Citations:Pingsi

English citations of Pingsi

• 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, “North Taiwan”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides)‎^[1], Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 163:

  Inland, the Pingsi Branch Rail Line winds its way through a lush mountain valley, past scenic Shihfen Falls and Pingsi itself, home of Taiwan's most magical event, the release of hundreds of "heavenly lanterns" during the Lantern Festival.

• 2008, Li-ling Huang, “Taipei — Post-industrial Globalisation”, in Gavin W. Jones, Mike Douglass, editors, Mega-Urban Regions in Pacific Asia: Urban Dynamics in a Global Era‎^[2], Singapore: NUS Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 222:

  Finally, the outer ring is the remainder of the less urbanised areas within Taipei Prefecture and Taoyuan Prefecture. In Taipei Prefecture it includes the townships of Linkou, Bali, Sanjhih, Shihmen, Jinshan, Wanli, Rueifang, Pingsi, Gongliao, Shuangsi, Pinglin, Shihding, Wulai, Shenkeng and Sansia; and in Taoyuan Prefecture it includes the townships of Dasi, Fusing, Longtan, Yangmei, Sinwu, Guanyin, Dayuan and Lujhu (see Figure 8.2).

• 2008 February 19, “President Chen's Remarks at the Spring Festival Banquet Hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Honor of Envoys to Taiwan”, in Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)‎^[3], archived from the original on 03 September 2023, News releases‎^[4]:

  Taipei County's Pingsi Township is holding a Heavenly Lantern Festival, where people can write their wishes on sky lanterns, set them free and watch them float gracefully heavenwards.

• 2008 February 20, Jonathan Adams, “Taiwan Lantern Festival causes concern for environmentalists”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 February 2015, Asia Pacific‎^[6]:

  PINGSI, Taiwan — On a bridge here one night this week, Candice Lee and Lynn Liu, both 22, laughed softly as they lit an oil-soaked wad of folded paper at the bottom of a meter-high lantern.

• 2009, Amy C. Liu, “Lunar New Year”, in Taiwan A to Z: The Essential Cultural Guide‎^[7], 1st edition, Taipei: Community Services Center, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 119:

  In the township of Pingsi (平溪) southeast of Taipei, thousands of people gather on this night to send off tian deng with their wishes of the year written on the outside of the paper lantern.

• 2009 February 9, “Lanterns, rice balls made for Lantern Festival”, in China Daily‎^[8], archived from the original on 24 September 2023, 图片新闻, page 7‎^[9]:

  People release sky lanterns to celebrate the traditional Chinese Sky Lantern Festival in Pingsi, Taipei County, Taiwan Province February 7, 2009.

• 2012 January 29, “Sky lanterns released in SE China's Taiwan to celebrate lunar New Year”, in Global Times‎^[10], archived from the original on 13 October 2019, Life‎^[11]:

  People release sky lanterns in Pingsi Primary School in Xinbei City, southeast China's Taiwan, Jan. 28, 2012. People released 1600 sky lanterns in 8 batches at Pingsi International Sky Lantern Festival to celebrate Chinese lunar New Year on Saturday.

• 2014 February 5, “Taiwan's Xinbei city greets new year with lanterns flying events (3)”, in People's Daily‎^[12], archived from the original on 24 September 2023, Life & Culture‎^[13]:

  People release sky lanterns in Xinbei City, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb. 3, 2014. People released 600 sky lanterns at the Pingsi International Sky Lantern Festival to celebrate the Chinese lunar New Year on Monday.

• 2022 January 9, “Divine passengers”, in Taipei Times‎^[14], archived from the original on 8 January 2022:

  People in New Taipei City’s Pingsi District yesterday pose for photographs next to the Taiwan Railways Administration’s CK124 steam train, which is carrying Matsu statues from 25 temples for the launch of the Northern Taiwan Matsu Cultural Festival.