The Kaohsiung Melon Festival kicks off this weekend with free tastings of melons and local delicacies in Shanlin District

By MOOK Travel Life Network, reported and compiled by Chen Guanxin

 

The 3rd Melon Festival Industrial and Cultural Event will be held on December 1 and 2 at the plaza of the Shanlin District Farmers' Association Supply and Marketing Department. During the event, from 09:00 to 17:00 daily, there will be a premium exhibition and sales of melons, fruits, vegetables, and local specialties, an entrance exhibition featuring creative displays of agricultural produce used in melon and fruit art, handmade crafts by local farmers, Hakka floral cloth lanterns, gourd carving parent-child DIY workshops, as well as DIY workshops for making self-designed indigenous decorative artworks after reconstruction. A rich variety of melon-based delicacies will be available for visitors to sample for free, and popular singer Xu Fuke will also be invited to perform live.

The melon products from Shanlin District are exquisitely textured and have an exceptional taste. Varieties such as Red Boy Papaya, First-Class Pumpkin, Zucchini, Luffa, and Bitter Melon are all premium-quality, drawing sweet nectar from the fertile land of Shanlin as they grow along the vines. Visitors who spend over NT$200 on-site will not only get priority access to parent-child DIY workshops but will also receive a lottery ticket for a chance to win prizes including gift vouchers worth NT$5,000, NT$3,000, and NT$2,000, as well as various locally produced agricultural specialties—ensuring visitors to the home of melons can both eat and take something home.