The Lantern Festival is a traditional celebration over a thousand years old. Its many ageless customs include carrying handheld lanterns and painted-lantern displays. The festival marks the traditional end of the weeks-long Lunar New Year holidays. In recent years the Taipei Lantern Festival has featured a fusion of high-tech light shows with the traditional festive atmosphere. This has made it Taiwan’s most popular New Year carnival-style event, attracting both great public attention and great numbers of revelers.
The first Taipei Lantern Festival was in 1997. The theme for the festive lanterns on display was the Chinese zodiac animal for the year. This was the first time in Taiwan a Lantern Festival was held in the large-scale form so popular now.
The 2020 Taipei Lantern Festival is scheduled to run from 8 to 16, Feb. in Taipei’s West District and Nangang District. The festival theme will continue to be the Chinese zodiac animal for the year. The Taipei Municipality invites all countries and sister cities to take part in the lantern display and parade (including performance troupes). It will provide 1 gratis 3m booth (for use distributing special print materials, gift and memento items, travel information, etc.), one lantern-display base, as well as Taipei Lantern Festival official website promotion, the hosting of an official lantern-lighting press conference, and other support.
For all inquiry, please email: qa-huhwang@mail.taipei.gov.tw or fax: +886 2 27205887.
