Over the years, a group of people originally from the eastern county of Hualien have returned to reinvent their rural neighborhood. As in other places around Taiwan, rural areas have declined due to an aging population and the exodus of young people to big cities.
Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-10-31
Hualien children help reinvent their neighborhood.
Fuli is a quiet, idyllic village in Hualien County. The beautiful scenery and the rice paddies give visitors a sense of peace, but the place is little known to the outside world.
On grassland surrounded by mountains, young children practice dances for the annual Fuli Harvest Music Festival.
The festival is organized by Chung Yu-un, a young man who has been working to reinvent his home so that more people will be able to enjoy its beauty.
When Chung first held the festival two years ago, only two to three bands and 20 booths took part in the event. This year 10 bands and 60 booths were invited. Chung said Fuli, with the highest concentration of organic farming, boasts a lot of organic products.
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