By MOOK Travel Life Net / Chun-Hsin Chen, compiled and reported
The Hsinchu County Taiwan Lantern Festival has kicked off enthusiastically and will run until March 10. This year, the Shei-Pa National Park Headquarters has been invited to participate in the lantern festival. In the “Shei-Pa Elegance Lantern Area” planned by the park, flower lanterns highlight the beauty of the park’s natural resources and ecology. In addition to the large and small Baxian Mountain main lantern displays, visitors can also admire rare animals such as the Formosan Landlocked Salmon and the Formosan Black Bear. This lantern area is also the first of its kind among Taiwan’s national parks.
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The Formosan Landlocked Salmon, crafted in the shape of a lantern, showcases the ecological beauty of Shei-Pa National Park. (Photo provided by Shei-Pa National Park Headquarters)
The area covered by Shei-Pa National Park includes Wufeng and Jianshi townships in Hsinchu County. To coincide with the 2013 Taiwan Lantern Festival in Hsinchu County, the park headquarters combined ecological exhibits with traditional folk festivals. Well-known rare and precious animals within the Shei-Pa area — such as the Formosan Landlocked Salmon, the Formosan Clouded Leopard Salamander, the Formosan Black Bear, the Formosan Sika Deer, the Mandarin Duck, the Formosan Blue Magpie, the Crested Goshawk, and the Swallowtail Butterfly — are all brought to life in the form of traditional lanterns.
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The familiar Mandarin Duck of the Shei-Pa area is also transformed into a dazzling, colorful lantern. (Photo provided by Shei-Pa National Park Headquarters)
The Shei-Pa National Park Headquarters’ Facebook fan page “Reaching New Heights: The Beauty of Shei-Pa” is also running a campaign to give away mysterious little gifts. During the evening hours of 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM throughout the 2013 Taiwan Lantern Festival exhibition period, visitors to the Shei-Pa Elegance Lantern Area can log in to Facebook via mobile device, like and join the Shei-Pa fan page, or check in at the “Shei-Pa Elegance Lantern Area” landmark and upload photos from the site. Once verified by on-site Shei-Pa staff, they can receive a mysterious little gift.
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