DistantNews
Support us
🇹🇼 Taiwan /Culture & Society

Tainan’s Dongshan Hosts Mountain-and-Sea Feast, With 80 Tables Available by Reservation

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources New plan
  • Dongshan district in Tainan will hold its Mountain-and-Sea Feast banquet on Oct. 17 at Dongshan Sports Park.
  • Organizers will serve dishes combining Dongshan agricultural products with fresh seafood from the Greater Beimen area, at NT$4,000 per table.
  • The event will also feature traditional music, cultural activities, a market, hands-on experiences and tastings of local coffee, citrus and dried longan.

A banquet in Tainan’s Dongshan district will bring together local mountain produce and seafood from the Greater Beimen area, with reservations now open for 80 tables.

The Mountain-and-Sea Feast will take place on the morning of Oct. 17 at Dongshan Sports Park. Dongshan District Office and the Dongshan business district organized a preview cooking presentation on Oct. 1, showcasing a menu developed by local culinary teams.

The dishes will use Dongshan products including roasted dried longan, Dongshan coffee and ponkan oranges, alongside seafood from the Greater Beimen area. Each table costs NT$4,000, and reservations will close when all places are filled.

I hope this will help more people get to know Dongshan and see the distinctiveness and value of its agriculture.

— Chang Cheng-langThe Dongshan district director described the purpose of linking the district with the Greater Beimen area.

Dongshan District Director Chang Cheng-lang said his previous role as Beimen district director helped lead to cooperation between the two areas. Business district chairman Lin Chen-lung said organizers hope the partnership will draw visitors to Dongshan and encourage them to experience its local culture, food and industries.

The event will include guzheng performances, character interactions, a creative market, traditional children’s games and a hands-on aiyu jelly activity. Visitors will also be able to sample limited quantities of Dongshan coffee, citrus and longan.

We hope that by connecting the distinctive industries and agricultural and fishery products of Dongshan and the Greater Beimen area, we can attract more visitors to explore Dongshan.

— Lin Chen-lungThe Dongshan business district chairman discussed the event’s tourism goals.
About this summary

Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

More Stories

From Our Blog