Visitors gathered in Pingxi, a mountain village in northern Taiwan, to pen their blessing and wishes on paper lanterns and ...

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 ...

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

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.