A: The Lantern Festival, which is the 15th day of the first lunar month, will be here the day after tomorrow. Maybe we can go to the Taiwan Lantern Festival!
B: Good idea. Where will this year’s main lantern be?
A: The main lantern — a “Jade Rabbit” in a spacesuit — will be displayed at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei.
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B: I also want to go to the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in New Taipei City. I’ve always wanted to experience releasing sky lanterns myself.
A: Sky lantern releases are scheduled for this Sunday and next Saturday, while the Taiwan Lantern Festival will run until Feb. 19.
B: Let’s go to the Taiwan Lantern Festival on a weekday, and go to release sky lanterns on a weekend.
A: 後天就是農曆1月15日元宵節,我們去逛「台灣燈會」吧!
B: 好啊,今年的主燈將在哪裡展出呢?
A: 主燈將設置在台北市的國父紀念館,是隻穿著太空裝的玉兔。
B: 我還想去新北市的「平溪天燈節」,我一直想體驗放天燈。
A: 放天燈是在本週日和下週六唷,燈會則將持續到2月19日為止。
B: 那我們平日去逛燈會,週末再去放天燈好了。
(By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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