Bunnies Lantern Festival (Day Time)

I've been posting the  Taipei's Lantern Festival for the past few days, how a glimpse of how they look like at day time. I look at them closely, I found out that they're made of colorful velvet cloth materials. Although they look beautiful, still I preferred to look at them at night.



Amazing how they presented all of these, day and night, rain or shine!

Here's the Elementary and Middle School section,
some are made of recycled materials.

I hope you enjoy this little tour in my other side of the world!

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PingXi Sky Lantern Festival

Sky Lantern Festival is held every year at Ping Xi (平溪) Taipei County. I'm so happy to revisit the place for the 3rd time, even though the weather was so cold and rainy that night. We're the last one to fly the sky lantern and I guess we're lucky enough to join without lining up :) Below are two ten seconds video clips. Enjoy.

Ping xi Sky Lantern Festival 2011

平溪天燈

The photo above is the preparation, if you're not lucky enough, the lantern might not be flying or just burned like the last photo.

February 17  is the last day celebration of Chinese New Year, and its celebrated of lighting/flying of lanterns. Eating Tang Yuan or Glutinous Rice Ball Soup.

~ Happy Lantern Festival!~

Here's my previous visit in 2009

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元宵節快樂!


Happy Lantern Festival!

I'ts not a tea or coffee  that we're having for today. In those paper cups are called Tang Yuan 湯 圓 or Round Glutinous Rice Soup with Black/Red Beans. The roundness of the glutinous rice symbolize the 15th day of Lunar New Year , the first full moon, and the family wholeness.

I'm feeling bloated after eating those heavy balls, the taste is not much sweet. Today ends the celebration of Chinese New Year, and I'm sharing with you our activities in school. Aside from Glutinous Ball Soup, another tradition is the Lantern Festival. Here in Taipei, lots of lanterns are displayed throughout the city featuring whatever Zodiac Sign for the year. There's one place place here called Ping Xi, famous in
Flying Paper Sky Lantern into the night sky. In school, we made lantern craft that, see what I did below:)

I choose pink, symbolizing LOVE

On my mind, since it's officially Spring in here, I'm planning to visit places with lots of Cherry Blossoms. Not only appreciating the blooms but also time to stretch my legs for a bit walking, smell the freshness of air.

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E is for Extension of Taipei's Lantern Festival

To continue to brighten your Eyes from yesterday's Lantern Festival, this time I'm taking you to Explore the Exhibits of Elementary students  Emphasizing the Bunnies. I Edited some of my favorites that had been Evaluated and given awards. Here are some Examples:

It was an Exhausted but Enjoyable Evening! I hope you're Excited to see the Exclusive  Exposition. Now, it's time to Express your opinion. :)

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Taipei's Rabbit Lantern Festival

Happy Valentine's Day and Happy Lantern Festival! My treat for today is a glimpe of Annual Taipei Lantern Festival, featuring Year of the Rabbit. In here, I compiled some of my favorite lanterns in red. Enjoy them!

Here's the gate with its theme,

 and Taipei 101 in background with 100 and rabbit.

Welcoming the Year of the Rabbit

Huge carrot made these two rabbits full :)

How about Alice in Wonderland here...

I like the way they created the flowers here...

My favorite, I can use these as lamps in the house :)

Featuring food and places of interest in Taipei 

Here a Japanese rabbit :)

This is only part one, sending you lots LOVE !

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Glimpse of Red in CKS Memorial Hall

Colorful Lanterns inside Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall

Welcoming Year of the Rabbit in 2011

Here's another Rabbit made by paper cutting

A glimpse of souvenir shop inside CKS Memorial Hall,

featuring the 100th Taiwan

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Welcoming Year of the Rabbit

Non-stop noise during Chinese New Year,

 and I had only captured two fireworks.

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Happy Chinese New Year

I'm not having anything in here, I'm just amazed how beautiful this is! It's Chinese New Year today and I just came home from get together lunch with friends from the church.

I'm feeling... feel like gaining weight for having too much sleep and munching every now and then. I'm in the middle of my lunar year vacation and haven't done any exercise :(

On my mind are some strategies on how to become fluent in Mandarin. Reading, listening, and writing aren't good enough, I have to find someone to talk with (exchange student).

恭喜發財

Gōngxǐ fācái

"Congratulations and be Prosperous"

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C is for Chinese Culture Celebration



 C  is for Chú Xī (除夕) or Dinner Reunion (February 2 for this year) in the eve of passing year, and getting ready for the New Year (February 3) the following day.

C is for Couplets, hanging or posted at home doors to greet everyone good health, good wealth, and longetivity.

C is for Chūn Jié春节, literally Chinese New Year means the beginning of Spring, flowers and plants symbolize of new beginning.

C is Cake, especially radish/turnip cake symbolize a new beginning and year cake for promotion every year.

C is for Candies, or known as Spring Candy to welcome the arrival of Spring.

C is for Chestnuts, and other nuts for  having more children, and peanuts for longetivity.

There are more food that have lots of meaning ~

• Large Tangerine - big luck and big profit (金橘子, jinju)
• Spring roll - gold bar
• Dumplings - silver ingot (餃子, jiǎozi)
• Fish - having surplus every year (魚, yú)
• Dragon eye (longan) - wealth and family reunion
• Dates - having intelligent children soon
• Hair seaweed - having a jockpot
• Treasure bar - full of gold and jewelry

恭喜發財

Gōngxǐ fācái

"Congratulations and be Prosperous"

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