Peach Blossom Spring Introduction
Peach Blossom Source is the backyard of Majia Township. Located at an elevation of 1,077 meters in the misty mountains, it covers an area of about 0.67 hectares, where many peach trees, red-fleshed plum trees, apricot trees, and wild lilies are cultivated, offering a beautiful view. Why is it named "Peach Blossom Source"? It begins with a love story between peaches and apricots. Mr. Pan Yong-fu, the owner of Peach Blossom Source, planted many peach trees on his hillside. After much effort, the trees finally bore abundant fruit, only to be devastated by a group of uninvested shareholders (monkeys), leading to annual losses with no harvest. He had no choice but to change his approach and attempted to graft peach trees onto apricot trees, resulting in flowers that bloomed but did not bear fruit. The blooms were white, red, and pink, and the petals surprisingly had 32 petals (while the original peach flowers had only 5 petals). Thus, he named this "Peach-Apricot Cluster Flower," which is both beautiful and romantic. Originally, he spent time pruning and selling flowers before the Lunar New Year, enjoying his life as a flower farmer. Over time, he held an unfulfilled dream of wanting to boost the local industry. Therefore, he gathered like-minded individuals from the community to establish the "Wada Community Industry Development Association," altering the industrial strategy to open the flower fields to tourists during the blooming season, charging a cleaning fee of 50 NT dollars per person. From then on, Chairman Pan no longer sold flowers or fruits, dedicating himself to revitalizing the local industry while providing tourists with the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful and romantic sea of flowers, creating a paradise in the mountains of Majia Township.
