Formally no, Kenting is not a city but a village. Kenting is one of 17 villages that comprises Henghcun township, and is further a part of Pingtung County. Other villages…
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Kenting Local Food:"Small Wooden Stake" Radish in Kenting is not that small
Although the whole plant of radish is edible, the Han people only like to eat fleshy underground stems.Therefore, the fleshy underground stems of radish are commonly known as “small wooden…
Kenting Local Food: Wild Chinese Yam of the Peninsula
Although Chinese yam is a type of yam, Taiwanese mostly take it as a vegetable, the most common of which is yam pork rib soup or yam meatballs, yam clam…
Kenting Local Food: The Earliest Winter Watermelon in Taiwan
Watermelon is the most common fruit in Taiwan, and it is the most popular especially in the hot summer. People in Hengchun Peninsula plant watermelon seedlings in August and September…
Kenting Local Food: The hardship tea of the people of Kenting
During hot summer, in Hengchun Peninsula, Kenting and Lanyu island of the southern Taiwan, the most special summer drink is “hardship tea”. What is “hardship tea”? What kind of person…
Kenting Local Food: Who planted Taiwan date palm on the edge of the cliff?
Among the common coastal plants in Hengchun Peninsula, there is a plant that makes people feel familiar and raises a question about the person who planted it on edge of…