2012 Pingxi Lantern Festival 新北市平溪天燈節(sky lantern)
@菁桐國小: 大約清朝道光年間，大陸福建移民也將天燈傳入台灣的台北縣平溪鄉、十分寮地區。據當地父老前輩的口述表示，早年十分地區曾鬧過土匪，由於當地處於山區地帶，所以村民們自然的都向山中逃躲，等土匪走後，留守在村中的人，就在夜間施放天燈為作為信號，告知在山上避難的村民，可以返家了。恰巧的是當日由山上避難回家的日子，正是農曆正月十五即是元宵節，從此以後，每年的元宵節，村民便以放天燈來慶祝，且互報平安。也因此村民又稱天燈為「祈福燈」或「平安燈」。
Pingsi (a.k.a. Pingxi; "平溪" in Chinese) is a rural township in the north eastern part of Taiwan. Located in a remote mountain area outside of Taipei and run through by Keelung river, it was a small coal mining town since the early 20th century.
Sky lanterns are traditionally lanterns made of oiled paper or tissue with a bamboo frame (but nowadays some are made with thin steel wires) that contain a small candle or other combustible material (such as the fake prayer's paper money dipped in kerosene). When lit the candle heats the air and causes the lantern to rise into the air. Ideally the lantern floats back to the ground when the fuel for the flame is exhausted.
Sky Lanterns are also known as "Kung Ming lanterns", since some say they were invented by Zhuge Liang (諸葛亮 in Chinese; Chu Ke-liang; a.k.a.: Kung Ming) during the Three Kingdoms period (184-280 A.D.) as way of communication (like signal flares) between two distant places at war time.
Pingsi's affiliation with sky lanterns is due to the inaccessibility of this remote and banditry-prone mountain area in the early days. In order to let others know that they were safe and sound, the villagers released sky lanterns into the air. The practice evolved into a popular tradition celebrated every year during the Lantern Festival. Sky lanterns are also deemed as auspicious. Nowadays people write their New Year wishes on the lanterns before releasing them into the sky. It is believed that these wishes will be carried into heaven where the deities will fulfill them.
During Lantern Festival, thousands of red and orange sky lanterns light the still night sky over the village of Pingsi creating a scene of unusual beauty.

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2011 新北市平溪天燈節(sky lantern)：菁桐國小
大約清朝道光年間，大陸福建移民也將天燈傳入台灣的台北縣平溪鄉、十分寮地區。據當地父老前輩的口述表示，早年十分地區曾鬧過土匪，由於當地處於山區地帶，所以村民們自然的都向山中逃躲，等土匪走後，留守在村中的人，就在夜間施放天燈為作為信號，告知在山上避難的村民，可以返家了。恰巧的是當日由山上避難回家的日子，正是農曆正月十五即是元宵節，從此以後，每年的元宵節，村民便以放天燈來慶祝，且互報平安。也因此村民又稱天燈為「祈福燈」或「平安燈」。

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