Mud Games for all ages
Fenglin welcomes the Mud Games – A Fun Holiday in Scenic Hualien 找到田國際泥巴運動會 The Beilin Village Community Association ( 北林社區 ) of Fenglin Township ( 鳳林 ) is organizing its fifth annual Mud Games event, for fun and sports in its early summer rice fields. The annual event has attracted a growing number of local and international visitors over the years, for a taste of rural Taiwan and the best opportunity for all-natural organic fun, in the middle of the fertile and scenic fields of eastern Taiwan. In a creative twist, watermelon rugby has been the event’s main attraction, with the town’s most popular produce at the center for grabs. Tug of war in the mud has also been popular among different age groups, and track competitions give the participant a feel for the traditional farmer’s daily tread across the rice fields. Watermelon Rugby fun in the mud. Photo photo by 曾瑞騰 from the official Mud Game facebook site I organized a team last year and competed in the tug of