Qishan Kaohsiung — How to visit Qishan Old Street & Meinong Folk Village in one day?

What to eat and what to buy in Qishan Old Street?

1001 dishes throughout Taiwan probably gather here. From traditional food, salty food, sweet food, desserts, snacks … all are available. Only afraid that you will be engrossed in eating but forgetting the way to go home, Qishan Kaohsiung does not lack the delicious food.

Specialties in Qishan Old Street is BANANA! In addition to home grown bananas brought to the public for sale, dishes related to bananas such as banana pancakes roll with eggs, sweet cakes made from bananas, banana smoothies … are also foods you MUST TRY! There’s even banana beer, it’s very strange!

Although this is a place visited by many tourists, the price of things is not too expensive. In addition to eating and drinking, you can buy souvenirs to give to your family and friends, bearing characteristics of Kaohsiung. A lot of small, pretty, lovely things to buy. Just eating, shopping, walking, taking photos also took a few hours not less.

Meinong District

The next destination will be Meinong Folk Village, only about 5km from Qishan Old Street. Most of the population here is Hakka people, so this place is rich in the cultural colors of the Hakka people. The most unique cultural feature is the umbrellas made of colorful oil paper. The umbrellas with many different sizes, diverse colors, patterns are decorated and sold everywhere. Very beautiful!

A small tip for you, there is also a guide to making umbrellas here. You will be able to make your own personal oil paper umbrella to bring back as a souvenir gift. Remember, try it, don’t miss it!

Speaking of specialties in Hakka cuisine culture, it is impossible not to mention Hakka Tea Rice (Lei Cha). It is made by grinding peanuts, sesame seeds, brown rice and other ingredients, then adding tea powder and finally hot water. One more thing you should not miss when coming to Meinong Folk Village.

If Qishan Kaohsiung is famous for its sugarcane and bananas, Meinong is the area where many tobacco plants are grown. You should visit Tobacco Towers, an unique architecture in the Meinong area. Also, if you want to learn more about the life and culture of the Hakka people, don’t miss the Meinong Hakka Cultural Museum (Address: No. 49-3號, Minzu Road, Meinong District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 843 / Opened: April 28, 2001/Hours: 9AM–5PM; Monday: Closed / Phone: +886 7 681 8338) in your journey. At the end of the day, stop at Yellow Butterfly Valley, a small valley with a beautiful stream, cool trees and so many butterflies.

If you do not want to self-sufficient traveling, you should book tour with travel agencies like KKDay or Klook, they will take you to more than 10 attractions. All are packed up in one-day itinerary but visiting many places like that is nothing more wonderful.

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