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Tainan Qigu Seafood Festival in Qigu
The Tainan Qigu Seafood Festival celebrates the coastal district of Qigu, a center of Taiwan's oyster and milkfish aquaculture on the western edge of Tainan. Held each summer, the festival turns the district's tidal mudflats and fish farms into a hands-on food event, inviting visitors to dig for clams, sample oyster and milkfish dishes, and support the fishing families who have worked these waters for generations.
Qigu sits on the low, lagoon-laced western edge of Tainan, where the land dissolves into tidal flats, salt pans, and fish ponds before meeting the Taiwan Strait.