TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The 2025 New Taipei City Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival took place on Sunday, with New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) and other distinguished guests, including American Institute in ...

At the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in northern Taiwan, thousands lined up in the rain to light up and observe wish lanterns. Among them were Mae Alegonero and Shine Ceralvo, friends from the ...

NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrated the Lantern Festival on Wednesday by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky, visiting light installations and snacking on ...

A large number of lanterns lit up the night sky at a festival held on Wednesday, the 15th day of the lunar year, in Pingxi, northern Taiwan. The annual event recalls the use of lanterns in olden days.

Visitors gathered in Pingxi, a mountain village in northern Taiwan, to pen their blessing and wishes on paper lanterns and release them into night sky to seek good fortune in the Year of the Snake.

Lantern displays have also been set up in the city’s 13 districts. New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi, center, and other officials attend the second session of the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival at Shifen ...