Limited Release of "Happiness Illuminated" Combo Ticket for Extra Pingxi Policemen's Sky Lantern Show

By MOOK Scenic Spots Family Travel Life Network, reported and compiled by Chen Guanxin

 

Since its opening on White Day this year, the "Pingxi Police Station Policemen's Sky Lantern" has received widespread acclaim. To allow more visitors to experience the charm of customized LED wish sky lanterns, additional shows will be held starting April 10, with daily sessions beginning earlier at 4:00 PM, featuring hourly sky lantern shows and personalized LED wish sky lanterns for visitors.

The exterior of the Pingxi Police Station is made of glass curtains and 193,924 LED lights. In addition to maintaining local public safety, it offers the unique Policemen's Sky Lantern experience, where visitors can write their wishes on a postcard. After computer processing, during holidays from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM and on weekdays from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, every hour after a 3-minute sky lantern show, the handwritten wishes on the postcards will ascend into the sky on the Policemen's Sky Lanterns. The postcards carrying the wishes will also be mailed to the intended recipients with the help of staff.

 

Each night’s 3-minute sky lantern show mainly depicts how sky lanterns were originally invented by Zhuge Liang to transmit military intelligence. In the early days in the Pingxi mountains, when bandits attacked, the lanterns were used by residents to send safety messages to their families and pray to the heavens. As time passed, coal trains transitioned to serving travelers, and traditional lanterns, through the creativity of local artisans, took on various colors and shapes, each symbolizing something unique—thus preserving tradition with innovation. The story of the lantern show culminates in the annual Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival, where as each lantern is lit and released, the prayers for peace and happiness under the same night sky remain unchanged across time and space, though the moments shift, the emotion stays the same.

 

Each Policemen's Sky Lantern costs 150 NTD. The public can sign up on-site at the Pingxi Police Station or pre-register by phone to reserve a launch time. Alternatively, you can choose the "Happiness Illuminated Combo Ticket" launched by the New Taipei City Tourism and Travel Bureau, priced at 300 NTD, which includes one Policemen's Sky Lantern launch voucher and 300 NTD in spending vouchers. These vouchers can be used at over 130 shops in the shopping district and are available for purchase at the Pingxi Police Station, Jing Tong Qiao Men Western Pastry Cake Shop, Pingxi Mingtong Yashè, Pingxi Meiyun Fabric Workshop, and Shifen Railway Art Gallery, among others. The combo ticket promotion runs until June 13, with limited daily availability. For details, please visit the New Taipei City Tourism and Travel website.

 

 

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