Miaoli Shitan Fairy Grass Flower Festival will be held on December 5 and is estimated to attract more than 400,000 visitors

Last year, more than 400,000 people visited, and the "Purple Explosion" Miaoli Shitan Fairy Grass Flower Festival's opening time this year has been revealed. The picture shows the beautiful purple flowers in previous years. (Provided by the township office)

Shitan Township in Miaoli County has always been famous for its citrus, cinnamon bamboo shoots and other agricultural products, but there are also many stores selling grass jelly products in the township. In order to promote local tourism and develop the economy, Shitan Township has held a grass jelly flower festival in recent years. The "exploding purple" beautiful grass jelly flowers have attracted a large number of tourists to enjoy the flowers. Last year, more than 400,000 people came to enjoy the flowers during the one-month flowering period. This year, due to the hot weather, the flowering period is expected to be late. The township office plans to hold activities for three consecutive weekends starting from December 5 to celebrate.

The Shitan Township Office pointed out that due to the relatively hot weather this year, the flowering period is expected to be later, and the fairy grass flowers are not expected to bloom until the end of November to the end of December. It is slightly later than last year. The location is still the Dadongshi area where the township government has planted fairy grass flowers in recent years. The estimated planting area is about 6 acres and 24,000 plants. The same as last year, and the soil has been turned over to create "eyes full of purple romance".

Please read on...

In addition, Shitan Township Office will continue to hold the well-received landscape art voting. There will be 9 groups of works participating in the election. Four groups of landscape installation art will be selected by voting to stand in the romantic purple flower field. , this year’s theme is the combination of Shitan animals and Shitan culture. You are expected to see creative works related to various wild animals such as cute birds, mountain pigs, mountain sheep, stone tigers, etc. that live in Shitan.

The Shitan Fairy Grass Flower Festival has attracted a large number of tourists in recent years. According to statistics from the township office, more than 400,000 people flocked to Shitan during the one-month flowering period last year. Thanks to tourists for their love, public transportation will still be provided this year. Detailed information will be announced at that time.

In recent years, Shitan Township has held the Fairy Grass Flower Festival, which initially exceeded 10,000 people but last year exceeded 400,000. It has attracted a large number of tourists and has become a very representative annual event in Shitan Township.