Songboling, the southernmost part of Baguanshan, has a history of more than 300 years of tea production because of its soil and climate conditions suitable for tea planting. It has become a landmark tea region in Taiwan with medium and low altitudes. The “Songboling Visitor Center” provides tourism consultation services and combines a tea culture theme pavilion to display rich tea culture knowledge and various tea culture experiences.
The "Songbo Evergreen Tea" that made Songboling famous.
Songboling in Mingjian Township, Nantou County, was formerly known as Songbokeng, and we can trace back its origins with tea to the Qing Dynasty. In 1975, Chiang Ching-kuo, then Premier of the Executive Yuan, tasted the fragrant Puzhong tea and named it "Songbo Evergreen Tea," which made it famous. Today, the standard tea varieties in Songboling include Taiwan Tea No. 12 (Jinxuan), Taiwan Tea No. 13 (Cuiyu), Qingxin Oolong, and Sijichun, making it the largest tea-producing area in Taiwan.
The Tea Culture Theme Pavilion allows you to learn about the development of Taiwanese tea.
Entering the Songboling Visitor Center (Tea Culture Theme Pavilion), the nostalgic tea table setting appears. The large "Taiwan's No. 1 Tea Ball," weighing 280 kilograms, is a tourist must-take attraction. Curated with the theme of Taiwan's tea industry, the first floor of the pavilion introduces Taiwan's specialty tea and the distribution of Taiwan's tea-producing areas in different areas. There are miniature tea-making machines that can be operatable so travelers can better understand the complex and delicate process.
The second floor of the pavilion introduces world tea knowledge and the Songling Art Gallery, including the six major types of tea and tea-producing areas around the world. You can also smell the impact of different degrees of fermented tea on the flavor in the scent area. The Songling Art Gallery is an art exhibition area where exhibitions are changed irregularly.
Experience delicately the "Tea Six Senses" surrounded by the fragrance of tea.
The "Tea Six Senses" experience is a series of tea spas that satisfy the six aspects of the body, mind, and soul: vision (observing the changes of tea leaves after brewing), smell (smelling the aroma of tea), taste (tasting the flavor of tea), hearing (listening to the sound of tea leaves spreading during brewing), touch (touching tea leaves), and consciousness (feeling the warmth of tea). You must book in advance by calling the pavilion.