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The Taiwan Lantern Festival ( Chinese: 臺灣燈會; pinyin: Táiwān dēnghuì) is an annual event hosted by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taiwan to celebrate the Lantern Festival . Many activities are held across Taiwan during the Lantern Festival; thousands of sky lanterns are lit over Pingxi ...
The Lantern Festival ( traditional Chinese: 元宵節; simplified Chinese: 元宵节; pinyin: Yuánxiāo jié ), also called Shangyuan Festival ( traditional Chinese: 上元節; simplified Chinese: 上元节; pinyin: Shàngyuán jié) and Cap Go Meh ( Chinese: 十五暝; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Cha̍p-gō͘-mê ), is a Chinese traditional festival ...
A sky lantern ( traditional Chinese: 天燈; simplified Chinese: 天灯; pinyin: tiāndēng ), also known as Kǒngmíng lantern ( traditional Chinese: 孔明燈; simplified Chinese: 孔明灯 ), or Chinese lantern, is a small balloon made of paper, with an opening at the bottom where a small fire is suspended. Sky lanterns have been made for ...
The Lantern Festival festivities in Canada . Canada, home to a large Chinese diaspora, was set to light up for the holiday. Vancouver was hosting a series of events for its LunarFest, including ...
The Seoul Lantern Festival is a festival held every winter in Seoul in South Korea. It includes lanterns, outdoor light installations, christmas market, experience programs. This event used to take place about two weeks in November at Cheonggyecheon stream, but since 2022 it started to take place more than a month in December at Gwanghwamun Plaza .
Loy Krathong ( Thai: ลอยกระทง, RTGS : Loi Krathong, pronounced [lɔ̄ːj krā.tʰōŋ]) [ a] is a Thai festival celebrated annually throughout Thailand and in nearby countries with significant South Western Tai cultures ( Laos, Shan, Mon, Tanintharyi, Kelantan, Kedah, and Xishuangbanna ).
Yeondeunghoe ( Korean : 연등회; Hanja : 燃燈會; Korean pronunciation: [jʌnd ɯ̽ŋɦø]) is a lantern-lighting festival in Korea celebrating the Buddha's Birthday. The date of the celebration is marked on the Korean Lunar calendar as the eighth day of the fourth lunar month. [1] [2] The English translation of the name of the festival is ...
The Qinhuai Lantern Fair, also known as Jinling Lantern Fair, Jinling Lantern Festival, and officially named Lantern Fair on Qinhuai River, [1] is a popular folk custom celebration of the Lantern Festival in the Nanjing area. Modern usage refers to the large-scale fair held yearly at the Confucius Temple of Nanjing between the Spring Festival ...