Sweet September: Taitung’s Series of Joint Wedding Events Begin

By Li Xinyi, compiled and reported

The first Taitung Wedding Cuisine and Souvenir Competition featured five wedding cuisine teams and 18 souvenir teams (29 entries in total). After intense competition, the judges selected Luming Hot Spring Hotel as the first-place winner, Jinjiang Chun Grand Hotel as second, and a restaurant along with Rihui International Resort as co-third. These Taitung-origin zero-mile flavor dishes will now be available for couples to book, and the winning dishes will also be served at the upcoming Taitung Joint Weddings, becoming the newlyweds’ most exquisite “True Love Wedding Banquet”!

Taitung County Government has introduced two distinctive wedding themes. First up is the indigenous-inspired Paiwan-style wedding on September 10, held at the Beinan Cultural Park for an unforgettable “tribal wedding.” After the ceremony, there will be a complimentary tribal food party. Then, on October 9, a romantic centennial “Grassland Wedding” for 100 couples will be held on the green lawns of Taitung Forest Park, where couples can plant their love trees together, bask in Taitung’s blue skies and lush grass, and enjoy dishes from the winners of the Taitung Wedding Cuisine Competition. In addition to the True Love Culinary Wedding Cuisine Competition, the wedding souvenir contest was also diverse, selecting twelve representative Taitung-themed gifts. The top three were “The Hotelier’s Brilliant Pineapple Cake” by The Hotelier Beinan, “Life Tea for Two” by Lianji Tea House, and “A Hundred Years of Harmony, Rice & Honey Gift Set” by Nandao Yangmantian.

The Taitung Qianshou JiQi series event “Discover the Most Beautiful Wedding Dress Secret Spots—Happiness Photography Awards” is open for entries from September 1 to September 30. Simply capture your heart-fluttering moments in Taitung, upload them to the event website during the period, and you could win the Taitung Happiness Photography Award. Just upload commemorative photos of “Taitung wedding dress shoots” or “sweet Taitung outings” that include a heart, and you can join the competition. For detailed event info, please visit the Taitung Qianshou JiQi website.

Taitung Qianshou JiQi: www.wallace.com.tw/funmarry