The Sea Market Crab-Netting Festival and Kaohsiung Wave Roll Festival Kick Off This Weekend

Text by MOOK Travel Life Net / Chen Guanxin, compiled and reported

This weekend in the port city of Kaohsiung, besides popular night markets and well-known shopping malls, the “2012 Kaohsiung Wave Roll Festival” to be held at the Lover’s Wharf of Xingda Port in Qieding District from 14:00 to 20:30 on September 1–2 will feature not only fisheries souvenir exhibitions, local farm and marine delicacies, as well as displays of coast guard vessels and equipment, but also a highly popular free sea market experience. Visitors can ride sampans to tour cage aquaculture farms and learn fishing activities such as casting nets and catching crabs. Paid water activities include heavy sailboats, canoes, sea fishing experiences, and harbor cruises, allowing visitors to enjoy a fun-filled port city holiday.

The Wave Roll Festival has entered its fourth year, and this year’s event includes a free guided tour of the mangrove bird-watching wetlands, taking visitors to explore the important local ecological site “Qieding Drainage Channel.” Along the way, you can admire mangroves, egrets, night herons, and the ancient Zhuhu Salt Fields, as well as view the local fishing village scenery from a sampan. During the festival, there will also be a seafood roll cuisine showcase, teaching participants how to make creative fish rolls, along with tastings. Local community performances and limited-time special offer shopping events are also scheduled, while the evenings will feature dazzling fireworks, water shows, and exciting band performances to accompany visitors spending their weekend at Lover’s Wharf of Xingda Port.

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