The publicity press conference for “2024 Flowers in Changhua” was held by Changhua County Government in the atrium of the county government hall this morning (30th). County Mayor Wang HuiMei introduced that “2024 Flowers in Changhua” is the best event for Lunar New Year! It is set to grandly take place at Xizhou Park with the theme of “Changhua Treasure City”, opening for free from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day from February 10th to 25th (the first day to the 16th day of the Lunar New Year). The public is invited to come to Changhua during the Lunar New Year to view flowers in daytime and enjoy lanterns at nighttime as well as traveling around, going treasure-hunting and tasting local culinary delights. In addition to “Flowers in Changhua,” there are plenty of fun places worth to visit, including Xizhou and Xihu for mutton hot pot, Beidou for ba wan, DenAn Temple for praying for blessings and Tianwei for enjoying dishes with flowers, admiring flowers and drinking flower wine. Under the design of Hiroshi Yoshii, a well-known Japanese character designer, the “Flower Elf EVA" was produced to lead visitors to explore the flowerscape, which presents the characteristics of agriculture, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry with Changhua's local flowers as well as showing the colorfulness and vitality of Changhua's agriculture. Moreover, performance teams from four countries including Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia are invited for the first time to give amazing performances. The large-scale themed installation art "Top of Flowers" is located at the main entrance of the venue, showing a colorful and varied flowers blooming scene via modern geometric structure. The indoor "Flower Elf Story Hall" features flowerscaping decoration with 5 major themes of agriculture, forestry, fishery, animal husbandry and floristry of Changhua County. Together with sound, light, and smell that hit five senses, the hall offers tourists a different flower viewing experience. As for outdoor flower layout, the flowerscapes are presented with 4 major themes of “Floristry and Forestry (花影林韻),” “Umbrella Flowers (傘花牧人),” “Fishery and Wine (漁歌佳釀),” and “Paddy Fields (田間稻形).” Furthermore, there will be various activities available, including Changhua County Fresh Select Agricultural Specialty Market, Special Industries and Food Expo, parent-child play area, various stage performances by different groups, short agricultural tours, treasure hunt, and parent-child DIY classroom. Meanwhile, the "Flower Elves and Fantasy Journey Themed Parent-Child Day" is set to take place on February 18th, features Flower Elf Parade, Bubble Carnival, Animal Star Circus Children's Theater, and the most popular YOYO Family Parent-Child Concert, enabling participating tourists to have an interesting and joyful family time. Official Event Information Flowers in daytime: Xizhou Park – Flowers in Changhua Duration: 2024/2/10 ~ 2024/2/25 9:00~18:00 Official Event Website: https://ch-flower2024.com.tw/ Lanterns at nighttime: Mt. Bagua - Changhua Moon Shadow Lantern Festival Duration: 2023/12/30 ~ 2024/3/3 17:30~22:00 Official Event Website: https://www.2024ch.com.tw/