Liudui Hakka Cultural Park Introduction
The Liudu Hakka Cultural Park is located in Neipu Township, Pingtung County, covering an area of approximately 20 hectares. It features nine main themes: a performing arts hall, a multimedia exhibition hall, Kaiji Baogong, a building area for umbrella racks, a grinding machine, wooden walkways, a tobacco shop, an agricultural area, and Shui Tou Plaza. The park mainly showcases the lifestyle of Hakka villages based on the concept of a living museum. The performing arts hall is the best performance space in Pingtung County, having hosted more than a hundred performances in music, dance, drama, and more. In the future, the hall will continue to play the role of an art and culture promoter to assist in the development of Hakka culture in Liudu, allowing it to flourish and be widely spread. The multimedia exhibition hall is a two-story building; the first floor includes a Hakka hall and display cabinets for unique products, introducing the park environment and showcasing distinctive handcrafted items from Liudu. The second floor has a 120-ping exhibition space that regularly changes its exhibition themes, making it an excellent place to learn about Hakka culture. Kaiji Baogong is a revered name for Fude Zhengshen. In the early days, Liudu's ancestors marked the boundaries of their farming areas with stones, commonly picked up from the surroundings, and would burn incense to show reverence in the mornings and evenings. Thus, Kaiji Baogong was established within the cultural park, symbolizing the roots of Hakka culture and blessing the development of the park. In the umbrella rack building area, the shape resembles an umbrella rack or a bamboo hat, and is actually inspired by traditional Meinong paper umbrellas. The opened umbrellas symbolize shade over Ahou City, and under the umbrellas, a space for Hakka industries and cultural settlements is planned. Additionally, solar panels are installed on the umbrella racks to provide part of the electricity for this area, achieving energy-saving and carbon reduction goals. Walking along the winding wooden pathway, which seems to have no end, one can enjoy the tranquility of Dawu Mountain and admire the beauty of irises and lotuses in the pastoral landscape pond. One can quietly observe the reflections of buildings and trees in the water and approach the tobacco shop to explore this unique industrial architectural landscape. By taking a moment to wander, one can discover the roots of Hakka culture in every corner of the Liudu Hakka Cultural Park.
