Sixian Hakka Cultural Park Introduction
The Liu Dui Hakka Cultural Park is located in Nei Pu Township, Pingtung County, covering an area of approximately twenty hectares. It is planned with nine main themes including a performing arts theater, a multimedia exhibition hall, the Liu Dui Hakka Cultural Park's Kai Ji Bo Gong, the umbrella frame settlement architecture area, a rice milling machine, a wooden plank walkway, a tobacco barn, a rural area, and Shuitou Square, showcasing the lifestyle of Hakka communities through the concept of a living museum. The performing arts theater is the best performance space in Pingtung County, having hosted over a hundred performances including music, dance, and drama. In the future, the theater will continue to play a role in promoting arts and culture, assisting the development of Hakka arts and culture in Liu Dui, allowing the Hakka culture to flourish and spread widely. The multimedia exhibition hall is a two-story building. The ground floor features a Hakka hall and specialty product display cases that introduce the park's environment and showcase the unique handicrafts of Liu Dui. The second floor has a 120 ping exhibition area that changes its exhibition themes regularly, making it the best place to learn about Hakka culture. Kai Ji Bo Gong is a title for the God of Wealth and Earth. In the past, the early Liu Dui settlers would erect stones around the reclaimed area to mark boundaries, often picking up stones found everywhere, and would burn incense to show respect. Therefore, a Kai Ji Bo Gong was specially set up within the cultural park, symbolizing the rooting of Hakka culture here and blessing the park's development. The umbrella frame settlement architecture area features shapes resembling an umbrella frame and a bamboo hat, which actually represent the Hakka-style Minou paper umbrellas. The open umbrellas symbolize shade for the Ah Hou city, while underneath them is planned Hakka industry and cultural settlements. In addition, solar panels are installed on the umbrella frames to provide some power for the settlement area, achieving energy conservation and carbon reduction goals. Walking along the winding wooden plank walkway, seemingly endless, visitors can gaze at the tranquility of the Dawu Mountain, appreciate the beauty of the water lily and reed in the rural landscape pond, quietly observe the reflections of buildings and trees in the pond, and come close to the tobacco barn to explore the unique industrial landscape. Just take a moment to stroll through every corner of the Liu Dui Hakka Cultural Park, and you will discover the roots of Hakka culture.
