The Taipei Lantern Festival begins on Saturday next week, with a 2.9km-long “lantern tunnel” to be lit along the Zhongshan N Road with a “four seasons “theme.
The decorations along the “light tunnel” will highlight some of Taipei’s popular attractions, such as xiaolungbao (小籠包), beef noodle soup and the Taipei Zoo’s panda cub Yuan Zai (圓仔).
Department of Civil Affairs Commissioner Huang Lu Ching-ju (黃呂錦茹) said the light tunnel would allow viewers to celebrate the festival while appreciating the historical buildings and markets in the Zhongshan N Road area.
“The community along the Zhongshan North Road is an area full of history and culture, and we encourage residents and visitors to walk along the street to experience history and lantern art at the same time,” she said.
Various shops in the Qing Guang Market (晴光商圈) on Zhongshan N Road and the Yuanshan Market (圓山商圈) near Taipei Flora Expo Park will offer discounts during the festival.
Qing Guang Market Development Association secretary-general Larry Yang (楊為榮), said a light tunnel boosted business for shops in the area by 20 percent last year, and the market expects a 30 percent growth in business this year.
The Taipei Lantern Festival will run until Feb. 16.
The main lantern display areas at the expo dome and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum on will be lit up on Feb. 6, with lanterns featuring Yuan Zai as one of the main attractions even though the new lunar year is the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac calendar.
A first shipment of five tons of Taiwan tilapia was sent from Tainan to Singapore on Wednesday, following an order valued at NT$600,000 (US$20,500) placed with a company in the city. The products, including frozen whole fish and pre- cooked fish belly, were dispatched from Jiangjun Fishing Harbor, where a new aquatic processing and logistics center is under construction. At the launch, Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) called the move a “breakthrough,” marking Taiwan’s expansion into the Singaporean tilapia market. Taiwan’s tilapia exports have traditionally focused on the United States, Canada, and the Middle East, Huang said, adding that the new foothold in
An electric bus charging facility at Taipei Metro’s Beitou Depot officially opened yesterday with 22 charging bays to serve the city’s 886 electric buses. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) told a ceremony to mark the opening of the facility that the city aims to fully electrify its bus fleet by 2030. The number of electric buses has grown from about 650 last year to 886 this year and is expected to surpass 1,000 by the end of the year, Chiang said. Setting up the charging station in a metro depot optimizes land and energy use, as the metro uses power mainly during the
An exhibition demonstrating the rejuvenation of the indigenous Kuskus Village in Pingtung County’s Mudan Township (牡丹) opened at the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency’s conservation station in Taipei on Thursday. Agency Director-General Lin Hwa-ching (林華慶) said they have been promoting the use and development of forestry resources to local indigenous residents for eight years to drive regional revitalization. While modern conservation approaches mostly stem from western scientific research, eco-friendly knowledge and skills passed down through generations of indigenous people, who have lived in Taiwan for centuries, could be more suitable for the environment, he said. The agency’s Pingtung branch Director-General Yang Jui-fen (楊瑞芬)
Traffic controls are to be in place in Taipei starting tonight, police said, as rallies supporting recall efforts targeting the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers as well as a rally organized by the KMT opposing the recall campaigns are to take place tomorrow. Traffic controls are to be in place on City Hall Road starting from 10pm tonight and on Jinan Road Section 1 starting from 8am tomorrow, police said. Recall campaign groups in Taipei and New Taipei advocating for the recall of KMT legislators, along with the Safeguard Taiwan, Anti-Communist Alliance (反共護台聯盟), have previously announced plans for motorcycle parades and public
RSS