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  • Pingxi Sky Lantern
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Pingxi and Shifen are just two of several towns alongside highway 106, a narrow back road that runs between southern Taipei and southern Keelung. Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival is one of the three most popular and well-known celebration event during the Lantern Festival. Since 1999, the local Government has devoted substantial resources to promote this festival, in a bid to promote it to become an international and multi-ethnic culture exchange activity. Through this festival, presenting the Sky Lantern tradition and the natural beauty of Pingxi to the public and prayers to the heavenly God and wishing for prosperity and peace for the nation and its citizens.

Travel Information

(Traffic information is subject to change. Please check with the transportation station before departure.)
Transportation:
  1. Nat'l Fwy 1 → Exit at the Xizhi System Interchange → Nat'l Fwy 3 → Nat'l Fwy 5 → Exit at the Shiding Interchange → County Hwy 106B → County Hwy 106
  2. Nat'l Fwy 3 → Exit at the Nangang System Interchange → Nat'l Fwy 5 → Exit at the Shiding Interchange → County Hwy 106B → County Hwy 106
Public:
  1. THSR Taipei Station (or TRA Taipei Station) → TRA Ruifang or Badu Station → TRA Pingxi Station.
  2. THSR Taipei Station (or TRA Taipei Station) → Taipei MRT Muzha Station → Taipei Bus 795 (bound for Pingxi) to Pingxi.
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Last update time: Oct 30, 2023
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