On Saturday I went down to Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to check out the lantern festival. It’s a yearly event where people from all over the country come to show off their lantern making skills. I haven’t been to one in 2 years, since last year I remember it being cold and rainy. I also remember the first one I went to was somewhere near Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. I picked a great day to go too, since the next 5 days after that was all shitty cold and raining.
I finally have my Flickr Pro account back up and running thanks to my parents(Thanks Mom and Dad!) So I have uploaded a lot of the pictures I took at the event there. Not only do I have sets up for the Lantern Festival, but I also have set for my trip to Kenting and Taizhong!
Not only do I have pictures for you, but I took a short little movie of it too for you. The movie is of a HUGE display they had in the center of CKS that rotated and played music. At about the middle of the movie you can hear me yelling at some stupid woman who decided to stop directly in front of my camera. First I yell in English and switch to Chinese. Enjoy!
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March 8th, 2007 at 1:29 am
Wow! Very impressive. After watching the movie I checked out your flickr page. I agree with you, the dragon lantern is awesome. If I ever visit Taiwan, I would want to be there for the Lantern Festival. Reminded me a little of the Disney light parade.
March 8th, 2007 at 9:34 am
I really like the banner you’ve created. It is a unique perspective of Taiwan. Well done!!
March 10th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
Thanks David! Lot’s of people have told me they like it, even though it was easy to make, compared to the one I am trying to finish now. But my luck people will like this current one better.