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Last updated 2026-09-24 — The 2016 Taipei Lantern Festival is about to begin, and the highly anticipated lanterns have been unveiled!“Lele” is a playful, adorable, and agile little monkey designed by designer Lin Jiawei, featuring two designs — a somersaulting monkey and one riding a treasure-hunting boat...

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The 2016 Taipei Lantern Festival is about to begin, and the highly anticipated lanterns have been unveiled!“Lele” is a playful, adorable, and agile little monkey designed by designer Lin Jiawei, featuring two different designs — a somersaulting monkey and one riding a treasure-hunting boat — for children to take home and celebrate the joyful Yuanxiao Festival together.

 

New Year’s small lantern “Lele.” (Image source/Taipei City Government Civil Affairs Bureau)

A total of 22 distribution points are available. Below are the redemption locations and quantities:

Main Lantern Festival venue

Long Corridor Plaza in Expo Park (No. 1 Yumen Street, Zhongshan District, Taipei City)

February 21 (Sun) — 18,000 lanterns distributed

February 22 (Mon) — 12,000 lanterns distributed

 

Songshan District

Taiwan Railway Jiaotong No. 2 Plaza (Intersection area of Songshan Road and Section 6 of Civic Boulevard, Songshan District, Taipei City (in front of Taipei City God Temple))

February 21 (Sun) — 4,000 lanterns distributed

February 22 (Mon) — 3,000 lanterns distributed

 

Xinyi District

Songshan Cihui Hall (No. 33, Lane 251, Fude Street, Xinyi District, Taipei City)

February 21 (Sun) — 5,000 lanterns distributed

Xinyi District Administrative Center (1F, No. 15, Section 5, Xinyi Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City)

February 22 (Mon) — 2,000 lanterns distributed

 

Da’an District

Da’an District Administrative Center (No. 86, Section 2, Xinsheng South Road, Da’an District, Taipei City)

February 21 (Sun) — 4,000 lanterns distributed

February 22 (Mon) — 4,000 lanterns distributed

 

Zhongshan District

Taipei Wen Chang Palace (No. 9, Lane 45, Minsheng West Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City)

February 21 (Sun) — 3,500 lanterns distributed

Zhi Fu Temple (No. 1, Lane 14, Lane 608, Beian Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City)

February 21 (Sun) — 1,500 lanterns distributed

Zhongshan District Administrative Center (1F, No. 367, Songjiang Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City)

February 22 (Mon) — 2,000 lanterns distributed

 

The main lantern of the 2016 Taipei Lantern Festival, "Light-Sculpted Monkey." (Photo source / Taipei City Government Civil Affairs Bureau)

Zhongzheng District

Taiwan Provincial City God Temple (No. 14, Section 1, Wuchang Street, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City)

February 21 (Sun) – 3,000 distributed

National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine Da Xiao Gate (No. 21, Zhongshan South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City)

February 22 (Mon) – 3,000 distributed

 

Datong District

Taipei Bao'an Temple (No. 61, Hami Street, Datong District, Taipei City)

February 21 (Sun) – 2,350 distributed

Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art (No. 39, Chang’an West Road, Datong District, Taipei City)

February 21 (Sun) – 2,350 distributed

6th Floor Auditorium, Datong District Administrative Center (No. 57, Changji Street, 6th Floor, Datong District, Taipei City)

February 22 (Mon) – 1,300 distributed

 

Wanhua District

Dihua Street Corridor (No. 101, Guangzhou Street, Wanhua District, Taipei City)

February 21 (Sun) – 4,000 distributed

February 22 (Mon) – 2,000 distributed

 

Wenshan District

Taipei Flower and Plant Wholesale Market (No. 15, Section 1, Xinglong Road, Wenshan District, Taipei City)

February 21 (Sun) – 4,000 distributed

February 22 (Mon) – 3,000 distributed

 

The main lantern "Fortune and Prosperity Monkey" features an exterior shaped like a "gourd," drawing from traditional cultural symbolism where the gourd represents "good fortune and prosperity" and "many children and much happiness." (Photo source / Taipei City Government Civil Affairs Bureau)

Nangang District

CITYLINK Nangang Store AB Building 1st Floor Plaza (No. 369, Section 7, Zhongxiao East Road, Nangang District, Taipei City)

February 21 (Sun) – 3,000 distributed

Nangang District Administrative Center (1st Floor, No. 360, Section 1, Nangang Road, Nangang District, Taipei City)

February 22 (Mon) – 3,000 distributed

 

Neihu District

Neihu Civic Center (No. 342, Section 2, Neihu Road, Neihu District, Taipei City)

February 21 (Sun) – 4,000 distributed

February 22 (Monday), distributing 3,000

 

Shilin District

Shilin Cihui Palace (No. 84, Da’nandao, Shilin District, Taipei City)

February 21 (Sunday), distributing 5,500

Shilin District Civic Hall (No. 75, Dadong Road, Shilin District, Taipei City)

February 22 (Monday), distributing 2,500

 

Beitou District

Guandu Temple (No. 360, Zhixing Road, Beitou District, Taipei City)

February 21 (Sunday), distributing 5,000

Beitou District Administration Center (No. 30, Xinshi Street, Beitou District, Taipei City)

February 22 (Monday), distributing 2,000

 

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