SKY OF LIGHTS: Thousands of people released floating lanterns inscribed with wishes into the sky in Taipei on Saturday (2/24). The event is part of the Lantern Festival of New Taipei, which takes ...

"I was watching them just light these lanterns and putting them into the ... not to release the lanterns, they appear to ignore her pleas and go ahead with launching them anyway. Sky lanterns ...

Lanterns light up southern Chinese ... flowers and legendary characters light up the night sky in southern China -- a dreamlike spectacle to mark the upcoming Lunar New Year holidays. A woman poses ...

Participants hand-write wishes onto the lanterns, most of them are about family and well-being, before launching them into the night sky. The festival started in 1990 and runs annually.