Tea Village Osmanthus Garden Introduction
Osmanthus Grove is located in Longsheng Village, Shiding District, also known as Osmanthus Village, along County Road 32. It is one of Taiwan's oldest tea areas, situated at an elevation of over 300 meters. Due to the sandy and gravelly soil and moderate rainfall throughout the year, during the prosperous tea era of the 1950s and 1960s, local tea farmers used osmanthus flowers as a spice for roasting tea leaves, enhancing the added value of the tea. For every 100 kilograms of tea, 25 kilograms of osmanthus flowers were required, which led to the extensive planting of osmanthus trees beside the tea gardens. After August each year, villagers of all ages can be seen wandering through the osmanthus forest, collecting fresh flowers, forming a unique local landscape that is an important part of the residents' living memories.
