Taiwan News
Date: 2016-02-21
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

The 2016 Taiwan Lantern Festival officially opens on February 22, the day on which this year’s traditional Lantern Festival falls, and last until Mar 6 in Taoyuan City.

The festival site is a 20-hectare belt starting from the Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) Taoyuan Station Square and expanding till the Qingtan Garden.

This year’s festival features a main theme lantern, secondary lanterns, and many other lantern theme areas. Optoelectronics are used to present images which manifest Taoyuan’s culture, technology and visions.

The event, taking place in Taoyuan for the first time, also features performances by well-known local and international performance groups.

This year’s performances will take place in the evenings of the rehearsal day on Feb. 21 and the opening day on Feb. 22, and on the night of the closing day on March 6. Performances on each night end with a fireworks show.     [FULL  STORY]