Text by MOOK Scenic Spots / Compiled Report
Tainan’s Houpi Township is one of the country’s top golden granaries and the home of Taiwan’s champion rice. The endless green rice paddies stretching as far as the eye can see form the most natural and realistic rural landscape. Spend a weekend exploring Houpi with your family!
Qㄥliao Old Street, where the strong rural human touch is the most alluring feature. (Photo / MOOK Scenic Spots)
Nowadays, Qㄥliao Village seems to have become a living rural museum, filled with a rich rural atmosphere. The rows of wooden old houses on Qㄥliao Old Street still retain their simple and rustic appearance. Various traditional trades have also become a major local feature. Strolling along this quaint old street feels like traveling through a time tunnel and experiencing a century of charm.
Address: Qㄥliao, Houpi District, Tainan City
Grandma Qiezhi’s Workshop combines tradition and modern weaving to create cultural and creative value. (Photo / MOOK Scenic Spots)
At Grandma Qiezhi’s Workshop, you’ll find everything from trendy Taiwanese-style bags to rush cloth patchwork bags. From the rush weaving of the Japanese colonial period to modern plastic weaving, it has given rise to an alternative handicraft cultural and creative industry. If you’re lucky, you might even catch Grandma Qiezhi demonstrating how to make foot-pedaled stone-pressed ...
Address: No. 9, Hou^tucuo, Houpi District, Tainan City
Phone: 0933-690953
Special recommendation: signature stinky tofu and pig’s blood soup. (Photo / MOOK Scenic Spots)
Located within Houpi Village, this long-established stinky tofu snack shop is a 50-year-old family-run business passed down through three generations. Though it lacks eye-catching signage or a prominent location, it sees a constant stream of customers, often with cyclists making special trips to enjoy its stinky tofu — a true testament to its deliciousness.
Address: No. 36, 175-1, Houpi Li, Houpi District, Tainan City
Phone: 06-6872222
Hours: 11:00 to 19:30
The Dutch Well is the only homestay in Qㄥliao. (Photo / MOOK Scenic Spots)
The Qㄥliao Dutch Well Spring Homestay is a century-old three-courtyard house of the Huang family and currently the only homestay in Qㄥliao. In fact, the Huang family ancestors originally ran Xie Xing Inn, also known to the older generation as Fan Zi Jian. This three-courtyard homestay carries on a generations-old trade, which gives it special meaning.
Address: No. 68, Qㄥliao Old Street, Neighbors 6, Qㄥliao Li, Houpi District, Tainan City
Phone: 06-6622082
Every rapeseed flower season attracts many travelers to come and admire the blooms. (Photo / MOOK Scenic Spots)
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