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Since its inception in 2013, the "Fucheng Puji Lantern Festival" has been running for eleven years, with a total of more than 15,000 hand-painted lanterns, creating stories and memories for 15,000 participating families, and leading the community to participate in more than 15,000 lanterns. 30,000 people visited, and a total of more than one million people visited. It is quite loved and supported by local residents and tourists from all over the world. It is well received and was voted by the media as one of the top ten lantern festivals in Taiwan. Nowadays, the "Puji Lantern Festival" has become one of the important cultural festivals in Tainan Fucheng. This year it has entered its twelfth year. During the New Year Festival, the "Puji Lantern Festival" in Fucheng provides a way for wanderers away from home and travelers to come and go. Light up colorful lanterns to create a "light" home experience and warm people's hearts. Mayor Huang Weizhe expressed his gratitude to the "Puji Lantern Festival" for adhering to its original intention for many years and continuing to gather local energy and vitality. The temple authorities, enterprises, villagers, adults, children and volunteers, etc., have spared no effort and creativity, and said that in While handling the 2024 Taiwan Lantern Festival, we must also continue to market Tainan local lantern festivals such as Puji Lantern Festival, Yuejin Hong Kong Lantern Festival, and Yuezhi Art Museum. Puji Lantern Festival, these painted lanterns that decorate the night sky, are full of strong flavor and sentiments of the New Year. Over the past ten years, the Puji Lantern Festival has extended from the entrance of the temple to Guohua Street and to the Puji Temple Qijiaotou Paper-cutting Alley, and in conjunction with the art space , public welfare organizations, friendly temples, and medical units actively cooperate to gradually deepen local development and shine internationally, allowing the world to see Taiwan, demonstrating the soft power of Tainan's culture and creativity, and adhering to the original intention and "the more local, the more international" Core Purpose.
A press conference was held today (1/24) at Puji Hall. Legislator Chen Tingfei, Councilor Chen Yizhen, Councilor Shen Zhendong, Councilor Cai Zonghao, Councilor Xu Zhichun, Councilor Li Qiwei and many representatives of legislators and service offices attended the press conference. , In addition, Wang Xicun, chairman of the Puji Temple Management Committee in Fucheng, Hong Zhongyi, chairman of the Puji Literature and History Research Association, Lin Guohua, director of the Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau, Su Enen, director of the Tainan City Government Information Department, and Huang, director secretary of the Tainan City Government Cultural Bureau Hongwen, Central and Western District Mayor Li Yanyu, Wutiao Port Chief Shen Lianzhe and many Puji Lantern Festival curators and sponsors also attended and wished the Puji Lantern Festival a success.
This year's "Fucheng Puji Lantern Festival" will be held from February 4 to March 9. The main lantern specially invites artist Hong Yi's work "Golden Dragon YO Fish" to participate in the grand event. The main lantern area is sponsored by "Qian Yu Pawn Shop". The red dragon symbolizes wealth, the supremacy of heaven and earth, attracting wealth, welcoming good luck, YO rock and roll, dragon spirit, fish every year, and more celebrations. Teacher Hong Yi’s Ocean Zodiac Series uses the golden arowana as the annual representative of the Year of the Dragon. Its majestic and graceful figure exudes an extremely gorgeous aura of wealth, and its whole body is shining with light, like a symbol of good fortune and wealth. I wish you all peace, wealth, happiness and happiness. Teacher Hong Yi is famous for creating vivid and interesting three-dimensional sculptures, using a combination of local elements, colors, and images to create distinctive and distinctive images. He has exhibited "Hong Yi's Animal Party solo exhibition" at the Taipei Flower Expo Park and the Hakone Open Space Museum in Japan.
