Flying Over the Hakka Village: Every Day is Tung Flower Season

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(English/Mandarin subtitles can be enabled in player subtitle settings.) Liu Jih-sheng is the second generation of the Risheng beehive. He grew up with his father and the bees, relying on honey and tung flower seeds to support their family. Later, the tung flower seeds lost their economic value. About three years ago, Liu's wife, looking at the hills full of tung blossoms, suddenly said, "Why don't we harvest honey from the tung flowers?" Because his wife said so, he thought he might as well give it a try, because when the tung flowers are in full bloom, it always makes him feel a sense of sweet happiness.


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