English

• This festival, the “Zhaoan Uncle Hakka Village Trip”, is hosted in hope that people will understand the Hakka culture on a deeper level, especially the Hakka lifestyle, traditions, performances, arts, cuisines, industrial sectors, environmental protections, and tourist sites. This year’s focus, the Zhaoan Village, will be accompanied by Xiluo Qikan’s Chang and Liao family from the south and Lunbei’s Lee and Chung family and Erlun’s Lee family from the north. All the different tribal traditions/cultures will be displayed at the exhibition in the Lunbei Zhaoan Hakka Cultural Hall! The magnificent opening ceremony will also be hosted in the Cultural Hall!

• Map Attached below

• While it is essential to display the traditional Hakka culture, the organizers of this festival believe that it is also important to show how the modern lifestyle is incorporated into Hakka traditions. Therefore, the festival’s purpose this year will be “Retrieve Hakka culture, preserve traditional lifestyle, and bring in innovations.” Other than the numerous events that will be hosted, various local bands will also come in to perform for us. Furthermore, during the opening ceremony, there will be lots of bamboo fireworks, kung-fu performances,  lion dances, and puppet shows, which will fill the whole place up with excitement and happiness and will leave everyone with a thrilling experience! The organized hope that through this unique festival, the culture of Hakka can be a lot more well known by the county and even the entire world. With that being said, we hope that everyone can come to this event, doesn’t matter if you are a local resident here, a citizen in Taiwan, or even a citizen from a foreign country!

1. Creativity Contest:
   1. Bamboo torch fire DIY
   2. Paper torch DIY
   3. Lighting torch party
2. Hakka Lifestyle exhibition:
   1. Display of traditional farming tools
   2. Exhibition of arts, pictures, and sculptures
   3. Bike around the Hakka village
3. Traditional Cuisines/Local Agricultural Products
   1. Happy hour with food in Xilou
   2. Learn how to make soy sauce with fermented bean curd
   3. Hakka tea ceremony
4. Hakka Language and Culture
   1. Music/Dance performances
   2. Hakka language mini games
   3. Pei Kuan/Drum troupes performances
   4. Story time with  puppets

1. Lunbei Zhaoan Hakka Cultural Hall  (No. 28-8, Min-Shen Road, Lunbei )
2. Temple Chongxian  (No. 23-21, Gar-Nan Road, Kunwei village, Lunbei )
3. Lai-Hui Elementary School  (No. 12, Hwei-Lai Road, Erlun )
4. Erlun Recreation Park  ( Erlun    )          
5. Xiluo Je-Fa Tea Hall  (No. 92, Yen-Pin Road, Xiluo)
6. The Old Street of  Xiluo  ( Yen-Pin Road,Xiluo)

History Background of
Zhaoan Hakka Cultural in Yunlin

 
　　The Hakka language in Taiwan has developed into five major variants or dialects, which are known as Si, Hai, Da, Ping, and An. The An is short for the less known Zhaoan Hakka language while Yunlin County is where most Zhaoan Hakka speakers have settled.
　　These Hakkas live in three Yunlin townships: Lunbei, Erlun and Xiluo (or Siluo). Lunbei Township consists of Shuibiantou, Gangwei, Laocuozhuang (Luocuo), Xinqiliao, Xincuozi, Lunbeilunxia (Lunqian), Xidi, Yanyuan, Bongoliao (Fangnan), Shanjie, Xiajie, and Xinzhuang. Erlun Township includes Nandiliao, Bajiaoting, Houbiliao (Tianliao), Xindian, Huitocuo (Laihui), Erlunzi, Da’erlun, Youche, Gouzibei, Hebaoyu, Tianwei, Shenkeng, Sanzuocuo (Sankuaicuo), Shibachangli, Nanzi, Yongdingcuo, and Yangshengchuang. Furthermore, Wucuo, Jiulong (Jiukuaicuo), Guangxing, Xinshe, Xiluo and Puxin in Xiluo Township are also home to Zhaoan Hakka people.
　　Zhaoan Hakka’s ancestors came from the barren mountainous areas – Guanbi, Xiuzhuan and Xiage Townships in Zhaoan County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China. They first crossed the strait to Taiwan at a very early time. Around the middle of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, namely at least over three hundred years ago, they settled in the region where Yunlin County is located today. Due to long-term interactions with the Hoklo people from southern Fujian (also referred to as Minnan) and social development and the shift of family structure following intermarriage between Hakka and non-Hakka people, the Hakka language, life, customs and culture have been Hoklorized gradually. The lack of normalized vowels in Zhaoan Hakka dialect has made an increasing number of descendents unable to speak the tone and very probably will cause their Hakka culture to vanish as time goes by.
　　This festival is initiated and organized spontaneously by Zhaoan Hakka residents who are deeply worried about the possible extinction of their own culture, hoping to remind all Zhaoan Hakkas in Taiwan of their homage to ancestors, the attention to and inheritance of one’s own culture, life and customs. Through the events, they expect to regain and explore the feelings and values from the past, as well as to make the profound Zhaoan Hakka culture known to people throughout the nation.