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The 2024 Taiwan Lantern Festival will be held in Tainan City from February 24 to March 10 next year (113). There are two major exhibition areas planned, the "High-Speed Rail Lantern District" and the "Anping Lantern District". The "2024 Taiwan Lantern Festival Main Light Base Groundbreaking Ceremony" was held at the scheduled place where the lanterns will be installed. The Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and the Tainan City Government jointly prayed for the smooth construction of the lantern festival and the complete success of the lantern festival activities.
Next year, the Taiwan Lantern Festival will return to Tainan after 16 years and will once again make its dazzling debut in Tainan. Through this annual event, it will showcase the multicultural characteristics, natural ecological characteristics and high-tech development of Tainan’s 400-year-old ancient capital; this time the main lanterns are provided by Designed and produced by the well-known artist Peng Lizhen, the creative inspiration comes from the charm and shape of the flying dragon on the stone pillars in front of Tainan’s Grand Queen’s Palace. It combines figurative and abstract large-scale three-dimensional internal light-emitting lantern techniques to create the extraordinary kingly style of the main lantern of the 2024 Taiwan Lantern Festival, fully demonstrating Taiwan The glory of the Lantern Festival in Tainan.
The main lantern of the 2024 Taiwan Lantern Festival is named "Dragon Comes to Taiwan". It was jointly named by Chairman Lin Mingde of the China Folk Art Foundation and Academician Li Fengmao of the Academia Sinica. It not only combines the Qian Gua of the Book of Changes with the prayer elements of folk etiquette, but also implies the Lord of the Year of the Dragon. The lanterns pay tribute to Tainan's 400 years of history. The name is simple in meaning, melodious in rhyme, and easy to pronounce. It also directly reflects the Chinese people's expectation that the Taiwan Lantern Festival will become famous internationally and welcome international tourists to Taiwan.
The total height of the main lantern work this time is 22 meters. Different from previous Taiwan Lantern Festivals, the light source power of the main lantern in the 2024 Year of the Dragon will combine the concepts of green energy and energy saving, using solar power generation technology to significantly reduce the total power consumption of large-scale lantern works; In addition, next year's main light will maintain the overall shape of the main light and rotate in one circle. The left and right forearms of the dragon will be equipped with electromechanical control bearing components, allowing the Taiwan Lantern Festival to surpass the dynamic limitations of previous main lights. At the same time, Tainan City, the host city of next year's lantern festival, has a world-famous solar photovoltaic industry. For this main lantern, Dr. Fu Yaoxian from the Department of Green Energy Technology of Tainan University and his R&D team were specially invited to add solar packaging materials EVA and atomic elements of carbon 60 to the main lantern. In the creation of lamp shapes, dynamic surprises and visual changes are created during the performance, which increases the richness of the performance and presents the majestic appearance of the dragon.
Next year's 35th "Taiwan Lantern Festival" will have the theme of "Glory Tainan, Glorious Taiwan". From February 24 to March 10 next year, the public can go to the "High Speed Rail Lantern District" located around the High Speed Rail Tainan Station to view the wonderful main lantern festival. In addition to the lantern show, you can also enjoy the lanterns at Lam Mo Niang Park, Anping Recreation Pier and the "Anping Lantern District" along the canal from February 3 to March 10 (closed for one day on New Year's Eve). In addition to the lanterns in each themed lantern area In addition to the main lantern show, there are also various exciting performances in the lantern district every day, such as large-scale street performances, performances by international performance teams, arts and cultural performances, etc. People from all over the country are welcome to come to Tainan City next year to participate in the most grand event in the country. Lantern Festival activities light up Tainan through the Taiwan Lantern Festival and let the world see Taiwan.
Next year, the Taiwan Lantern Festival will return to Tainan after 16 years and will once again make its dazzling debut in Tainan. Through this annual event, it will showcase the multicultural characteristics, natural ecological characteristics and high-tech development of Tainan’s 400-year-old ancient capital; this time the main lanterns are provided by Designed and produced by the well-known artist Peng Lizhen, the creative inspiration comes from the charm and shape of the flying dragon on the stone pillars in front of Tainan’s Grand Queen’s Palace. It combines figurative and abstract large-scale three-dimensional internal light-emitting lantern techniques to create the extraordinary kingly style of the main lantern of the 2024 Taiwan Lantern Festival, fully demonstrating Taiwan The glory of the Lantern Festival in Tainan.
The main lantern of the 2024 Taiwan Lantern Festival is named "Dragon Comes to Taiwan". It was jointly named by Chairman Lin Mingde of the China Folk Art Foundation and Academician Li Fengmao of the Academia Sinica. It not only combines the Qian Gua of the Book of Changes with the prayer elements of folk etiquette, but also implies the Lord of the Year of the Dragon. The lanterns pay tribute to Tainan's 400 years of history. The name is simple in meaning, melodious in rhyme, and easy to pronounce. It also directly reflects the Chinese people's expectation that the Taiwan Lantern Festival will become famous internationally and welcome international tourists to Taiwan.
The total height of the main lantern work this time is 22 meters. Different from previous Taiwan Lantern Festivals, the light source power of the main lantern in the 2024 Year of the Dragon will combine the concepts of green energy and energy saving, using solar power generation technology to significantly reduce the total power consumption of large-scale lantern works; In addition, next year's main light will maintain the overall shape of the main light and rotate in one circle. The left and right forearms of the dragon will be equipped with electromechanical control bearing components, allowing the Taiwan Lantern Festival to surpass the dynamic limitations of previous main lights. At the same time, Tainan City, the host city of next year's lantern festival, has a world-famous solar photovoltaic industry. For this main lantern, Dr. Fu Yaoxian from the Department of Green Energy Technology of Tainan University and his R&D team were specially invited to add solar packaging materials EVA and atomic elements of carbon 60 to the main lantern. In the creation of lamp shapes, dynamic surprises and visual changes are created during the performance, which increases the richness of the performance and presents the majestic appearance of the dragon.
Next year's 35th "Taiwan Lantern Festival" will have the theme of "Glory Tainan, Glorious Taiwan". From February 24 to March 10 next year, the public can go to the "High Speed Rail Lantern District" located around the High Speed Rail Tainan Station to view the wonderful main lantern festival. In addition to the lantern show, you can also enjoy the lanterns at Lam Mo Niang Park, Anping Recreation Pier and the "Anping Lantern District" along the canal from February 3 to March 10 (closed for one day on New Year's Eve). In addition to the lanterns in each themed lantern area In addition to the main lantern show, there are also various exciting performances in the lantern district every day, such as large-scale street performances, performances by international performance teams, arts and cultural performances, etc. People from all over the country are welcome to come to Tainan City next year to participate in the most grand event in the country. Lantern Festival activities light up Tainan through the Taiwan Lantern Festival and let the world see Taiwan.
