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NIGHT markets, street food and XXL fried chicken fillets – these were the first things I used to think of whenever someone mentions Taiwan before ever setting foot there.

Taipei, Jan. 3 (CNA) A 22-meter-tall rabbit will serve as the centerpiece of the two-week Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taipei that celebrates the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac, the Tourism Bureau said Tuesday.

Staff writer, with CNAA 22m-tall lantern in the shape of a robot rabbit is to be the centerpiece of the Taiwan Lantern Festival to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit, the Tourism Bureau said yesterday.

Taipei, Feb. 9 (CNA) Several cities and counties around Taiwan are illuminating night skies with light spectacles as they prepare for the upcoming Lantern Festival celebrations.

This year’s Taipei Lantern Festival is to light up Shilin District (士林) and highlight the area’s attractions, such as Shilin Night Market (士林夜市), a top city official said yesterday. The 10-day festival, held between Feb. 11 and 20, would be held in areas along three MRT stations in the district, including MRT Jiantan Station, which serves Shilin Night Market, to showcase a fusion of traditional lantern and night market culture, Taipei Deputy Mayor Tsai Ping-kun (蔡炳坤) told a...

Taipei’s Wanhua District (萬華) is to be aglow today with the start of the postponed Taipei Lantern Festival, with a two-story-tall dancing lantern in the form of a robot ox to take center stage at the 10-day event. The 6m installation, which weighs about 100kg and represents the Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac, is the first large-scale dancing lantern to be featured at the festival, which runs until Dec. 26, Taipei Deputy Mayor Tsai Ping-kun (蔡炳坤) said yesterday. The lantern — ...

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