Pingxi

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1. A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.

   The annual sky lantern festival in northern Taiwan's Pingxi District was named by the world's largest publisher of travel guides as one of the world's 14 festivals a person must attend in their lifetime.

   2013 December 7, “Pingxi sky lantern festival chosen as a 'must-see before death'”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2023, Society

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   People release sky lanterns to celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in Pingxi, Xinbei city, northern Taiwan, January 28, 2012. Believers gathered to release sky lanterns as a form of prayer for good luck and blessings. The tradition of releasing lanterns began during the Ching Dynasty when bands of outlaws frequently raided villages, forcing local residents to seek refuge in the mountains.

   2012 January 28, Pichi Chuang, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2024

   In this photo by Chiang Ying-ying, hundreds of people release lanterns into the air in hopes of good fortune and prosperity at the traditional lantern festival during the Lunar New Year in the Pingxi district of New Taipei City, Taiwan. The lantern festival starts 15 days after the Chinese New Year and falls on Feb. 22 this year.

   2016 February 22, “Image of Asia: Lanterns released in hopes of good fortune”, in AP News, sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2024