Taiwan Tourist Guides — Events

When you stumble on parades, dragon, and lion dances, when your ears are fraught with traditional music, patriotic speeches and also your eyes are blinded with scintillating firecrackers, you guess it right: it.s the Foundation day. China got its first President Dr Sun Yat-Sen on this day and the Republic also shifted to a new calendar: the Gregorian calendar. Despite the change of calendar, the Lunar year remains to be the mega event of Taiwan. Taiwan lays quiescent for an entire week around the time, and then suddenly bounces back with lights and bursting crackers on the stroke of the midnight. In a double festive mood, of the spring festival and the New Year, Taiwan is dressed with lights. Did you know that the Chinese invented gunpowder for this very occasion of rejoicing?

After shoving away all the gruesome evil spirits with dazzling light works, Taiwan tunes itself to sing birthday jingles; jokes apart, it.s the birthday of Kuan Yin, Goddess of Mercy. This Buddhist deity is a favorite among the people of Taiwan.

Revolutionary Martyrs. Day or the Youth.s day is held every year in the memory of the deceased seventy-two revolutionaries of China. Taiwan also never forgets their departed loved ones. Tomb-Sweeping Day is on 5th April, an annual clean up is done on the day with sowing new foliage and fresh flowers.

Taiwan is an island and fishing is a vital vocation here. So, the Taiwanese people take no chances in offending the nature, there.s another birthday bash, of Matsu, the Goddess of the Sea. You must call at the Peikang temple at that moment.

Buddha.s Bathing Festival is completely a sacred ritual happening in the temples with the chanting of the monks. Dragon Boat Festival is a time of gusto with bounty boat races. In fact this occasion has a myth to tell. About 2500 years ago, Chu-Yuan, plunged into a river to voice his protest against the king. The natives got down on the river and threw stuffed rice dumplings firmly swathed in bamboo leaves in the mark of their prayer to rest his soul in peace. Even today, dumpling is the festive food. Taipei should be your target.

It.s another birthday, this time the bumps goes to Chenghuang, the City God. His temple is in Taipei and the major event takes place here.

Lovers, this is for you: Chinese Valentine.s Day is the perfect time for juvenile love to blossom. Taiwan observes this day with romantic rendezvous between lovers to mark the apparent meeting of herd boy and the spinning girl.

Ghost Festival is a serious affair with the monks getting busy to safeguard the well being of the people from the evil spirits tripping straightaway from the hell.

Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is for moon cakes, a sip in the wine and marveling at the beauty of the moon. Double-Ten National Day (held on 10th day of the 10th month), Birthday of Chiang Kai-Shek, Birthday of Dr Sun Yat-Sen, Lantern Festival (at Yenshui, Luerhmen or Beigang) Constitution Day and Restoration Day are some of the other glittery carnivals happening all through the year in Taiwan.;

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