Lantern Festival returns to Chiayi, incorporates Alishan in design
Lantern Festival returns to Chiayi, incorporates Alishan in design
2026-01-13
The early months of 2026 not only bring the Lunar New Year, but also the annual Taiwan Lantern Festival! Held in Chiayi this year for the third time, the main lantern is inspired by Alishan’s ancient trees and will have a light show every half hour. The handheld lanterns this year combine the Year of the Horse zodiac symbol with Taiwan’s tourism mascot OhBear, depicting the Taiwanese black bear riding a wooden horse.
The Taiwan Lantern Festival is returning to Chiayi this year for its 37th edition. Differing from previous years, this year’s main lantern is not centered around the Chinese zodiac.
At 21 meters tall, the main lantern is modeled after a towering tree, with the upper section featuring a circular ring that symbolizes the sun rising amid mountain peaks.
Yao Chung-han
Artist
For the last part, we will use the lantern’s light to showcase Taiwan’s technology. The light will transform the main lantern into another shape, and through this white light, we will offer a prayer for this land, a prayer for Taiwan.
The visual display takes the audience on a journey through Taiwan’s oceanic origins and development of life to the formation of civilization. This year’s festival, running from March 3 to 15, will also feature two secondary lanterns and 23 exhibition zones.
Weng Chang-liang
Chiayi County Commissioner
This time we coordinated with the Taiwan Railway and high-speed rail and will provide more than 20,000 parking spaces on site. Because it is only 13 days and the festival is so spectacular, we expect there will be lots of people, so we will do our best to make transportation smooth.
The handheld lanterns this year are irresistibly adorable, combining this year’s zodiac animal with Taiwan’s tourism mascot OhBear, showing the black bear playfully rocking on a wooden horse.
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2026台灣燈會在嘉義! "阿里山神木"意象主燈曝光
2026-01-13
進到2026年，除了大家除了期待春節團聚，還有一年一度的台灣燈會。今年第三度回到嘉義縣，主燈不同於過去以生肖造型為主，今年以阿里山神木為靈感，結合聲光藝術。還有今年的小提燈，也首次和台灣觀光「代言人」聯名。
2026台灣燈會邁入第37屆，今年第三度回到嘉義縣，主燈也不再是用「生肖」造型為主。
上半部圓形環圈，象徵山巒間冉冉升起的太陽，就以太陽、神木和水霧作為核心意象。
[[藝術家 姚仲涵]]
“最後一個部分，我們會用燈光去演繹台灣的科技，透過光讓主燈變成另外一個形狀，也透過白色的光，為這片土地祈福，為台灣祈福。”
結合燈光視覺展演，帶觀眾見證台灣從海洋孕育、生命演化到文明形成的過程。今年燈會除了主燈外，還結合兩個副燈、23個主題燈區，從3月3日到15日總共展出13天。
[[嘉義縣長 翁章梁]]
“這次我們跟台鐵和高鐵都有協調，在現場我們準備了將近兩萬個以上的停車位。因為13天因為節目非常精彩，內容非常精彩，那可以想見人潮一定非常多，所以我們會盡全力讓交通順暢。”
今年小提燈也很吸睛，首度結合生肖以及台灣觀光代言人喔熊，突破過去純生肖小提燈的慣例，讓大家一起點亮2026。
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