Thousands of sky lanterns soar into the night sky In Taiwan carrying people’s wishes
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Thousands of sky lanterns carrying people’s wishes lit up the night sky on February 12, 2022, in northern Taiwan to celebrate a local lantern festival. The Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in Pingxi District, New Taipei City, happens every year. Participants write their prayers and wishes on the lanterns then release them into the sky in the hope they come true. The festival is world famous and has been listed as one of the ‘Festivals to attend before you die’ by Fodor’s, a publisher of English-language travel information.
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Taiwan should be visited by all. It’s the best country to visit and chill.
Podľa mňa je to úžasná krajina. Existuje veľa atrakcií, ako je jedlo a krása prírody.
Instead of the lady from the American Institute couldn’t they get someone else like the local mayor to make a speech.
I would imagine there were lots of speeches, mostly not in English, but SCMP cut this video directed to an English speaking audience, so it makes sense they'd include some English content.
Happy lantern rite
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It like xiao lantern..
祝福㊗️大家元宵节快乐🏮🎉🧧健康平安幸福好运🍀大吉大利！🏮🎏💕🧧
I would like to go there and watch the lanterns with my girlfriend however she doesn't exist.
me too even tho i dont mind being single lol
Mother Earth doesn't thank you....
☺️
I know this is a long standing tradition and everything, but we also need to consider we're not like in the past anymore where people are only a handful compare to now. The impact where in the past might be negligible, now dialed up ten folds. Those lantern will all end up being wastes, dangerous to everything from creating fire, affecting the animals, and else. I believe we can come up with more environmental friendly take of the tradition of sending prayers, so the prayers are not just for those who were doing it, but for all of us, human in general, and everything in it, the mother nature.
This is a beautiful sight to behold, yes. Me, as also a chinese descendant, want to preserve all the rich traditions which have been past down for hundreds of years. But we need to start taking into accounts, what the impacts are of those we have done so far. I'm not saying erasing them all completely, perhaps reducing or doing some modifications to minimize the negative impact. We don't want our prayers turn to be others' nightmare, do we?
I think they're mostly made of paper and strips of wood. The environmental impact is minimal, and certainly less than, say, our use of tissues on the office desk or in restaurants. Let's keep things in proportion.
I think it would be really interesting to look into more sustainable options for these kinds of floating lanterns, such as making them out of easily biodegradable material. Especially since Chinese people use floating lanterns so much, if a ton of people release lanterns into the sky, it could become a pollution issue.
happy sky lantern festival even tho im from hong kong :D
As much as they want to deny their Chinese root, every single one of their traditions belongs to Chinese culture...
I don't think they are denying it. They just don't want to associate with China.
CCP destroyed their own traditions and culture you cant go back claiming what you tossed in the trash
Hahaha
Check what is 文化revolution
Apparently people in Mainland China are dumb enough to think all Taiwanese are of Han Chinese origin
@@Blaze6432 Apparently people on Taiwan don't realize that the percentage of Han Chinese people there is even higher than on the mainland, where 10% of the population is various ethnic minorities.
Ironically, real Taiwanese people (who are the ethnic minorities descended from various Austronesian tribes) consistently tend to vote pro-reunification.
mesmerizing...
Greetings from your southern neighbor.
Most likely outlawed in HK due to fire hazard.
It's beautiful, like what I would see in Repunzel
I think it would be interesting to try and research a more biodegradable lantern, so that the environmental impact is smaller.
Very beautiful though.
@Pirate_Nick nice answer wow....do you life in another world ?
Hope to be able to travel to Taiwan one day to try the xiaolongbaos and bubble tea and to tour the night markets. We have many Ding Tai Feng outlets and Taiwan bubble tea shops in Singapore.
If they ever allow tourists again
@@Blaze6432 They definitely will. I'm waiting to be able to travel to Taiwan, Korea and Japan once the pandemic dies down.
@sporeKAfan For Americans, S.Korea is currently open with a Visa. It's hard to say when Japan and Taiwan will adopt some form of regulated tourist entry
This is the cutest most wholesome thing I’ve ever seen
Which paper is use for making skylatern
Pilot : this is flight potato 322. Im witnessing some strange sightings in the atmosphere.
Co pilot : Huh?
Pilot : Never though i would live to see sky jelly fish.
Co pilot : You high or something?
Pilot : based bro... based. We are certainly 2000 ft in the air.
Congratulations Taiwan for your successful satellite launch with partnership of India. Wishing all the best in future missions.
多谢谢South China Morning Post 分享🙏🙏🙏㊗️🧧元宵节快乐🏮🎉🧧🏮🎉🍾️🎈
Wishes will come true,in exchange of fire and probable destroyed house,habitat or even forest.
Opposite to valentine's day lol
I think mostly wishes should sound like "I don't want China to take our territory, our freedom and our democracy".
Sorry but that is impossible 😂
@@zero-pantsu-samus3203 That's why is a wish. 🙄
Wow. Taiwan is so Japanese. Even manchurian tiger looks like Doraemon.
American Institute in Taiwan 🤔NED funded?
My reaction exactly lol.
So strange that there would be a random American announcing for this festival.
@@angeliquewu8318 NED tentacles are everywhere. All countries should that national security law that China have for Hong Kong if they don't want US meddling. Thailand recently enacted similar laws that got the US protesting 🤣
@@ronniechew6566 Makes sense.
Probably also why suddenly, there seems to be a spike in negative reporting about Thailand's government, and the brewing of a new color revolution.
Taiwan? Never heard of it.
Taïwan is one of China provinces
We all speak the same language with the same mother
So people in Mainland China speak indigenous aboriginal languages like they do in Taiwan?
@@Blaze6432 implying taiwan dwellers can speak aboriginal languages
That doesn’t mean all of China share the same tradition. It’s a tradition celebrated locally in a Taiwan district. So there’s no relevance at all to same language and mother.
我爱中国台湾❤️
I love Taiwan, a democratic country vs a communist China
粉紅你好, 可憐啊, what a pity, communist members keep saying Taiwan is a part of China, in fact, they keep threatening Taiwan by military force. This tells us China vs Taiwan are different. Go Go Democractic Taiwan
@@WayneLu12345 台湾国名是中华民国，中华民国也是中国，台湾汉人都是来自中国大陆😏
@@user-cz1ze1rh2o 對啊，但為何我沒中國護照，我說習大像豬，也不會怎樣啊，難道我不是住中國嗎！
@@WayneLu12345 中华民国护照不是中国护照？
Hello Taiwanese 🇹🇼 are not CHINESE 🇨🇳 CHINA😂🤣😂🤣