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Where will the main lantern "Dragon Comes to Taiwan" of the 2024 Taiwan Lantern Festival be located? Mayor Huang Weizhe: It will continue to shine in Tainan by the Yingxi Lake in Nanke 2024/03/19

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"2024 Taiwan Lantern Festival in Tainan" returns to Tainan for the first time in 16 years, planning two light areas in Anping and High Speed Rail. The Anping Lighting District will be the first to turn on the lights on February 3, and the High Speed Rail Lighting District will turn on the lights during the Lantern Festival on February 24. The 36-day Taiwan Lantern Festival, which ended perfectly on March 10, has attracted more than 15.2 million visitors and a tourism output value of more than 24.7 billion yuan. It has been well received. Mayor Huang even emphasized that this is a common honor for Tainan people. Through this annual event, Tainan 400 showcases the ancient capital’s multicultural characteristics, natural ecological characteristics, high-tech development and other complex elements, allowing the world to see Tainan.

The popular main lantern of the 2024 Taiwan Lantern Festival "Dragon Comes to Taiwan" is inspired by the charm and shape of the flying dragon on the stone pillars in front of the Queen's Palace in Tainan. It was designed and produced by the well-known artist Peng Lizhen, creating an extraordinary kingly style. The work is the first It combines the forward-looking sustainable green energy element Carbon Sixty (Carbon Sixty) of Tainan's solar photovoltaic industry and the solar packaging recycling material EVA as light effect display elements, and uses Tainan's internationally renowned solar energy storage system to add main light source control, becoming a historical The most energy-saving main lamp fully demonstrates the glory of the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Tainan and leaves a deep impression on all visitors.

Mayor Huang Weizhe said that the main lantern of the 2024 Taiwan Lantern Festival "Dragon Comes to Taiwan" was designed and produced by the Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and was presented to the Tainan City Government as usual. In response to the issue of preserving the main lanterns that arises from the annual lantern festival, the city government has participated in the planning and design from the beginning. When the Tourism Department held its first planning and design meeting last year (2023), it specifically proposed that the design of the main lanterns should be sustainable and environmentally friendly. , and combine the main axes of Tainan 400 and Taiwan 400, and adopt the design direction of the zodiac "dragon". Issues such as relocation and replacement costs, and ease of maintenance and preservation must be considered to facilitate the collection and preservation of the city government. The final design result was indeed amazing at the lantern festival. I would like to thank the Tourism Department of the Ministry of Transport and the main lighting design team again. This year's main lamp "Dragon Comes to Taiwan" is a unique work that advances with the times in terms of shape, lighting materials, electricity and other designs, and has been well received by the public. For such a good work, we instruct the Tourism and Tourism Bureau to actively evaluate and match suitable sites for renewal of suitable locations and related conditions in the city. We would like to thank the Southern Science and Technology Administration Bureau for reaching a consensus with the city government and agreeing to provide high-quality venues for the city government to handle the relocation of the works. Set up and take over the subsequent maintenance and management work. The Southern Science Park is an important high-tech science park in southern Taiwan. It is adjacent to major well-known technology manufacturers. It is also a tourist and rest area for tens of thousands of high-tech talents in the park and people from all over the world. The main lighting will be held in Nanke in the future. The grassland beside Xihu Lake continues to welcome guests with high spirits.

Lin Guohua, director of the Tourism Bureau, said that when moving the main light, the space hinterland must be at least 20 meters in diameter, the entrance and exit must have moving lines that allow large machinery and vehicles to enter the site for construction, and the coordination with the surrounding environment must be considered. After the expiration of the announcement period of assistance from the Tourism Bureau, no agency requested adoption. After the Tourism and Tourism Bureau inquired about the public and private agencies that met the relocation requirements and found no willingness to adopt, the Tourism and Tourism Bureau invited the main lighting artist Mr. Peng Lizhen to conduct multiple site inspections. The results were unanimous. Think Nanke is the best venue. After jointly visiting the Nanke Administration Bureau, they reached a consensus and finally led to the cooperation in moving the exhibition. After the move, the Nanke Administration Bureau will carry out the subsequent collection renewal and management and maintenance work.

Teacher Peng Lizhen, who is responsible for the design of the main light, said that when he first came to Yingxi Lake during the site survey, he admired the beauty of the site. The relocation of the main light will continue the interactive emotion of "Dragon Comes to Taiwan" for Tainan and interact with the surrounding vast natural landscape. Echoing; in terms of spatial conception, the public art integrated with the landscape of Yingxi Lake is presented in the gold and silver colors used during the lantern festival during the day. Whether looking from the high-speed rail or looking at the lake scenic area from the front of the trail, after the glorious lantern show ends, the main lanterns will be integrated with Tainan City’s famous scenic spots and complement each other.

The Tourism and Tourism Bureau stated that the lantern festival site has been gradually removed. The main lantern removal time will be moved to the lawn area on the south side of Yingxi Lake in Nanke by the Tourism and Tourism Bureau after the city government and the Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Transport complete the follow-up arrangements. The subsequent collection, renewal and maintenance management will be carried out by the Nanke Administration Bureau.

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