Nice to Meet you - Lixiping Leisure Agricultural District

Written by Vivi,
edited by TLAA

when I’m finished all of it, at the end of my studying, I got a chance to join Volunteer Internship Program of Agritourism Areas for International Student. I’m so exciting with this program. It will be a nice experience to bring home next month. This program is held by Taiwan Leisure Agriculture Association (TLAA) and aims to let International Students experience and learn about Taiwan’s agritourism by learning the resources and operation activities of agritourism areas, and help them to develop marketing materials in foreign language, design experiential activities, and build the foreign language capacity of local interpreters. 

Group Photo-Volunteer Internship Program

Many volunteers spread in a different Leisure Farms around Taiwan. And I get Lixiping Recreational Agricultural District, which is located in Zhuolan Township, in a southern of Miaoli County, North Taiwan with my friend, Intan. Lisiping has a huge area, about 8.6 km from east to west and 2.2 km from north to south. The altitude is about 430- 470 m. There are 286 households with total population estimated is 789 peoples (435 male, and 354 female). This area has many leisure farm and organic vegetables, herbs, Asian pears, guavas, star fruits, grapes, strawberries, flowers as the main farming products.

Office of Lixiping Recreational Agricultural District 

Main Gate to Lisiping District

Choi Ai told us that we will be place in the office of Lisiping Tourism Service Center (Lisiping Industrial & Cultural Development Association). The distance of Lisiping Main Gate to the Office is quite far, about 4 km with an uphill mountain road. Along the road is a shady trees and beautiful mountain scenery, make the air is so fresh. And we will find many piles of stone along the road. This is made by one person in Lisiping who has this specialty. This amazing stone will not break even there is an earthquake. 

Pile of stone

Entrance of the office

When we get in the office, all of the officers are very welcome and nice to us. At this first day, the Manager of this office, Mr. Zhong, arrange our work schedule and give a glance explanation about Lisiping. He said that this area has many wonderful leisure farms, namely Yu-Pin-Yuan Homestay, Zhaoyang Leisure Farm, Xiang- Cun- Xiao-Lu Tourist Orchard, Chang-Hui Tourist Orchard, VilaVilla, Huazizai Homestay and Restaurant, Jinfeng Agricultural Farm, Yixinyuan Leisure Farm, Taisan Leisure Farm, HuaLu Leisure Farm, Bei-Ou Leisure Farm and Spa, Doumama Tourist Orchard, and No.17 Homestay and Restaurant. He promises us to let us enjoy all the leisure farms. Can’t wait to do it.