Chinese Traditional Wish Lanterns

On Tuesday afternoon, we headed to a small old mining town located in the mountains north of Taipei City. The village is home of the traditional Chinese Lanterns and is where thousands of locals and tourisst flock to send their wishes into the skies. All of our team members had a chance to visit this town earlier in the trip, except for Bryan but this visit was more special than the first as we had the entire village to ourselves. Here are a couple of photos from our visit.

Chinese Lantern Town

Lantern shops

Pin Hsi Old House Restaurant. The owner is the founder of the Chinese Lantern tradition in this area. Our translator, Alrene, is the in bottom right corner. 

Lauren and Arlene

Lanterns for sale

After dinner, we were able to decorate our own lanterns and launch them in to the sky. 

Check out Bryan and Whitney's lantern.

Lighting of the lanterns

Bryan and Whitney's lantern just prior to take-off

Watch as Lauren and Derek's lantern takes flight. (Sorry the video changes orientation halfway through)