Taipei Times
Date: Feb 04, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA
The fishery products, cuisine and landscape of Pingtung County are to be featured at this
Taiwan Lantern Festival lanterns in the shape of Vase Rock, turtles and coral reefs are lit on Friday night in Pingtung. Photo: Chen Yen-ting, Taipei Times
year’s Taiwan Lantern Festival in Pingtung City, which opens on Feb. 19.
Given its locale, this year’s festival for the first time will have a main lantern that is not based on the Chinese zodiac animal for the new lunar year, the Tourism Bureau said.
Instead of a pig, the main lantern is in the shape of a giant golden tuna jumping out of the sea, symbolizing the bluefin tuna that brings wealth to the county.
This year will be the first time that the festival’s main show is to be held inside a national scenic area — the coastal area of Dapeng Bay (大鵬灣), it said. [FULL STORY]
