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Yvonne ‘looks undocumented’<p>my town has held a lantern festival for the last 4 years, in February. It’s based on an old tradition of chasing away the dark so the light can return (seems to work!) </p><p>It gets better every year! </p><p>Video clips from last night’s festivities (everything you see is home-made) </p><p>The parade runs the length of town (one mile), then culminates in an open area where people eat, drink, and warm up by bonfires. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YearOfTheSnake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YearOfTheSnake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lanternfestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lanternfestival</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/celebrationoflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>celebrationoflight</span></a></p>
振康 Zhen-Kang<p>Photos of the Taiwan Lantern Festival</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E7%87%88%E6%9C%83" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>臺灣燈會</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%A1%83%E5%9C%92%E5%B8%82" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>桃園市</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>台灣</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>臺灣</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lanternfestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lanternfestival</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taoyuan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taoyuan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.taiwanquest.com/taiwan-lantern-festival-taoyuan-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">taiwanquest.com/taiwan-lantern</span><span class="invisible">-festival-taoyuan-2025/</span></a></p>
Camellia Tea Ceremony<p>🎇🏮CHINESE LANTERN FESTIVAL🏮🎆</p><p>Kyōto has many light-up events during the autumn, but Manpuku-ji's is something to behold.</p><p>As one might expect from one of the country's few Chinese-style temples, the colourful lanterns are heavily influenced by festivals on the mainland.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kyoto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>京都</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uji</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E5%AE%87%E6%B2%BB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>宇治</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lanternfestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lanternfestival</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manpukuji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manpukuji</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E8%90%AC%E7%A6%8F%E5%AF%BA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>萬福寺</span></a></p>
Philipp Eckhard<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoiAn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HoiAn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncientHoiAn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHoiAn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vietnam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/travelvietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travelvietnam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beautifulvietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beautifulvietnam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LanternFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LanternFestival</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lantern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lantern</span></a></p>
eileen chengyin chow<p>As ever, on <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/%E5%85%83%E5%AE%B5%E7%AF%80" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>元宵節</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LanternFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LanternFestival</span></a> <br />—the first full moon of the lunar year, when lanterns light up the night.</p><p>A well-known 11th c. lyric attributed to statesman Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修 and also to woman poet Zhu Shujen 朱淑真 </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/everynightapoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>everynightapoem</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chinese</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>translation</span></a></p>