If the town has made any sort of impression on the average Taiwanese, it's probably for its role in a commercial for a brand of tea, featuring a bunch of young people frolicking around a century-old autumn maple. Yes, that is Huatan in the advert-more specifically, the famous Sanchun Tree.
如果花壇能令人印象深刻，恐怕就屬麥香紅茶的電視廣告裡，一群年輕人圍著一棵百年茄苳樹的歡笑場景，沒錯，那是花壇鄉著名的「三春老樹」，也是外人認識花壇的開始。