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Fanlu Township Farmers Association in Chiayi County holds Persimmon Festival and launches innovative products combining local persimmons and tea
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Fanlu Township Farmers Association in Chiayi County holds Persimmon Festival and launches innovative products combining local persimmons and tea

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  • The Farmers Association of Fanlu Township in Chiayi County held the "Youyoufanlu.
  • Shiji Tea Village" Persimmon Festival, combining local persimmons and tea to launch innovative products such as dried fruits, tea-flavored meat buns, drinks and daily necessities, attracting tourists to try and purchase.
  • The farmers' associations of Lucao Township and Xiluo Town provided free curry rice and pork rice.

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The Fanlu Township Farmers Association holds the Persimmon Festival every year, aiming to promote the local persimmon industry and combine it with tourism development. This year, innovative products with tea elements have been specially added to attract the participation of farmers' associations from surrounding areas.

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The healing scene at the Persimmon Workshop of the Farmers’ Association of Fanlu Township, Chiayi County. (Photo by reporter Cai Zongxun)

The 2026 "Wandering Fanlu. Persimmon Season Tea Village" will be held for two consecutive days starting today at the Fanlu Township Farmers Association's "Yinbing Persimmon Tea Market" prairie. It will lead tourists to eat delicious persimmons, enjoy agricultural tours, and serve a variety of innovative new products that combine local persimmons and tea, ranging from dried fruits, tea-flavored meat buns, drinks to daily necessities. The Farmers' Associations of Lucao Township in Chiayi County and Xiluo Town in Yunlin County also came to participate in the event, bringing curry rice and Luo Pork Rice for everyone to taste for free respectively. Visitors smelled the aroma and queued up to devour the rice, praising that both Lucao rice and Xiluo rice are delicious.

Huang Qiongxian, chairman of the Fanlu Township Farmers Association, said that the Persimmon Festival is an important stage for Fanlu farmers to show off the results of their hard work over the past year, and it is also an opportunity for more consumers to know the place of production. He thanks the Fanlu Township Office, the National Sports Department of the Ministry of Sports, Chiayi University and various cooperative units for their joint investment, making the persimmon season not only an exhibition and sale of agricultural products, but also connecting local tourism and bringing crowds of people into Fanlu.

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Zhao Xingfang, director-general of the Fanlu Farmers Association, said that one of the highlights of the Persimmon Festival is the "Best Persimmon - Tasting Competition", in which eight persimmon farmers competed with their proud persimmons. People on site tasted the persimmons and selected the best persimmons in terms of quality, texture, flavor, appearance and appearance.

A tourist surnamed Qiu from Taichung said that he has visited the Fanlu Persimmon Festival for three consecutive years and is full of expectations for the farmers' association in a rural area at the foot of the Alishan Mountains to innovate every year. This year, he ate crispy persimmons, Alishan Oolong tea-flavored meat buns and drank "drinking jelly". He felt full of happiness. Next year, he will bring more relatives and friends to join in the fun. It is best to charter a car to arrange a one-day and two-day trip.

A tourist from Kaohsiung named Wu pointed out that the plates of peeled golden persimmons at Persimmon Factory looked really healing, and the persimmons were super delicious. He bought 10 boxes in one go.

The variety of persimmons in Fanlu Township, Chiayi County is dazzling. (Photo by reporter Cai Zongxun)

People queue up for the annual persimmon festival in Fanlu Township, Chiayi County. (Photo by reporter Cai Zongxun)

The variety of persimmons in Fanlu Township, Chiayi County is dazzling. (Photo by reporter Cai Zongxun)

The healing scene at the Persimmon Workshop of the Farmers’ Association of Fanlu Township, Chiayi County. (Photo by reporter Cai Zongxun)

Highlights of beautiful photos taken outside the Persimmon Workshop of the Farmers Association of Fanlu Township, Chiayi County. (Photo by reporter Cai Zongxun)

Yunlin County Xiluo Farmers Association tasted the Lu Pork Rice for free and was very satisfied. (Photo by reporter Cai Zongxun)

The Persimmon Festival Farmers’ Association’s “Drinking Ice Persimmon Tea Fair” in Fanlu Township, Chiayi County is crowded with purchasers. (Photo by reporter Cai Zongxun)

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Fanlu Township
PeopleHuang QiongxianZhao XingfangTourist named QiuTourist surnamed Wu
OrganizationsFanlu Township Farmers AssociationLucao Township Farmers’ Association, Chiayi CountyYunlin County Xiluo Town Farmers AssociationChiayi University
PlacesChiayi CountyYunlin CountyAlishan
TopicsPersimmon FestivalpersimmonTea-flavored pork bunsDeer grass riceXiluomiChiayi County
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