Chinese New Year 2012 - 5th day

The North-east coast is one of the must-see scenic spots in Taiwan.
At Toucheng Leisure Farm, every guest who is brave enough to get up at dawn is rewarded a sight of a spectacular scene - sunrise!

To watch the golden sunrise popping up from the nearby Turtle Mountain Island is a memorable, refreshing and unforgettable experience.

Today, after a week of rain Mr. Sunshine finally came out. A gift to everyone celebrating the Lunar New Year on the 5Th day!

The geographical location of Toucheng Leisure Farm over looking the Pacific Ocean and Snow Mountain Range as background is an inspiration to a painter or a photographer. There are various choices for a background, all appealing to one's sight.

Today hundreds visited the Farm together with their families and relatives to celebrate the year of the dragon.

Come and visit us anytime of the year and see for yourself this spectacular scene at Toucheng Leisure Farm.

Chinese New Year 2012- 4th day

It's the 4Th day of the Chinese New Year Holiday, and many come to stay at Toucheng Leisure Farm to celebrate the occasion regularly. Here's one of the reasons:

Look at our Farmer, he is busy planting vegetables of all kinds for the guests to eat. No chemical fertilizer is used, and he cares for it lovingly.

After harvest, it is delivered right away to the small kitchen,

washed and boiled or steamed according to one's choice,

and your food is ready!

With a dash of salt or soy sauce to taste, you can enjoy the sweet taste of fresh, clean, delicious vegetables from our Toucheng Leisure Farm's vegetable garden!

There are many unforgettable moments you can experience at Toucheng Leisure Farm, come and pay us a visit, you'll never regret it!

Our website: www.tcfarm.com.tw/ click English is ready to answer your questions.

Chinese New Year 2012 - 3rd day

Toucheng Leisure Farm has a huge mandarin orange orchard. Every springtime coincidentally during the Chinese New year festival, they bear abundant fruits. Visitors at this time can pick oranges right from the tree, eat and bring some to feast with family and friends.

They are so attractive and are pleasantly tasty.
During the Chinese New Year season, oranges is one of the welcoming fruits, due to its round shape - a symbol of wholeness and wellness.

The third day of the new year is party time to be with family members and spend this day to relax and enjoy the season.

Mandarin oranges is usually given as presents by visiting guests to their hosts.

Happy new year of the dragon!

Wishing everyone a peaceful and prosperous New Year!

Chinese New Year 2012 - 2nd day

At the second day of the Chinese New Year, it is customary for daughters to go home to her parent's home for a visit.

Today, many families celebrated the second special day at Toucheng Leisure Farm. Husbands accompanied their wives to greet her family at the beginning of the new year.

The Chinese New Year is very well explained as family gathering, gift-giving and food festival. Here in Taiwan this tradition is deeply rooted and celebrated by all, Taiwanese and foreigners alike.

It is a time to stop office work for rest and relaxation.

Here are the many happenings at Toucheng Leisure Farm to celebrate this special occasion this year of the dragon.

Follow along with us these days as I narrate the many activities in the Farm to celebrate this yearly event in the Chinese Lunar calendar.

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Kung Hsi Fa Chai! Happiness and Prosperity for all!

Chinese New Year 2012 - 1st day

Today is the first day of Spring. It is also celebrated as the Chinese New Year.
At the counter of Toucheng Leisure Farm is a welcoming figure: the god of wealth, a special character among the Chinese. It is believed that he can bring prosperity if invoked especially at the beginning of the new year. This sign is hanged at the activity center to wish everyone a happy new year!

This scene welcomes everyone who visit Toucheng Leisure Farm during this occasion. Today, hundreds of guests flock to the Farm despite the freezing cold weather and the rainy day.

Toucheng Leisure Farm atmosphere is filled with the spirit of the Chinese New Year!

I will be telling you more about the activities and the news about the occasion, very special to the heart of every Chinese as it is part and parcel of their culture.


Chinese New Year is celebrated from the first day to the 15Th day of the month. It is like Christmas of the Westerners.

This year is the year of the water dragon!

Columbia English Language School of Taipei

Columbia English Language School of Taipei's 18 students and three Teachers spent 2 days and 1 night at Toucheng Leisure Farm last Jan 18-19.
The photos taken and published below were recorded during the second day of their visit.

The first stop was at the rice paddies where they learned how rice is produced.

Here they feed the goats, watched the geese, turkeys, rabbits and wild boars.

Gathering oranges, and kumquats and some calamondins was fun. Tasting the sweet oranges and bringing home some fresh ones was even more memorable!
The water buffalo's cart was indeed an attraction!

Toucheng Leisure Farm has a special area designated for LOHAS, where they can relax and have a pose at the swing.

Printing T-shirt or green bag was interesting, too!How about this?

One day, come and visit us, you'll never regret it!

Visit our website for more information: www.tcfarm.com.tw/ click English

CHing Hai Primary School of Taipei

Around 50 Students and Teachers of Ching Hai Primary School, stayed at Toucheng Leisure Farm for a two days and one night visit.
They participated all the activities planned for the first day like kilning, barbecue party (dinner), and making, writing their wishes, releasing the sky lanterns.

Here are the photos taken during the second day of their stay.

Here they are gathering the oranges and kumquats. Besides eating them right there, they also brought home some for their parents and siblings to taste!

Visiting the Farm animals area and feeding the goats was fun indeed!
The visit wpuld be incomplete without treading the rice paddies. Toucheng Leisure Farm teaches its guests both young and old how to transplant rice seedlings in the rice paddies barefooted!

This is one of the green bag painted by one of the teachers.
And here are the artists of the day and their creations!

How about a visit to Toucheng Leisure Farm one of these days? You, too, will experience all these fun!

Our website: www.tcfarm.com.tw/click English version

Asian Domesticated water buffalo calf

The Asian domesticated water buffaloes cow usually give birth every 2 years.

Toucheng Leisure Farm's domesticated cow gives birth every year.

Look at this calf, always following it's mother cow, do you know how old it is today?

Can you guess?

Is it a cow or a bull?

Just to give you simple information : man have been raising water buffaloes for 5,000 years!


Come to Toucheng Leisure Farm for the answer.