Bringing in the New Year with some Lanterns
So, Chinese New Year was celebrated earlier this year in February, signifying the transition from the year of the Dragon to the current year of the Snake. Every year, the Chinese/Taiwanese people celebrate the New Year for fifteen days, with the official end to the celebration being the Lantern Festival. I got to go see many of these lanterns that were displayed in a part of Taipei known as Yuanshan. It wasn't the biggest display of lanterns in Taiwan though. Apparently some time ago it was decided that different cities in Taiwan should have the honor of hosting the biggest shindig, and this year that city was Hsinchu. But there were still lots of neat lanterns here Entrance to the Lantern show Some kind of god / heavenly official. The local deities in Taiwan kinda have a kind of bureaucracy going on, and I'm not exactly sure of this guy's role ^^^. Chinese Dragon Environmentally friendly lantern A goat lantern, because I was born in the year of