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The Taipei Pingxi Sky Lanterns were released originally to let others know that the town was safe. These lanterns are decorated with wishes and images relating to the owner. These two events are known together as "Fireworks in the South, Sky Lanterns in the North."
Pingxi District Office. Pingxi District (Chinese: 平溪區; pinyin: Píngxī Qū; Wade–Giles: P'ing 2-hsi 1 Ch'ü 1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pêng-khoe-khu, Pêng-khe-khu; also spelled Pinghsi), is a rural district in New Taipei, Taiwan. The source of the Keelung River is in Jingtong, which is inside Pingxi District. It was an important coal mining ...
Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival. Pingxi District in New Taipei City of Taiwan holds an annual Sky Lantern Festival during which sky lanterns are released into the night sky with people's wishes written on them, to send the wishes and messages to God. The Sky Lantern Festival has traditionally been held on the 15th day of Chinese New Year, the last ...
The World's First, Environment-friendly, Low Carbon Lantern Structure "Delta Electronics' Ring of Celestial Bliss" Shines at 2013 Taiwan Lantern Festival TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The ...
New Taipei City regularly hosts around 5,000 annual art, music and cultural festivals, such as the Hohaiyan Rock Festival in Gongliao District. [27] The Lantern Festival is held regularly in the city particularly in Pingxi District, where sky lanterns are made throughout the year for people to buy. Guests can also learn how to make their own ...
The timing of the city's lantern exhibit coincides with the national festival in Pingxi, when thousands of fire lanterns are released into the sky. [102] The city's lantern exhibit rotates among different downtown locales from year to year, including Liberty Square, Taipei 101, and Zhongshan Hall in Ximending.
Entrance hall of a K-TV in Taipei. Karaoke is incredibly popular in Taiwan, where it is termed KTV (karaoke television). This is an example of something the Taiwanese have drawn, on scale, from contemporary Japanese culture. Pachinko is another example. During typhoons, many young Taiwanese will spend the day singing karaoke or playing mahjong.
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