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Up, up and away! 天燈高升
Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007,Page 13
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Foreign visitors let off lanterns in Pingxi.
外國遊客在平溪施放天燈。 (照片：記者 王藝菘攝)
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Next weekend is the Lantern Festival. There are many ways to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Taiwan. Many towns have special displays of lanterns in the town center for people to enjoy.
Pingxi is in the mountains just outside Taipei. A long time ago there were no telephones or computers. The people who lived in the mountains needed to find a way to communicate with each other.
They came up with the smart idea of sending lanterns into the sky at night. This way they let each other know that they were safe and well.
Nowadays people go to Pingxi to let off lanterns for good luck. People paint messages with their names, hopes and dreams for the New Year on the lanterns.
The festival is lots of fun, and of course there are lots of street snacks available. There are special buses for the event, which will take you up to Pingshi from Muzha. Tomorrow night is the first big setting off of lanterns — but there is another big setting off on Lantern Festival itself, next Sunday.
(Catherine Thomas, staff writer)
下個週末就是元宵節了。台灣有許多慶祝元宵節的方式，許多鄉鎮都會在鬧區舉辦特別燈籠展來娛樂大眾。
平溪位於台北近郊的山區。古早以前沒有電話或電腦，所以住在山區的民眾必須找個方式來彼此聯繫。
他們想到了在夜晚將燈籠送上天的聰明點子，如此可以讓彼此得知自己平安健康。
現今，民眾到平溪放天燈祈求好運。民眾在天燈彩上自己的名字、新年新希望與夢想。
元宵節很有趣，當然，平溪也有各式各樣的路邊小吃。活動也特別安排了接駁公車，可從木柵載你到平溪。明晚是盛大施放天燈的第一天，不過，下週日的元宵節當天還有另一場盛況。
（翻譯：賴美君）
| Today's Words 今天單字 |
1. lantern n.
燈籠 (deng1 long2)
例: You can buy many different colors of lantern at Pingxi.
(你可以在平溪買到五顏六色的燈籠。)
2. display n.
展示 (zhan3 shi4)
例: Sarah certainly put on quite a display last night.
(莎拉昨晚打扮得花枝招展。)
3. communicate v.i. /v.t.
溝通 (gou1 tong1)
例: I communicate with my friends overseas mainly using instant messaging.
(我主要是用即時通與海外的朋友聯繫。) |
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