By Yuchi Hsu, Peichun Lu, Chenyu Lin, Tingshieng Chu, Shinping Wang Guangfu Junior High School

1. Culture box-Lantern festival By Yuchi Hsu, Peichun Lu, Chenyu Lin, Tingshieng Chu, Shinping Wang Guangfu Junior High School

2. An origin of Lantern festival When the first time of moon full people could see seventeen gods dancing in the moonlight . One year, sky was covered by clouds. Everyone lighted torches to make the sky bright to find gods. It became a custom, and in some area people hold lanterns or light campfire.

3. Lantern festival is usually in lunar January 15th. People often go out for releasing lanterns with family or friends. Pingsi is the most famous place of releasing lanterns in Taiwan. http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/8/2/16/n2012514.htm http://chienhuei99.pixnet.net/blog/post/22063672-

4. Lanterns Every Lantern Festival . Chlidren always hold lanterns and play outside . It can not only bring luck, but also pass culture down to next generation. http://047771786.tw.tranews.com/

5. Firework Every country in Taiwan almost let off fireworks on Lantern Festival. It is a unique culture in Taiwan, I think the firework is really beautiful. http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/4/9/28/n674030.htm http://sinshi.pixnet.net/blog/post/25069700

6. Tanyuan Our ancestries thought Tanyuans are round, And it symbolizes not only family to get to together and happiness but also makes family safe and well. Tanyuans are round food which made with glutinous rice.

7. Festive Lantern Temples everywhere display different beautiful lanterns, which feel full of happiness. There are big Festive Lantern Expos in Taiwan every year. 2011 The Taipei Lantern Festival lights rabbit test ”Babe “ http://www.taipei-festival2011.com/introduction0.html

8. The Firework Show in Yensui of Tainan. It was consist of a lot of soaring fire cracks. At the first time, the firework show was to eliminate plague. But now it become to bring good luck for the people join the activity. http://taiwanpedia.culture.tw/web/content?ID=4470 http://737.tw.tranews.com/Show/Style3/News/c1_News.asp?SItemId=0271030&ProgramNo=A100206000001&SubjectNo=3245831

9. Flying Lanterns Zhuge Liang was in order to transmission military situation, so made the flying lanterns. Now people use them to make their wishes come true. http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/glue/taipei1.htm http://forum.nova.com.tw/viewthread.php?tid=34113

10. Han-Dan Yeh The god of wealth was afraid of cold, so people set off a lot of firecrackers for driving out the cold when the god patrol outside, to bless can become rich. http://lh3.ggpht.com/ http://home.pchome.com.tw/my/yiashi/ Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZOyKOiflQQ&feature=related

11. Lantern riddle Lantern riddle is one of Chinese custom . The riddles are pasted on lanterns, and people guess the riddles. If someone guess the right answer, he can get the prize. It is a pouplar entertainment. 兩點水 猜一字 -冰 不正 猜一字 -歪 http://tw.image.search.yahoo.com/images/view; http://blog.pchome.com.tw/zou0621/post/1320661688

12. Glutinous Rice Bun With Vegetable Every family in Taiwan are eating Tanyuan , but Hakka people in Miaoli are eating glutinous rice bun with vegetable.

13. Flour turtle for asking safety People in Ponghu earn their living by the sea. Fishermen believe the story of sea turtles save people. For thanking sea turtle , they hold the activity in the festival. http://blog.roodo.com/peishian/archives/5579435.html http://blog.xuite.net/yawwenc/birzilla/15821079

14. Thank you for listening !