Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrated the Lantern Festival on Wednesday by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky, ...

The Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in Taiwan, held on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, draws thousands of visitors and locals ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The 2025 New Taipei City Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival took place on Sunday, with New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) and other distinguished guests, including American Institute in ...

Lanterns rise into the sky at the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival at Pingxi Junior High School in New Taipei City last night. Another sky lantern event is to take place at the city’s Shihfen Plaza on ...

TAIPEI -- As night falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, Taiwan transforms into a dazzling spectacle of light. Despite a gentle spring rain sweeping across the island ...

People release sky lanterns in hopes of good fortune and prosperity in the traditional Lantern Festival in the Pingxi district of New Taipei City, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP ...

Still, the true draw comes from the thousands of glowing lanterns carrying hopes and dreams into a new year. Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar ...

Watch live as visitors in Pingxi, the mountain village in northern Taiwan, pen their blessings and wishes on paper lanterns ...

each one hanging or placed celebration of the Chinese Lantern Festival on Saturday. These included traditional red lanterns offering words of good fortune and blessings to the new year ...