At this time Tsochen puts on its "Chalk Festival," to allow visitors to sample the area's fine produce, visit the farms where manjack, dragon fruit (Hylocereus undatus), yams and bird's-nest fern are grown, try their hand at bamboo basketry, enjoy a banquet of chalk country produce, see exhibitions of Moon World photographs and aboriginal artifacts, or visit fossil beds.
左鎮鄉更在這樣繽紛的時節，推出左鎮白堊節產業文化活動，讓遊客可以充分領會左鎮精緻多樣化的農特產品，並可參觀破布子、火龍果、山藥、山蘇產區，參與製作竹編、竹器 DIY 教學、品嚐白堊大餐，以及草山月世界攝影展、平埔拔馬文物展、化石故鄉巡禮等結合人文與產業的活動。