Two weeks ago after spending a very nice Sunday afternoon in a well known flower farm, my boyfriend and I in our way back to Jhongli decided to stop by Longtan county where the Lunar festivities were taking place. It was a warm and beautiful night with a full moon in the best of her garments witnessing the celebrations. The crowd gathered joyfully by the Longtan artificial lake to send up to the skies their wishes written down in colorful paper lanterns. Even though, I have been in Taiwan for three and a half years, I never had the chance to experience this very unique festivity so I was specially excited by the prospect of sending a lantern myself.
After observing the fireworks and listening to some of the traditional shows, we went to the vendors to purchase a lantern. Since, red is the lucky color in Chinese culture, this was my choice. I wrote down my wishes, say a small pray to the God I believe in and send my lantern to the infinite, we stayed by the lake until the lantern was completely invisible and then returned home with our hopes in high.
