This year, the festival is centered in Taoyuan, a city in Taiwan that symbolizes baseball culture and international transportation.

Thousands in Taiwan and China have celebrated the Lantern Festival, a holiday that marks the end of the Lunar New Year period and is celebrated annually on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar

More than 400 lanterns are to be on display at the annual Taiwan Lantern Festival, which officially starts in Taoyuan today. The city is hosting the festival for the second time — the first time was in 2016.

Reported by ICRT, the government is offering attractive incentives for people who exchange lantern battery waste. The Taoyuan City Department of Environmental Protection said that during the 2025 Taiwan Lantern Festival, visitors can recycle batteries from lanterns in exchange for prizes.

TAIPEI -- As night falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, Taiwan transforms into a dazzling spectacle of light. Despite a gentle spring rain sweeping across the island, the festive spirit remains strong.

The Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in Taiwan, held on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, draws thousands of visitors and locals to release paper lanterns carrying wishes for good fortune. View on eurone

Watch Taiwan’s lantern festival in Pingxi Watch live as visitors in Pingxi, the mountain village in northern Taiwan, pen their blessings and wishes on paper lanterns and release them into the night sky to seek good fortune in the Year of the Snake.