Tainan District Lights Up With Lantern Festival

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With a population of just over 4,000, the southern city of Tainan's Zuozhen District is often a quiet place. But the community here has started a new tradition, a lantern and art festival, that brings the community together, draws visitors and introduces outsiders to a part of Taiwan that has more to offer than they might first expect.

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00:07With just over 4,000 residents, the southern city of Tainan's Sojen District is a quiet place.

00:16But since 2024, it's been going all out, decking itself in lanterns and art installations that light up the night.

00:23The event is funded with donations, and while the funds aren't easy to gather, the result is a festival that

00:30brings the whole community together.

00:32The involvement of university students studying design also brings hope that some younger people may inject fresh life

00:51into this aging corner of rural Taiwan.

00:54Some students, when they come here, will start to discover their value or meaning of their life.

01:05They will stay here longer.

01:12And for visitors, the festival is a great opportunity to get to know a scientifically valuable part of Taiwan, rich

01:19in fossils and dramatic, craggy badland geology.

01:34Providing an introduction to a colorful place that doesn't usually get much attention.

01:39Dolphine Chen and John Van Trieste for Taiwan Plus.

01:42Taiwan Plus

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