Nantou City's First Traditional Market Arts Festival to Debut July 18, Integrating Culture and Tourism

(Central News Agency, reporter Hsiao Po-yang, Nantou County, July 6) The Nantou City Office's first Traditional Market Arts Festival will debut on July 18. The event will bring together food stalls, independent bookstores within the market, tea aromatherapy sensory experiences, nostalgic children's games with challenges, and themed forums, aiming to transform the market into a platform integrating culture, tourism, and local regeneration.

The Nantou City Office will host the "Traditional Market Arts Festival" on July 18 and 19 at the Shude Banshan Dream Factory. The festival will combine traditional market vendors, celebrity forums, tea aromatherapy sensory experiences, and challenge games, inviting the public to experience the warmth and charm of traditional markets. A "Quality Market Vendor Zone" will be created, making the traditional market not just a place to buy groceries, but also a space for cultural exchange and tourism.

The City Office announced today that characteristic vendors from Nantou Public Retail Market, Zhongxing First Market, Zhongxing Third Market, and Caotun Public Retail Market will participate. Offerings will include fresh fruits and vegetables, dried meat, savory rice pudding, yi mein noodles, braised dishes, coffee, desserts, and other popular foods, as well as nostalgic children's games like stilt walking, hula hooping, playing marbles, throwing beanbags, and lucky dips.

Nantou Mayor Chang Chia-che said that a highlight will be "Tea Tasting at the Market," inviting the Songling Tea Art Culture Association of Nantou County to provide a unique "Tea Aromatherapy Sensory Experience," allowing visitors to relax their bodies and minds amidst the aroma of tea. On July 18, a celebrity forum themed "Traditional Markets and Urban Development" will explore further development possibilities for traditional markets from the perspectives of urban development, market culture, and youth participation. youth participation. (Editor: Li Hsi-chang) 1150706

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