Thousands make mochi at once during Pingtung harvest festival

Thousands make mochi at once during Pingtung harvest festival

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The month-long Liudui Autumn Harvest Festival is underway at the local Hakka cultural park, where the public was invited to join in on a group mochi-making activity. Wielding wooden pestles, kids and adults alike pounded glutinous rice, dyed golden-yellow with gardenia, into balls. Everyone had a blast taking part in this Hakka tradition.

Performers wave huge flags to the thunderous beat of drums to usher in the beginning of the 2025 Liudui Autumn Harvest Festival.

At the event, there was also a lively and engaging Hakka-language lesson.

The festival is ongoing for a month at the Liudui Hakka Cultural Park in Pingtung County. But the grand finale of the opening ceremony was thousands making ciba, a type of Hakka mochi, together.

Gripping wooden pestles, participants pound away inside bowls of glutinous rice produced right here in the park, dyed the natural way with gardenia flowers. After they’re steamed, powdered sugar is sprinkled on top. Over half an hour of pummeling later, and they’re finally ready to eat.

Chiu Hsing-wei
Hakka Affairs Council deputy minister
Ciba, or mochi, is a rice-based food with a very long history in Hakka culture. Liudui could be considered Taiwan’s first developed Hakka settlement. Over time, they basically added one household after another, six clans in total, interconnecting with one another. It’s like when we mash the ciba. You take the rice, each grain distinct from each other, and through effort, transform it into a solid mass.

Over the next month, the Hakka Culture Development Center is also hosting a themed party, Hakka culinary experiences, road race, and a mass banquet to immerse visitors in the charm of Liudui’s rich Hakka culture.

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屏東六堆秋收祭 "千人打粢粑"趣味十足

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為期一個月的”2025六堆秋收祭”在屏東六堆客家文化園區開幕，邀請民眾參與「千人共下打粢粑」。大朋友小朋友拿著木棍，將梔子花染色蒸熟的金黃圓糯米，奮力搗成一團的粢耙，樂味十足，體驗客家米食文化。

表演者揮舞著大旗，配合震憾的鼓聲，為2025六堆秋收祭揭開序幕。

現場還教導大家講客語，活潑又生動。

為期1個月的六堆秋收祭在屏東六堆客家文化園區開幕，開幕式的重頭戲「千人共下打粢粑」登場。

人手一隻木棍，在碗裏不斷的搗，敲打的東西正是園區內生產的圓糯米，用天然的梔子花染成黃色，蒸熟後加入糖粉，就這麼搗了半個多小時，終於可以吃了。

[[客委會副主委邱星崴]]
“粢粑是我們客家人非常具有悠久歷史的米食文化，六堆可以說是我們台灣最早開發的客家庄，在歷史過程中，其實也就是一個一個的伙房，跟我們的一堆一堆，總共六堆，相互連結的過程，就像是我們在舂粢粑一樣，要把一粒一粒，粒粒分明的米，經過我們的努力，把它變成一整團的粢粑”

接下來的一個月，客發中心還將推出主題派對、客家美食體驗、秋收祭路跑、千人食福宴等活動，帶領民眾深度探索六堆客庄的人文風情。

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