Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/01/23
By: Yeh Tzu-kang and S.C. Chang
Taipei, Jan. 23 (CNA) This year’s Taiwan Lantern Festival, to be held in Yunlin
Hosting the festival for the first time in its 28-year history, the county will display 3,000 lanterns in the two areas which cover more than 50 hectares — the largest number of lamps and display area ever, county government officials said.
The main area will be in Huwei’s Yunlin Agriculture Expo Park, where there will be a trial run on Feb. 8, lasting until Feb. 10, before the official launch on Feb. 11. Lanterns will be turned on at the Beigang site on Feb. 7. [FULL STORY]