Dance！Hualien New Year's Eve: Bid farewell to bad luck and bust a lucky move

By Lay Pei-hsuan | Compiled and Reported

With only a few days left in 2011, it’s time to wave goodbye to all the bad relationships, terrible bosses, and toxic friends. Want to welcome an energetic and dazzling 2012? Take a different kind of New Year’s trip at the Far Eastern Yu Lai Hotel, located 220 meters above the Coastal Mountain Range. Watch the sunrise rise from the sea level, let the uplifting environment change your mood—it might just be the start of your luck turnaround. Additionally, this year they’re offering free “evil-sweeping” brooms and organizing exciting lucky-dance events to help everyone recharge with new vitality for the new year.

Many countries have traditions of praying for good fortune and warding off bad luck at the start of the new year. In Taiwan, want to sweep away the bad luck? Guests staying at the Far Eastern Yu Lai Hotel in Hualien on December 31, 2011, will receive one free “evil-sweeping” broom per room. At an auspicious time—11:00 AM on January 1, 2012—they will lead guests in a creative DIY session to make their own lucky brooms, enhancing relationships among couples, lovers, and families. Handsome and pretty hosts will also lead everyone in a lively lucky dance to kick off the new year with energy, sending bad luck away and inviting good fortune in.

This New Year’s Eve, why not take a light trip to Hualien? Explore the area’s stunning natural landscapes, indigenous culture, or soak in hot springs at Red Leaf, Antong, and Ruisui for a cozy recharge before embarking on the new year with a refreshed spirit.

Far Eastern Yu Lai Hotel Hualien:

www.farglory-hotel.com.tw