(Pingtung County Government photo) (Pingtung County Government photo) A total of 20 installations have been lit up along the Wannian Creek in Pingtung City for the annual Pingtung Festival of Lights, according to the local authorities. Despite more than a dozen domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases in Taoyuan that led to cancellations of lantern festivals across Taiwan, the southern county went ahead with a scaled-back event that opened on Friday, the Pingtung County Information and International Affairs Department said in a statement. Several of the lanterns displayed in a 1-kilometer section of the creek between Shengli East Road and Minsheng Road shared the floral theme of this year s festival, which first started in 2017, the department said.
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Photo courtesy of Pingtung County government
Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) A total of 20 installations have been lit up along the Wannian Creek in Pingtung City for the annual Pingtung Festival of Lights, according to the local authorities.
Despite more than a dozen domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases in Taoyuan that led to cancellations of lantern festivals across Taiwan, the southern county went ahead with a scaled-back event that opened on Friday, the Pingtung County Information and International Affairs Department said in a statement.
Work by Chen Yi-chang. Photo courtesy of Pingtung County government
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