional Hakka costumes and modern rhythms, showing a unique and shocking cross-border performance.

In addition, the Hakka Academy Achievements Exhibition leads the public to easily experience Hakka language and life culture through performances, crafts and experiential games. Free crafts and handicrafts are provided on site, including indigo dyeing, plant dyeing, mud dyeing, weaving and leather, and other courses suitable for both parents and children. There are also Hakka teaching booths with Four County accents and Hakka accents. Through interactive games such as guessing and chanting, people can learn their mother tongue and redeem limited edition gifts. Dynamic performances presented the results of lifelong learning at the Hakka Academy. Classic pop music was performed by erhu, Chinese flute and zhongruan, and authentic traditional Hakka folk arts were brought by the eight-tone class and the opera class, showing the Hakka artistic style that blends the old and the new.

The Taipei City Guest Committee explained that this Sustainable Food Lifestyle Festival market is themed "The Future of Eating", and is jointly initiated by "Liren Social Enterprise" and "Green Catering Guide", advocating that sustainability issues should be implemented starting from daily "eating", and vigorously promote local grains, low-carbon vegetable food and food farmer education. More than 50 local small farmers, craftsmen and green catering operators gathered on site to provide high-quality products such as organic and friendly fresh fruits and vegetables, future vegetarian dishes and additive-free delicacies, and advocated a green lifestyle attitude of selling naked, plastic-free and zero waste.