Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrated the Lantern Festival on Wednesday by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky, visiting light...

Lanterns in Taiwan symbolise peace and prosperity, originating to signal safety from bandits.

Outlying Penghu County’s  Jianshan Hsianji Temple marks the opening of the lantern festival with a turtle made of golden bricks Feb. 6....

An enormous turtle-shaped rice cake is readied for display at the 2025 Sindingban Festival Feb. 12-13 in central Taiwan’s Taichung City. The...

Centuries of prosperity still enrich religious and cultural life in Lukang Nestled on the coast of central Taiwan’s Changhua County, Lukang...

Lantern Festival celebrations are underway through Feb. 12 at Peitian Temple in the southern county of Chiayi. The temple’s event stretches back...

A lantern from Japan’s Sapporo City designed by Taiwan artist Lee Ching-yun is one of highlights of the 2025 Taiwan Lantern Festival starting...

A pair of snake lanterns are set to be launched Feb. 12 at Shifen Sky Lantern Square in New Taipei City as part of the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival....

Deputy Foreign Minister François Chihchung Wu (second right) gives the thumbs up sign at the announcement of a donation of 1.11 million face...

Visitors and locals gather in New Taipei City’s Pingxi District to release sky lanterns carrying written wishes Feb. 8. Over 50 international...