The 2015 Taiwan International Festival of Hakka Culture took place from the 14 through to 25 October 2015 in Hsinchu County. For the first time, the festival drawn industry, government and academia. Organised around three major events: the International Folk Drums Arts Festival, the World Hakka Conference and the Hakka Expo, the festival aims to not only propel Hsinchu into the international spotlight, but also showcase the richness of Taiwan’s Hakka culture to the world.

The festival was organised around one focal point, two highlights, three main events, and four themes. The focal point will be the World Hakka Night, around which tens of thousands are invited to assemble. The two highlights are two illumination events that will light up the city and welcome visitors. The three major events are the International Folk Drums Arts Festival, the World Hakka Conference, and the Hakka Expo. The four themes around which the exhibitions were presented include Hakka history and culture, Hakka landscapes and sights, activities for children, and the Hakka folk drums.

The two illuminations were staged at the Northern and Southern gates of the exhibition venue to brighten Hsinchu’s night sky with an ocean of light. The Northern Gate featured a sacred painted pig to welcome the Chinese year of the Pig and a persimmon alley, as a token of good fortune. The Southern Gate was a feast of lights and nature, as a bamboo installation will be lit up amid an ocean of flowers.

From 14 October, the Hakka Expo opened its doors for visitors to come and discover Hakka culture in all its richness and diversity. The exhibition included Hakka history and famous figures, music, crafts and products, Hakka festivities, green lifestyle and anime and interactive animation. On the opening night, performances by drum artists from Shanxi Taiwan, New Zealand, and Japan, while famous pop artists including HEBE, Cyndi Wang, and Magic Power took to the stage for a rousing night of music and celebration. On 17 October, Hakka folk drums took over the streets in a show full of cheerfulness and creativity.

Hsinchu County has developed its tourism resources alongside mountains, coast, and lakes, combining the charms of the railroad, anime, and Hakka culture, culminating into the world-famous nine-station Neiwan railway track, a “Top Ten Taiwan Tour” of the Lion’s Head Mountain track, and making itself the “dream factory” of Taiwan’s animation industry.

世界客屬第28届懇親大會

于2015年10月16日至10月18日在臺灣新竹縣舉行，身兼客屬總會理事長的新竹縣長丘鏡淳表示：有太陽的地方就有客家人，客家人沒有理由不團結，透過團結，善用社會資源，客家才能日益壯大。2015年的客屬懇親年會在新竹縣舉辦，希望獲得世界各地客家鄉親的支持，新竹縣政府有信心可以辦好懇親大會。

新竹縣府民政處簡報世界客屬總會2015年年會三元素，分別是世界客家文化嘉年華、全台客家義民祭、世界客家民俗展演。幷分動態活動有義民打頭陣與客家舞獅陣、彩繪神猪創意踩街、客家文藝晚會、客家婚俗迎娶、客家山歌民謠比賽、客家迎神賽會、客家美食比賽、客家民俗技藝展示等。靜態展覽有“客家義民”全台攝影比賽、紙糊藝術展覽、彩繪神猪創意比賽暨展覽、客家食衣住行文物展、客莊十二大節慶風華、東方美人茶藝展、客家鄉土書畫展、客家農具展、客家文化論壇等，內容精彩可期。

客家，是中華民族大家庭中重要的一員，具有顯著特性的漢族民系，是漢民族中的一個地緣性群體。而客家文化是這個群體在其形成與發展過程中，為適應和改造生存條件而創造出來的全部物質文化與精神文化的總和。一旦這種文化產生，它就成了該群體的識別標志及維系該群體生存與發展的最核心的力量。換句話說，沒有客家群體，就不會有客家文化；但如果沒有客家文化長期穩定的發展，客家群體也是不可能具有那么強在的生命力，以至于經過數百上千年之久，還能維系到現在。客家民系分布很廣，其中粵閩贛邊三角地區是其主要聚居地，在國外以東南亞為主。客家文化是特定歷史條件下形成的，以移民為代表的地域性文化。