By MOOK Scenic Spots Editorial Team, compiled and reported
The annual Daya Wheat Industry Culture Festival is held with great fanfare at Baohsing Temple in Daya District. The event includes the sale of local agricultural products, exhibitions of Daya’s Three Treasures (wheat, buckwheat, and red adzuki beans) as food products, displays of farming machinery, treasure hunts, street performances in the wheat fields, hands-on wheat-themed crafts for families, as well as tastings of local specialty foods and home economics class culinary creations to promote Daya’s agricultural products.
Strolling through golden rice fields feels like stepping into a romantic idol drama scene (Photo courtesy of sunny__roger)
The Daya Wheat Culture Festival creates Taiwan’s only “Daya Golden Wheat Waves” attraction (Photo courtesy of sunny__roger)
Central Taiwan ranks second only to Kinmen in wheat cultivation area, making it the largest on the main island of Taiwan. Farmers adopt a no-till broadcasting method around November (before the second rice harvest), using fertilizer spreaders to evenly sow wheat seeds into rice paddies. After the rice is harvested, the cut straw is used to cover the seeds. This method not only maintains the moisture needed for wheat germination, prevents bird damage, and saves significant labor—making it an efficient and multi-beneficial farming technique.
Daya Wheat Culture Festival (Photo courtesy of z.t.ling)
Daya Wheat Culture Festival (Photo courtesy of z.t.ling)
In addition to enjoying the wheat wave scenery, visitors to the Daya Wheat Industry Culture Festival can explore a vast sunflower field maze nearby, capturing two different shades of golden beauty.
Daya Wheat Field Sunflower Sea (Photo courtesy of MicchanChen)
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