The 2023 Taiwan Lantern Festival debuted on February 5. At 1:30 p.m. that day, 19 groups of performance teams stepped on the street grandly, announcing the start of the Lantern Festival.

The main light in the picture is "Jade Rabbit Zhuangcai".

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[Reporter Ding Yi/Taipei Report] The 2023 Taiwan Lantern Festival will be held from February 5th to February 19th. The central exhibition area arranged by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications will set up a main light, three auxiliary lights and six multi-themed light areas. The party light area combines traditional folk stories with fairy tales from various countries, including Alice in Wonderland, Aladdin, Momotaro, etc., which are full of childishness; on the opening day of February 5, there will be a street-stomping activity. In addition to performances by local teams, there will also be Team performances from Japan and South Korea.

According to the Tourism Bureau, the Technological Innovation Lighting Area and the Happy Party Lighting Area located in the square in front of the Taipei City Hall predict that the exhibits will be loved by children of all ages.

The auxiliary lamp "Dive into the Future" uses digital technology 0 and 1 as creative elements to lead the public into the technology innovation lamp area.

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The Tourism Bureau pointed out that through the AR interactive technology, the public can use their mobile phones to collect Mr. White Rabbit that appears in various lamp works, and after completing 11 works collection stamps, they can exchange them for "Rainbow Rabbit" lanterns.

In addition, innovative methods such as sound and light effects, mechanical dynamics, and AR somatosensory interactive filters have been added, so that the public can not only enjoy the lights, but also play with them.

The Taiwan Lantern Festival will take place at 1:30 pm on the 5th. The Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications specially invited local performance teams from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, a total of 19 performance teams, to perform on the street at Shifu Road, Taipei City.

This year, 19 teams participated in the opening street-walking event, including four popular Yosakoi teams from Hokkaido, Nagoya, Mie Prefecture, and Kochi Prefecture, Japan. They came to Taiwan to participate in the grand event, recreating the frenzied atmosphere of Japan’s Yosakoi Festival on the stage of the Taiwan Lantern Festival. ; The Korean traditional dance troupe performed at the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The elegant but festive Korean traditional music and dance brought the beauty of local culture.

The Taiwan team was not absent either. The Tourism Bureau pointed out that the Hualien Gaogongyuan Dance Team, Martha Art Museum, and Taipei City University Lion Dance Team will use traditional aboriginal dances and lively drums to make the street-stomping activities more lively; senior Jianguo Middle School Music Flag Team, Jingmei Girls High School Music Instrument Flag Team, Shuangyuan Junior High School Artistic Talent Dance Class, Zhaoqun Performing Arts Troupe and other teams will bring exciting and joyful performances; there will also be Taipei Ling Anshe, He Xiaomei meimagedance, athlete representatives of the 2025 Shuangbei World Senior Games, Shengsheng Kuan Theater, National Taiwan Academy of Chinese Opera Youth League, etc. participated together.

The Taiwan Lantern Festival will be staged on February 5th. The Taipei Ling'an Society will play drums with the suona, and "General Xie Fan" will lead the way.

(Provided by Taipei City Government)

The Taiwan Lantern Festival will be staged on February 5th. There will be 19 domestic and foreign teams and more than 500 performers participating in the performance.

(Provided by Taipei City Government)

The Taiwan Lantern Festival Happy Party Lighting Area combines traditional folk stories and fairy tales from various countries. The picture shows Alice in Wonderland.

(Provided by the Tourism Bureau)