Fireworks Show of light festival in KH city

There are three largest fireworks show a year in my city, the festival of light in February, eternity ceremony in November and the New Year's eve party.
In this festival, each city will have their own different cultural characteristics, such as "Tainan Yanshui Fireworks Display" and "Taipei Pinghsi Sky Lanterns", I think Taipei's sky lantern is similar the meaning as Thai sky lantern. And my city focus on creative and fireworks show.

I like the changes of my city, maybe so far it is not very perfect, but I believe that we can keep improving every year. I remebered that I have told to a Belgium's friend that I want to do something special for my city tour. And she didn't know what will I do, I think I have found the appropriate word to describe the thing what I want to do. I want to do a "City Passport" its name "The travel of the time and light".

And now I will show the photos that I photographed last night, and the last three vedio recorded the whole firework show, I hope my city will be more and more foreigners to come together in this festival.

International Lantern Festival Exhibition! [Part 3]

[America Lantern]

Halloween is a western ghost festival, for us like a Ghost Festival in Taiwan, but in this day they will dress themselves as a ghost ghost-like, everywhere holding rave party.
October 31 each year on the eve for Celtic tribe is the annual harvest festival, and it symbol the end of the year, as well as the beginning of the new year. Irish immigration into the United States to the festival and then combinate Irish folk legend's pumpkin lantern.

[Japan Lantern]

In the northeast of Japan there is the most important traditional festival, Lantern Festival in Aomoriken (青森県), The Lantern Festival in 1980 has been designated as important intangible cultural heritage, which every year 2 to 7 August was held.

Japanese lanterns look like candy=)

[India Lantern]

India's most important festival in the year is Diwali, also known as Deepavali, it can be said the Indian New Year. It originally meant "The Festival of Lights". This festival in the Indian old calendar in July, probably in the Western calendar in mid-October to early November. Hindu homes worship Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, and Ganesh, the God of auspicious beginnings, and then light lamps all across the streets and homes to welcome prosperity and well-being.

I like its shape, and I think the best designer prize should be given to India, I originally didn't know this kind of lantern, maybe it made me even more love Indian culture.

[Taiwan Hakka Lantern]

This is Hakka lantern in Taiwan, hakka people is one of race in Taiwan, their heart of protecting their own culture is even more than other ethic group, therefore it also gives us such a nice treat to watch their art and culture.

[Taiwan Austronesian Lantern]

This is the lanterns for our current 14 groups of Austronesian peoples, they had no lantern festival in the past, but because of han, hakka, Japanese and Western culture, they made the lantern by fabrics which has thier own pattern. In addition to India's Award for best designer, I think my favorite is the fabric lantern.




Finally I finished the international lantern festival series.

International Lantern Festival Exhibition! [Part 2]

[Thailand Lantern]

Thai Sky Lantern Festival.
The Thai people believe in Buddhism, and they will light the sky lanterns then let lantern fly to sky in Thai calendar December of the full-moon day , it is used to indicate respect for the gods and Buddha courtesy, and pray away bad luck and bring good luck.

[Philippines Lantern]

Philippines light of festival.
The Philippines has the world's longest Christmas, probably from mid-September to begin preparations, because Christmas is the year they are the most important thing. For them, Christmas can bring happiness, the Christmas lights are a symbol of hope.

[Nepal Lantern]

Tihar - a popular Nepal Tihar festival also known as Dipawali or Diwali is a festival of brothers and sisters. Festival of Lights in Nepal is a Nepalese national to be lit at night to meet the arrival of a wealth of festive events. In the Festival's first night, the thousands of lights will be lit, and every household will give their food to get to play outside of Death Yama mass consumption.
The second evening of the Lantern Festival is dedicated to man's best friend - dogs, that night, the dog's forehead will be painted a variety of colors (tikas).
The third night, people light a lamp and a small candles to welcome the god of wealth into their own homes, this one night, the fireworks in the sky one after another, it will lit the night sky splendor.
The fourth day is the New Year, all members of the family reunion on the fifth day is a concern expressed by family members each day, the family will be brothers and sisters in the forehead painted tikas, brothers rebate will be a gift to express their loyalty .
Nepal Paper lanterns have been a thousand years of history, almost as old as the local paper a long time. Nepal paper lanterns is unique in that it comes from the Himalayas, on the production of materials, a unique tree, and its durable materials, water re-use can be drying, as well as natural pest control qualities.




I like this blue Nepal lantern, it also has Budhhist on it, it's so cool. I never known Nepal has such special and beautiful culture. Thanks to my city government to let me see and know more different kind of lanterns.

International Lantern Festival Exhibition! [Part1]

[Chinese Lantern]

Lantern Festival originated from the Han Kingdom, the day is also known as Chinese Valentine's Day, people like to watch the lanterns, guessing riddles and eating flour balls. Chinese like the color of red and gold, because gold it means money and red means lucky.

[Korean Lantern]

Hand Lantern Of Tiger

Every year I look forward to most is the queue for hand lantern.

There are 12 constellations each month in West, and there are a 12-year cycle for 12 Zodiac from Ancient China, but fewer people know about it is from India, there are 36 Zodiac originally.

Back to the original topic, in order to get the tiger lantern, I spent my three hours to line up. This is simply the test of my patience. But as long as I thought of tiger lantern, then I had to persist.

Finally I got 2 lanterns, this year changed the hand lantern, there is only my city can get head lantern to wear on your head, in addition, I like the LED light can have different colors.

Evey city has its feature in hand lantern, and the following is from Taipei city.

The last one is Yia-yi city's lantern, oh my! I want to get one, I have heard it can play.