The Dongguan Hakka Business Association of the World Association of Hakka Merchants held the annual "2015 Winter Solstice Hakka Food and Talent Activity" at Humen Flower World Horticultural Company on December 20. There were over 300 Hakka business members and family members from Taiwan and Meizhou, and the scene was very lively.

The food teaching officially began at 10 o'clock in the morning, with a joyful atmosphere and parent-child music, accompanied by bursts of laughter.

President Xiao Ming delivered a speech, stating that holding a winter solstice Hakka cuisine event every year to celebrate with members and their families, and tasting authentic Hakka cuisine together is not only a cultural heritage, but also an excellent opportunity to unite the hearts of the villagers. He hopes that Hakka villagers from Taiwan, Meizhou, Guangdong, and even from all over the world who come to Dongguan can actively participate and promote Hakka culture.

Vice President Lai Xinyu, the Executive Director of the event, delivered a speech. Firstly, we would like to express our gratitude to Director Lin Chunping for providing us with a venue to hold the event. All conference officials have arranged the venue in such a rich and beautiful way. We would also like to express our gratitude to the members and fellow villagers for their active participation and strong support in this event, as well as for providing us with a variety of Hakka cuisine and talent performances.

The Hakka cuisine this time is very rich, including the food bag of director Su Yuting, sugar orange of director He Qiaoyu, glutinous rice cake and salty rice dumpling of member Xu Yongrong, Fried rice noodles and pickled Chinese cabbage pork tripe soup of member Lan Guolin, Zongzi, Fried white radish patty, wormwood, Stinky tofu of member Lai Wu Xiuyuan, Hakka chicken wine of member Tan Wenxiong, flower carved chicken of member Zeng Wenren, Dapu rice plate of member He Dan, fried rice with Taisheng, chicken feet, fungus and peanuts with cold sauce of member Zeng Liming, and Stinky tofu of member He Xinyuan Meizhou Shatian pomelo, a pastry in a grand hotel

The event also invited Taiwanese celebrity Tai Long to host the entire event, making the Hakka cultural atmosphere even stronger. During the event, there were also many talent performances, ranging from seven or eight year old children taking the stage for prize guessing puzzles to older people performing Hakka songs and dances. The scene was filled with laughter, which also confirmed how stable the centripetal force of Hakka villagers was; The activity only ended at 3 pm in the afternoon with everyone reluctant to part.

Speech by President Xiao Ming

Speech by Vice President Lai Xinyu

Speech by Hong Bairong, President of the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce

Event site

Chorus of Conference Cadres

Children rush to answer puzzles

Ciba making

Rice dumpling production

Ethnic singing