WATCH: Hundreds of lanterns take flight at Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival

Agence France-Presse

March 9, 2019 | 5:16pm

WATCH: Hundreds of lanterns take flight at Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival

This image shows Taiwan's lantern festival.

Screenshot from AFP video

NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — Visitors recently flocked to Pingxi Village in northern Taiwan for the island's annual lantern festival.

The Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival is one of the most well-known tourist attractions in Taiwan.

In an effort to boost tourism in the area, the New Taipei City Government holds another sky lantern celebration during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Lanterns are set off into the sky as symbols of peace and good fortune

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