Taiwan Lantern Festival is one of the annual festivals held in Taiwan. Celebrated to coincide with the feast of Cap Go Meh or in Taiwan known as Yuan Xiao. The festival is held on the 15th night of the Chinese New Year in the lunar calendar.
This festival is implemented as a national festival by the tourism bureau in 1990 and is always held at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei. But since 2001 the festival has finally been held in turns throughout Taiwan. For example in 2019 held in Pingtung, in 2020 the Lantern Festival was held in Houli Park, Taichung.
Everyone wrote their hopes for the future on the lantern and then flew them to the sky. They believe that this is a way of communicating with the Creator to bless every good hope in life.
This festival is included as one of the important and interesting festivals around the world in the American Discovery channel. At the beginning of the festival was held intended to keep folklore alive in the traditions of the community. This festival has become one of the tourism icons to attract local and international tourists to visit.
