An opening ceremony on Monday commenced the five-day countdown until the official opening of Taiwan Lantern Festival’s High-Speed Rail (HSR) Lantern Zone. Tourists and locals alike are invited to come celebrate Lantern Festival which begins on the 15th day of the first lunar month, or Saturday this year.
At the press conference, Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) said that the Anping Lantern Zone, built and maintained by the Tainan City Government, exhibits 30 lighting installations and over 2.8 million people have visited the district since its opening on February 3.
Huang added that the High-Speed Rail (HSR) Lantern Zone will have 300 beautiful installations about to be displayed, coinciding with the 2024 World Orchid Conference (WOC) and Taiwan International Orchid Show (TIOS) at the International Convention Center (ICC) Tainan. He said that the flowers and experts from more than 30 countries together with the famous Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival will attract everyone to take the HSR to Tainan, see orchids, view lanterns and fireworks, and enjoy Tainan’s food all in the same day.
The Tourism Bureau reminds the public that the Taiwan Lantern Festival’s adorable paper dragons will be available from Saturday at the I5 service desk in the Anping Lantern Zone as well as the I4 and I8 desks of the HSR Lantern Zone starting at 4 p.m. daily.