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‘The Lively End of Winter Performance’

    The End of Winter Performance of Taiwanese Hakka villages, also known as Peace Performance, originates from the traditional concept of ‘wish by spring, harvest by autumn’. Hakka farmers make their wishes every spring, hoping that the weather would be mild, benefiting the year’s harvest; by the time of harvest in autumn, to thank the blessing of gods, they would prepare rich sacrifices and invite foreign troupes to perform before the gods as a meaning of grandeur to show their appreciation to the gods. Such traditions are shared by many in the early days. The picture book, ‘The Lively End of Winter Performance’, is about a farmer village the little buffalo Adigu lives in. As there has been no rain for some time already, the rice of the village is about to die. Adigu is worried that if the rice cannot be harvested, the village might not host an End of Winter Performance. He would then be unable to enjoy the feast, so he hurried to the upper reaches of the waterway to seek the help of Field Pak-kung with Ajiujian. However, the two fell asleep accidentally. In his dream, Adigu saw an old man with silver beards grinning at him. He even found himself lying on the soft clouds… A series of exciting and interesting adventures begin here.

Directed by: Hakka Affairs Council

Party of Issuance: Hakka Culture Development Center, Hakka Affairs Council

Issuance address: No.6, Tongke South Road, Jiouhu Village, Tongluo Township, Miaoli County

Tel.: (037)985-558

Issued by: Jin-liang He

Master plan: Chang-cheng Wu

Administrative planning: De-Qi Wu, Zhu-Cheng Wu, Yu-Qing Lai, Wei-Zhen Li, Jing-Wei Wen

Planning and execution: Hui-Zhu Liang, Fang-Zhi Xu, Jia-Yu Qiu

Design and production: Magic Digital Computer Multimedia Co., Ltd.

Date of Issuance: June, 2017  First edition

Cost of Book/Works (fixed price): NTD $350

GPN：1010600647

ISBN：978-986-05-2216-7