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Taiwan' Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival is ranked among the 15 Festivals to Attend Before You Die
Tradition has it that the “sky lantern” was invented during the Three Kingdoms period (AD 220-265) by Zhuge Liang. At first it was used to transmit military information, different from beacon towers yet ingeniously serving the same function, and is now generally recognized as the earliest ancestor to the hot air balloon. In the early 19th century the Lantern Festival was brought to Taiwan, where every year, at the beginning of the spring planting season, people would release “sky lanterns” into the air as a prayer for the coming year. Because in olden times marriage was for the purpose of “adding a son” and increasing manpower, people went to the temple to pray for blessings and released sky lanterns on which they had written things like “May a son soon be born.” and “May the harvests be bountiful.” Sky lanterns were released to follow the wind, rising up to the ancestors to report that all was well and to pray for blessings. Slowly this evolved to become a local event for the Yuanxiao Festival in the Pingxi area. Through many, many years of changes, the one thing that never changed was the reflected lives and hopes of the people as the sky lanterns slowly rose aloft. For many years the “Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival” has had a brilliant history.
Foguanshan Monastery
Foguanshan Monastery, which means "Buddha's Light Mountain," is the largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. It's also part of one of the largest charities in Taiwan. When you visit it, you'll see some of the nation's largest temples, a museum, a meditation center and a university. The area is peaceful, surrounded by green forests and interspersed with 10,000 beautiful Buddhist statues.
Dulan Site
In the northwest of Dulan Village, there is a mild marine terrace where well-preserved stone coffins and stone walls are found, now classified a third grade historical site. During the Japanese ruling (1895-1945), a rectangle stony coffin was excavated here. Follow-up investigations later by Academia Sinica led to discovery of giant stone piles. The site and the objects date back to 3,000 years ago and are believed to be a part of Kirin Culture. Now considered a protected cultural heritage, the site is divided into stony coffin area and stony wall area. Footways and explanatory signs are available. It is believed that more historical sites are nearby and await excavation here.
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Kenting
The coastline of KenTing Beach is thousands meters long. Against DaGien Hill and facing Bashi Channel, the sea area is wide and water quality is clear as a mirror. It is also known as Big Bay. Big Bay is close to KenTing Street where crowds mainly gather. Therefore, Big Bay certainly becomes the place that tourists always choose for swimming and scenery of KenTing Beach is also worth tourists’ expectation. To people who loves sea water, the white beach and blue sea is an irresistible invitation.
National Center for Traditional Arts
National Center for Traditional Arts is a 24-hectare complex park that includes Definitely Taiwanese, Traditional Theater, Outdoor Theater, Modern Theater, Wen-Chang Temple, Exhibition Center, Traditional Handicraft Artists’ Studio, Traditional Music Hall, Library, accommodation area, etc. It helps Taiwan public get close to traditional arts and has the opportunity to participate DIY. Some traditional activities, experiences and games are offered for visitors to get to know more about the fascinating Yilan history.
The world's top 6 destinations for cat lovers - Houtong
Houtong is a small mining town located in Rueifang District of Taiwan, a district renowned for its rich, well-preserved railway culture with the old Yilan Line which was built during the Japanese colonial period for transporting resources out of northern Taiwan. Houtong was a train stop on the Yilan Line and one of Taiwan’s biggest coal-mining sites up until the 1970s. During its most prosperous years, Houtong’s mines produced some 220,000 tons of coal, the largest amount of coal yielded in a single area in Taiwan. This attracted many residents to migrate to Houtong, and the town grew to as many as 900 households and population of more than 6,000.
Anping Tree House
Anping Tree House(安平樹屋) is located behind the Tait& Co. Merchant House(德記洋行), and was originally a Tait& Co. Warehouse. Built around the end of the 19th Century at the beginning of the Japanese Colonial Period, this place was also once a warehouse of the Japan Salt Corporation, and the current scale the building is the product of extension by the Japanese. After over a hundred years of transformation, the warehouse wall is covered in banyan roots, and the dense, towering treetops seem to have become the roof of the warehouse. This unusual appearance gives Anping Tree House a sense of mystery, and the distinctive form of the tree house is a marvel of symbiosis, similar to the large trees of Angkor Wat coiled around the Ta Prohm Temple. The gaps between the tree trunks make a perfect walkway for people to walk through, and one can also travel among the treetops. The tree house is also a good habitat for wildlife, and lots of squirrels and birds frolic. When tired of walking, tourists can visit the Tree House coffee shop, cool down with an ice cream and then continue to explore the elegance of Anping.
Anping Fort
In 1624, Dutch built the first fort in Anping, Taiwan, called "Fort Zeelandia", now known as Anping Fort, where has been the administrative center of the Dutch regime, and the hub for trading. The building was originally constructed in square inner fortress and rectangle outer walls. In 1661, the fort was renamed as Anping to commemorate his home town when Guoxingye (Cheng Cheng-Kung) has driven the Dutch out of Taiwan. Therefore, Fort Zeelandia was also known as "King's Fort" or "Taiwan Fort", nicknamed Anping Fort.