Hakka Tour

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The Yong’an Conch Cultural Park (永安海螺文化體驗園區), a new landmark for the Hakka settlement by the sea in Taoyuan City’s Xinwu District, was officially open in Taoyuan City on March 19 with the blessings of Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌), Hakka Affairs Council (HAC) Minister Yiong Con-ziin, and Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦).

Addressing the opening ceremony, Premier Su said that President Tsai Ing-wen places great emphasis on Hakka people and their culture. After she took office, President Tsai made Hakka one of the national languages, set up Hakka Radio Station and Hakka Public Communication Foundation, as well as launched the Taiwan Romantic Route 3 Project and the Hakka 369 Project, Su said.

Thanking Taoyuan Mayor Cheng for planning the cultural park and making it possible to pass down marine Hakka culture, Su hopes that young visitors can experience the Hakka spirit of hardiness in the maritime area through the exhibitions in the cultural park. He also expects Taoyuan’s efforts to perpetuate Hakka culture will lead to the whole nation’s respect towards all of Taiwan’s ethnic groups and their cultural preservation.

Pointing out that Taoyuan is the city with the largest Hakka population in the country, Minister Yiong said, while most Hakka people in Taiwan usually live in mountainous areas, Hakka residents of Taoyuan’s Xinwu District dwell in villages near the sea and have developed unique marine Hakka culture.

The minister is grateful to Premier Su for supporting HAC and the Taoyuan City Government with the fund of the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program to build the marine Hakka cultural venue. The park will be part of the exhibition areas for World Hakka Exposition, which is slated for 2023, Yiong added.

Occupying 5.6 hectares, the Yong’an Conch Cultural Park is located near the north of Yong’an Fishing Harbor (永安漁港), which is the only Hakka fishing port in Taiwan. Designed by the architect Dai Xiao-qin (戴小芹), the park integrates the natural and cultural elements, such as ocean and Hakka. The two-story main building with the design of the conch-shaped curve is eco-friendly green architecture that accentuates energy conservation and waste reduction.

HAC invites the public to visit the new tourist attraction in Taoyuan and experience the one-of-a-kind culture in the coastal Hakka settlement.