In addition to the main lantern in the Puji Lantern District, we also used the "Golden Dragon Brings Fish, Good Luck Dragon Comes" stamp collection activity, followed the works of Hong Yi to explore Guohua Street, and displayed "Chameleon" and "Mu La" in the "Nandou Walk" "Multiple Art Space" "Fulong" works, and commemorative stamps are set up, so that tourists can not only admire the lanterns and enjoy snacks and food, but also set out with friends and family to collect along the route in Guohua Street, to "Nandou" Take a photo and check in at "Wandering Journey" to receive a lucky gift and a lucky draw, while also cherishing the memory of your connection with Tainan.
Hong Zhongyi, chairman of the Puji Cultural and Historical Association, said that the lighting day of the "Puji Lantern Festival" is set on December 25 of the lunar calendar. This is based on traditional customs. Generally, folk gods will light up the lights on December 24 of the lunar calendar Send the gods back to heaven to report their duties, but the Prince of Chifu in Puji Hall leaves early. On December 20, believers will send the gods to heaven and close the temple door. Prince Chifu will return to the people on the 25th and stay behind during this period. Protect people's ability to live and work in peace and contentment. Therefore, the day when the temple gate is opened to welcome the prince has become an important day for the Puji Lantern Festival to light up the lanterns, hoping to form an important cultural festival.
In order to usher in Tainan's 400th milestone, the "Fish Leaping over the Dragon Gate Celebrating 400—Paper-cutting Lantern Party" event was held in conjunction with the paper-cutting art course. 400 community members, parents and family members were invited to participate in the creation of paper-cut lanterns and 80 paper-cut lanterns were completed. The "Fish Leaping over the Dragon Gate" double dragon paper-cut lanterns will also be displayed in the "Paper-cut Alley Exhibition Area" to welcome a happy event. Tainan 400.
The lantern lighting ceremony and painted lantern award ceremony will be held at 6:30 in the evening on February 4. There will be performances by traditional new art groups from all over the world, and prizes will be awarded to the elementary school infant parent-child group, elementary school lower, middle and senior groups, and the national lantern painting competition. A total of seven categories, including the middle school group, adult group and senior citizen charity group, received certificates and bonuses for outstanding performance and outstanding achievements. In addition, there were Kui puppet opera performances to welcome the gods and open the temple doors, and the simple and charming Nanguan performance of Zhensheng Society. At the concert, the public is welcome to come and experience the joy of the New Year in advance.
"Puji Literary and Historical Research Association" continues to work hard to move towards more diversified and broader exchanges and cooperation, using lantern festivals to find a bridge of communication between tradition and modernity, and to create higher local cultural value. Use "stations" to deeply cultivate the local area and use "change" to leap to the world. After the lantern festival ends, we will promote the core spirit of "Tainan 400" to the world, communicate with the world through private participation projects, and use "Puji Lantern Festival in Japan" to promote Among them, 400 award-winning and selected lanterns were moved to Japan for exhibition, lighting up the local area and shining around the world. They conveyed the warmth of lighting up people's hearts, the power to revitalize the local area, and the most sincere blessings, bringing "Tainan 400" and Tainan to the local area. Promote community culture to tourists from all over the world, promote Tainan tourism, leave classic images for international tourists, and truly promote "Tainan 400" to the international community, not just a slogan.
The "Fucheng Puji Lantern Festival" was initiated by the "Puji Literature and History Research Association". Except for the strong support of the "Puji Hall Management Committee" and partial funding subsidies from the public sector, the funds are seriously insufficient. Special thanks to the supporting sponsors: Rongmei Golden Tulip Hotel, Qianyu Pawnshop, Haoshimiao/Shuishun Co., Ltd., Anfuyi/Nantaiyi Construction, Wu Jinmao Memorial Cultural and Educational Foundation, New Nanhai Medical Laboratory, Kunzhou Industrial, private Tainan Renai Home, Grand Tianhou Temple, Changyu Car Enterprise, Fengying Construction, Crowne Plaza Tainan Tainan, Tainan Jingying Hotel, Dingli Real Estate Sales Agency, Wenyuan Trading, Chenghong Construction, Facheng Cultural and Educational Foundation, The sponsorship of Jiulaifa Cake Shop and Ye Taoyangfang Humanistic Restaurant, as well as the support of small donations from the public, enable the lantern festival to continue and create a warm feeling of going home during the New Year. This is the original intention of the "Puji Lantern Festival" constantly reiterated, " The purpose of the lantern festival, “the more local, the more international”, is also a belief that has been taken along the way.
