TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The 2023 Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival will take place on Feb. 5 and Feb. 11, which will see hundreds of flying lanterns dotting the night skies. The traditional folk custom of ...

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.

Children hold free small handheld lanterns that are to be handed out at the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Tainan this year at a news conference to reveal the design of the festival’s main lantern Dragon ...

Hundreds of 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.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — This dragon is a local temple's contribution to the Taiwan Lantern Festival and can be viewed outside an MRT station in Taipei City's Zhongshan District. The Taiwan Lantern ...

China said Friday it would restart some group tours to Taiwan "in the near future", a boost to a travel industry still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. Tourists fly a lantern after writing ...

Taoyuan, Taiwan – An excited buzz filled the swarming crowd in the shadow of darkness. Silence fell for a split second before the 18-meter main lantern burst to life, signaling the start of this ...

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 Photo ...

New Taipei, Taiwan — Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrated the Lantern Festival on Wednesday by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky, visiting light installations and snacking on ...