Complete Guide to Taiwan Lantern Festival: A Nationwide Celebration of the Yuanxiao Festival
By MOOK Scenic Spots Christopher | Compiled & Reported
The Yuanxiao Festival is a major traditional celebration in Taiwan. Some locals consider the festival to mark the true end of the Lunar New Year holiday, often referring to it as the “Little New Year.” During this period every year, various lantern viewing, sky lantern releasing, riddle guessing, and bee-bee cannon firing events are held across Taiwan in diverse celebrations to honor the Yuanxiao Festival. The 2017 Taiwan Lantern Festival integrated events such as the Taipei Lantern Festival, Kaohsiung Lantern Festival Arts Festival, Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in New Taipei City, Hsinchu’s Beehive Rockets Festival, Tainan’s Yanshui Beehive Rockets Festival, and Taitung’s Thunder God Godfather Festival. Through integrated branding and marketing efforts, it attracted both domestic and international tourists, becoming a globally recognized festive event. Scenic Spots has compiled the following nationwide Yuanxiao Festival celebrations for you:
Celebrations such as lantern displays and bee-bee cannon firings are held across Taiwan during the annual Yuanxiao Festival (Image sources: Taipei City Government Tourism and Travel Bureau, Miaoli Beehive Rockets Festival, Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Kaohsiung City Government)
Taipei City – Taipei Lantern Festival
The limited-edition paper flower show at the Taipei Lantern Festival’s opening lighting ceremony left a deep impression (Image provided by: Taipei City Government Tourism and Travel Bureau)
New Taipei City - Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival
The Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival features a magnificent sight of thousands of lanterns ascending into the sky (Image source: Taipei City Government Tourism and Travel Bureau)
Northeast Coast – Yehliu Deity Harbor Purification Cultural Festival
The Yehliu Deity Harbor Purification Cultural Festival is a traditional blessing ritual with over a hundred years of history in the area, featuring activities such as 103 brave individuals jumping into the sea, deity-led harbor purification palanquin processions, fun fire-walking, sea patrols, and luck-bringing coin tossing rituals (Image source: Yehliu Deity Harbor Purification Cultural Festival)
Taoyuan City – Taoyuan Lantern Festival
The Taoyuan Lantern Festival will feature six major themed lantern zones and a lakeside light show, among other programs (Image source: I Love Taoyuan)
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