First ‘fragrant and snowy’ Taiwan Lantern Festival display to kick off Dec. 21

Artificial snow will fall at 'light forest' in Taichung's Wenxin Forest Park from Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2020

Taiwan News
Date: .2019/12/16
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The lantern pieces at the Taiwan Lantern Festival’s Wenxin Forest Park subsidiary display area will be lit on Saturday (Dec. 21), according to a press release published on Taichung Travel Net.

“Taichung is ready!” Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) announced on Monday (Dec. 16) at a promotional event for the 2020 Taiwan Lantern Festival, noting that it will be the longest in the festival’s history, beginning Saturday at the Wenxin Forest Park subsidiary display area and running until Feb. 23, 2020. She added that it will also be the most entertaining and “worth watching."

The mayor went on to say that the display will last through Christmas, New Year, Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, and Valentine’s Day and that it will be the first Taiwan Lantern Festival to be "fragrant and snowy."

Taichung Tourism and Travel Bureau Director Lin Hsiao-chi (林筱淇) said that the festival will be focused around the theme of “fun for children” and that there will be performances, including concerts, at the venue every weekend.    [FULL  STORY]