Dozens of giant lanterns in the shape of mythical creatures, flowers and legendary characters light up the night sky in southern ... As night falls in the southern Chinese city of Fuzhou, lanterns ...

The temple is China's only shrine where a subordinate is enshrined with his emperor. Marquis Wu, or Zhuge Liang (181-234), was a legendary premier and strategist of the Shu Kingdom (221-263) during ...

The Chinese Lantern Festival ... In Pingxi of northern Taiwan, thousands of sky lanterns float into the sky, carrying handwritten wishes — hopes for love, success, and good health.

Hundreds of lanterns set for the sky in New Taipei City, Taiwan as part of the Sky Lantern Festival. The festival is held to mark Mid-Autumn. Participants hand-write wishes onto the lanterns ...

A city news release said they are also known as Chinese lanterns, Kongming lanterns or sky candles. The city said they are hazardous because they can ignite combustible vegetation or buildings and ...

Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrated the Lantern Festival on Wednesday by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky, visiting light installations and snacking on glutinous rice dumplings. The ...

“The lanterns are also symbolic of a full moon which brings blessings, joy, happiness and prosperity during the Chinese New Year,” she said. Tan added that lanterns were also put up along ...

At the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in northern Taiwan, thousands lined up in the rain to light up and observe wish lanterns. Among them were Mae Alegonero and Shine Ceralvo, friends from the ...