The “Lingkou Nansheng Community” in Kaohsiung’s Qishan District is a small village well-known for its rich lychee harvest. Since around 1961, the community has been mass-producing lychees, making it Taiwan’s leading lychee-production area. Varieties include Nanshi Early Lychee, Jade Purse, Clove, and Glutinous Rice Lychee, with a harvest period lasting about 20 days each year.
Introduction
Centered around lychee farming, the community offers eco-tours, rural cultural activities, sports and leisure experiences, and fruit-picking, providing a perfect opportunity to connect with nature. Popular activities include lychee dyeing fabric and traditional rural stove cooking experiences, such as making sticky rice dumplings, taro cakes, and savory rice puddings.
Besides selling fresh seasonal lychees (various varieties) in late May and early June each year, the community has developed a range of lychee-based products, including: dried lychees, lychee honey. lychee vinegar. lychee sausages, Prosperous Lychee Pastry, Lychee Snow Q Cake, Shengli pens, lychee wood tableware. lychee-dyed napkins and sleeves, lychee sparkling water, lychee wine, lychee-flavored dishes (e.g., wood-fired lychee rice cakes, lychee-smoked soft-boiled eggs, lychee jelly and others)
Among these, the Prosperous Lychee Pastry and Lychee Snow Q Cake stand out. Made from sun-dried, freshly harvested lychees, these treats offer a rich, creamy, sweet, and non-sticky taste. They highlight lychees’ added value and cultural connection, extending their preservation and usage.
Features of Agricultural Tourism
Fruits
Visitors can participate in interactive experiences like making lychee wood tableware. Using lychee branches less than 2 cm in diameter and coating them with natural beeswax oil for moisture resistance, each piece becomes a unique eco-friendly knife and fork, reducing disposable cutlery use and promoting sustainability. Additionally, the community offers distinctive dishes that infuse lychees’ sweetness and aroma into meals, enhancing flavor and adding delightful surprises. One standout dish is Lychee Beer Shrimp, a mouthwatering creation that tastes as good as it sounds!
Information
TEL
+886-7 665 1130
Address
No. 30-3, Longwen Ln., Qishan Dist., Kaohsiung City 842046 , Taiwan (R.O.C.)