For information on Lantern Festival-related activities, please like and browse the Facebook fan page of the Puji Temple Literature and History Research Association .
【Lantern Festival Time】
From February 4 to March 9, 2013, Guohua Denghai District is open every day from 9:00 to 22:00
Miaocheng Denghai District 9:00~23:00 every day
【Lantern Festival Location】
No. 79, Puji Street, Zhongxi District, Tainan City, Puji Dianmiaocheng, Fucheng
Puji Literary and Historical Research Association fan page
Public relations contact: Jiang Wenzheng, CEO of Puji Literature and History Research Association Tel: 0933-345243
A press conference was held today (1/24) at Puji Hall. Legislator Chen Tingfei, Councilor Chen Yizhen, Councilor Shen Zhendong, Councilor Cai Zonghao, Councilor Xu Zhichun, Councilor Li Qiwei and many representatives of legislators and service offices attended the press conference. , In addition, Wang Xicun, chairman of the Puji Temple Management Committee in Fucheng, Hong Zhongyi, chairman of the Puji Literature and History Research Association, Lin Guohua, director of the Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau, Su Enen, director of the Tainan City Government Information Department, and Huang, director secretary of the Tainan City Government Cultural Bureau Hongwen, Central and Western District Mayor Li Yanyu, Wutiao Port Chief Shen Lianzhe and many Puji Lantern Festival curators and sponsors also attended and wished the Puji Lantern Festival a success.
This year's "Fucheng Puji Lantern Festival" will be held from February 4 to March 9. The main lantern specially invites artist Hong Yi's work "Golden Dragon YO Fish" to participate in the grand event. The main lantern area is sponsored by "Qian Yu Pawn Shop". The red dragon symbolizes wealth, the supremacy of heaven and earth, attracting wealth, welcoming good luck, YO rock and roll, dragon spirit, fish every year, and more celebrations. Teacher Hong Yi’s Ocean Zodiac Series uses the golden arowana as the annual representative of the Year of the Dragon. Its majestic and graceful figure exudes an extremely gorgeous aura of wealth, and its whole body is shining with light, like a symbol of good fortune and wealth. I wish you all peace, wealth, happiness and happiness. Teacher Hong Yi is famous for creating vivid and interesting three-dimensional sculptures, using a combination of local elements, colors, and images to create distinctive and distinctive images. He has exhibited "Hong Yi's Animal Party solo exhibition" at the Taipei Flower Expo Park and the Hakone Open Space Museum in Japan.
In addition to the main lantern in the Puji Lantern District, we also used the "Golden Dragon Brings Fish, Good Luck Dragon Comes" stamp collection activity, followed the works of Hong Yi to explore Guohua Street, and displayed "Chameleon" and "Mu La" in the "Nandou Walk" "Multiple Art Space" "Fulong" works, and commemorative stamps are set up, so that tourists can not only admire the lanterns and enjoy snacks and food, but also set out with friends and family to collect along the route in Guohua Street, to "Nandou" Take a photo and check in at "Wandering Journey" to receive a lucky gift and a lucky draw, while also cherishing the memory of your connection with Tainan.
Hong Zhongyi, chairman of the Puji Cultural and Historical Association, said that the lighting day of the "Puji Lantern Festival" is set on December 25 of the lunar calendar. This is based on traditional customs. Generally, folk gods will light up the lights on December 24 of the lunar calendar Send the gods back to heaven to report their duties, but the Prince of Chifu in Puji Hall leaves early. On December 20, believers will send the gods to heaven and close the temple door. Prince Chifu will return to the people on the 25th and stay behind during this period. Protect people's ability to live and work in peace and contentment. Therefore, the day when the temple gate is opened to welcome the prince has become an important day for the Puji Lantern Festival to light up the lanterns, hoping to form an important cultural festival.
