Sekinchan is a small town located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is quite a distant away and takes 1 and a half hour from Taylor’s University. Sekinchan is in the middle of the main rice-bowl area of Selangor, in the Sabak Bernam district. It is one of the major rice producing areas of Malaysia.

Sekinchan in Chinese mean "village suitable for plantation', the land and weather is suitable for farming of rice, fruits and oil palm trees. It is the highest rice production per acre in Malaysia. Total farming land paddy and fruits is about 4,300 acres.

You can see a wide green paddy field on your right when you arrive in Sekinchan. It also popular as a fishing village. Sekinchan is mainly divided into Site A, B, C and Bangan. Site A, B and C are mainly inhabit by Chinese, including Hakka Hokkien and Teochew, where Site C aremostly Malay. In this trip, we explored all sites of sekinchan to seek for more interesting food, culture and architecture.

Main Economy Activities in Sekinchan are agriculture, which includes rice, tropical fruits plantation and swiftlet farming, fishery, manufacturing and small business.

Sekinchan is actually a fishing village, but now is more widely recognized as a famous paddy field instead of a fishing village.

Here, you can drive right beside the paddy fields. There are roads connecting the town with the small village located in the center of the paddy fields. Along the way, you will find water path (aqueduct), little bridge, birds and of course the paddy.

There are also factories which allow visits. The staff will brief you on the paddy plantation process, type of rice. You can also purchase the rice here which is not available in the market. 

Besides rice, you can also get nice mangoes at the stalls along Sekinchan main road. On the other side of the road is the fishing village. You can also stop by to have a look at the fishing boats and jetty. Do stop by for some seafood too.