Lantern Festival 2007 in Kaohsiung
History and Reason
The Lantern Festival begins from 1990 to 1995 which lasts for six years. It brought the flourish view on local hotels, catering, transportation and shops, also improves the image of the Kaohsiung to all over the world. The Lantern Festival which is not only the local activity but also one of the most important festivals in Taiwan. Totally three lantern festivals in Taiwan, there are Kaohsiung Lantern, Taipei Lantern and Taiwan Lantern. Base on the above, we are planning to hold the 2007’s Lantern Festival.
Purpose
The main stage for this year’s Lantern Festival will combines Ai River and Kaohsiung harbor as for showing the vigor of the “ocean city”Kaohsiung. One hand, the stage design will integrate the local, tradition custom and high tech skills. On the other hand, the Lantern Festival display will include some lanterns show and skyrocket display in order to show the feature of Kaohsiung, moreover to propagandize the coming 2009’s Kaohsiung World Sport Game for pushing the local sightseeing.
The main stage for this year’s Lantern Festival will combines Ai River and Kaohsiung harbor as for showing the vigor of the “ocean city”Kaohsiung. One hand, the stage design will integrate the local, tradition custom and high tech skills. On the other hand, the Lantern Festival display will include some lanterns show and skyrocket display in order to show the feature of Kaohsiung, moreover to propagandize the coming 2009’s Kaohsiung World Sport Game for pushing the local sightseeing.
The design ideal for main lantern, Taiwan Kaohsiung, 2007
Time is equal for everyone and everywhere, 24 hours a day. Difference person may have difference view on making good use of time. Kaohsiung makes good use of the time in recent years on reforming the city space for leisure and beauty. The circumstance renovation brought the new life style and confidence to citizen. As the effort from government and citizen, Kaohsiung became a flourish and high quality city nowadays. Kaohsiung shows the good example on handle time efficiently and it would become the model city soon.
Base on this advantage, the main lantern design ideal comes from the concept of “time”. The body of lantern is steering wheel shape. This design emphasize the important of taking good advantage of time and Kaohsiung is welcome the coming 2009’s World Sport Game. The leader from the boong become the gnomon, he raise the torch and announced to the world that the 2009 World Sport Game will be held on Kaohsiung. Twelve Chinese Zodiacs incarnate as solarium scale. Another design point is every Zodiac represents an athlete in difference games for telling the item of World Sport Game in advance. At day the main lantern can show time for the guests, but at night it became a magnificent lantern.
Time
Time: March 02nd, 2007 from 18:30 to 19:00 Place: Hexi Road
Issue time: March 3rd, 2007 from 15:00 to 17:00 Issue Place: somewhere available near Ai River
Open time: March 3rd, 2007 from 17:30 to 19:00 Place: Hexi Road
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