In order to usher in Tainan's 400th milestone, the "Fish Leaping over the Dragon Gate Celebrating 400—Paper-cutting Lantern Party" event was held in conjunction with the paper-cutting art course. 400 community members, parents and family members were invited to participate in the creation of paper-cut lanterns and 80 paper-cut lanterns were completed. The "Fish Leaping over the Dragon Gate" double dragon paper-cut lanterns will also be displayed in the "Paper-cut Alley Exhibition Area" to welcome a happy event. Tainan 400.
The lantern lighting ceremony and painted lantern award ceremony will be held at 6:30 in the evening on February 4. There will be performances by traditional new art groups from all over the world, and prizes will be awarded to the elementary school infant parent-child group, elementary school lower, middle and senior groups, and the national lantern painting competition. A total of seven categories, including the middle school group, adult group and senior citizen charity group, received certificates and bonuses for outstanding performance and outstanding achievements. In addition, there were Kui puppet opera performances to welcome the gods and open the temple doors, and the simple and charming Nanguan performance of Zhensheng Society. At the concert, the public is welcome to come and experience the joy of the New Year in advance.
"Puji Literary and Historical Research Association" continues to work hard to move towards more diversified and broader exchanges and cooperation, using lantern festivals to find a bridge of communication between tradition and modernity, and to create higher local cultural value. Use "stations" to deeply cultivate the local area and use "change" to leap to the world. After the lantern festival ends, we will promote the core spirit of "Tainan 400" to the world, communicate with the world through private participation projects, and use "Puji Lantern Festival in Japan" to promote Among them, 400 award-winning and selected lanterns were moved to Japan for exhibition, lighting up the local area and shining around the world. They conveyed the warmth of lighting up people's hearts, the power to revitalize the local area, and the most sincere blessings, bringing "Tainan 400" and Tainan to the local area. Promote community culture to tourists from all over the world, promote Tainan tourism, leave classic images for international tourists, and truly promote "Tainan 400" to the international community, not just a slogan.
The "Fucheng Puji Lantern Festival" was initiated by the "Puji Literature and History Research Association". Except for the strong support of the "Puji Hall Management Committee" and partial funding subsidies from the public sector, the funds are seriously insufficient. Special thanks to the supporting sponsors: Rongmei Golden Tulip Hotel, Qianyu Pawnshop, Haoshimiao/Shuishun Co., Ltd., Anfuyi/Nantaiyi Construction, Wu Jinmao Memorial Cultural and Educational Foundation, New Nanhai Medical Laboratory, Kunzhou Industrial, private Tainan Renai Home, Grand Tianhou Temple, Changyu Car Enterprise, Fengying Construction, Crowne Plaza Tainan Tainan, Tainan Jingying Hotel, Dingli Real Estate Sales Agency, Wenyuan Trading, Chenghong Construction, Facheng Cultural and Educational Foundation, The sponsorship of Jiulaifa Cake Shop and Ye Taoyangfang Humanistic Restaurant, as well as the support of small donations from the public, enable the lantern festival to continue and create a warm feeling of going home during the New Year. This is the original intention of the "Puji Lantern Festival" constantly reiterated, " The purpose of the lantern festival, “the more local, the more international”, is also a belief that has been taken along the way.
For information on Lantern Festival-related activities, please like and browse the Facebook fan page of the Puji Temple Literature and History Research Association .
- Lantern Festival Fundraising Link
- Press release electronic file & photo cloud download link
【Lantern Festival Time】
From February 4 to March 9, 2013, Guohua Denghai District is open every day from 9:00 to 22:00
Miaocheng Denghai District 9:00~23:00 every day
【Lantern Festival Location】
No. 79, Puji Street, Zhongxi District, Tainan City, Puji Dianmiaocheng, Fucheng
Puji Literary and Historical Research Association fan page
Public relations contact: Jiang Wenzheng, CEO of Puji Literature and History Research Association Tel: 0933-345243
