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The Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival is a well-known folk activity that creates quite a stir during Taiwan’s Lantern Festival, attracting thousands of tourists every year. Together with the "Pingxi Sky Lanterns," the festivals are known as “lanterns in the north, beehive fireworks in the south.” The beehive fireworks have been an event for almost 150 years. The original purpose was to drive away a plague. It has since become a top-10 celebration in Asia, and famous throughout the world.

Carrying lanterns during the Lantern Festival began as a traditional folk activity. After integrating local customs and new technologies, the Taiwan Lantern Festival has become an international tourist event. The main lantern show is beautiful, and it is accompanied by the wonderful performances of domestic and overseas folk groups. In 2007, producers from the Discovery Channel visited the Lantern Festival, and then highlighted it as one of the world’s top celebrations.

The Taiwan International Festival of Arts (TIFA) is Taiwan’s most important annual art festival, and a leading art and cultural event in Asia.

Kaohsiung’s Neimen Song Jiang Battle Ritual has been held since 2001. It combines elements of folk art, local festivals, tourism, and the industrial economy. The original local temple activities have been expanded into an integrated presentation of performances, religion, and local cultural heritage. The festival is an annual religious and cultural celebration in the Neimen and Qishan Districts.

The Bagua Mountains are the only place where you can observe the Gray-faced Buzzard with the naked eye in Taiwan. They pass here every March and April from their wintering locations.

Taiwan is uniquely endowed with many types of springs, including cold, hot, turbid, and submarine springs. Taiwan is world-renowned for its spring resorts. The “Hot Spring and Fine-Cuisine Carnival" is popular with both local and foreign tourists. This is an annual event that promotes hot spring tourism in autumn and winter.

The Maolin National Scenic Area in Gaoping Mountain is famous near and far for its "Purple Butterfly Valley." This is rated as a 3-star eco attraction by the Green Michelin Guide. The "Biennial Butterfly Beauty Festival" is an annual festival held from November to March of the following year. Over these months, thousands of purple butterflies cross the ocean to live in this valley, creating a famous butterfly valley viewing event.

Taichung’s Mazu belief is unique. It is famous as the starting point for a 340-km pilgrimage carrying the Taoist goddess Mazu. Believers accompany the procession on foot. Combined with 12 century-old palaces and temples in Taichung City. Mazu beliefs and cultural activities of various regions are integrated, promoting Mazu culture to the international stage and attracting cultural pilgrims from around the world to experience the beauty of the folk beliefs.

The book exhibition uses various themes to attract the public, and each country takes turns serving as host. Publishing houses from various countries participate, providing for excellent opportunities for cultural sharing and interaction.

First held in 1999, New Taipei City’s Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival has helped enhance Taiwan’s international profile. This local folk festival attracts visitors from near and far. The international media that have praised the event include CNN, the Discovery Channel, and National Geographic Magazine. Reader's Digest named it as one of 40 places to visit before you are 40.