Grand Performances- Special Lanterns
Hualien Year of the Ox
18:15~21:45
Performances
18:15, 18:45> 19:15, 19:45, 20:15, 20:45, 21:15, 21:45
The rigorously selected 14-meter perfectly proportioned ox lantern and sparkling gold ingots symbolize abundance and traditional virtues. Combined with brilliant and festive musical masterpieces, the flavors of traditional crafts and sound and light technology are perfectly blended.
Welcoming the God of Five-Way Happiness
The Gods of Five-Way Wealth are dusted with gold powder to lock in the essence of money and wealth. Next, Gun Jiang Shou, the spiritual chief of the procession team is invited to cast out evil spirits and impurities. The power of religious faith and folk art is wielded to launch an enviable beautiful life.
Perfect Welcoming of Spring
Light strips representing the traditional 24 solar terms are used to create an exquisite and refreshing lantern installation art. The creation reflects the profound culture of connecting heaven and earth. It submits to the nurturing principles of solar terms and also symbolizes reunion around the hearth.
Firefly Dazzles Hualien City
The domestic buffalo with a fat to lean ratio of 3 to 7 is selected. Coupled with fireflies to light up the hearts of the people and embellished with fluffy, hardy and lush dandelions, it reveals Hualien's enduring preservation of natural ecology to warm the bodies and hearts of people.
A Bright Future
Capped with a giant canopy, the paper-cutting art exudes the aromas and blessings of Chinese New Year. Coupled with common and familiar traditional dressings and layered with baskets of memories, the steaming creation is too difficult to stop after a taste.
Blooms of Wealth and Happiness
Tens of thousands of carefully selected flowers in the fillings exude rich and vibrant colors. Not adding any fragrance allows people to witness a beautiful feast of blooms. The original nectars and scents are blended into a hefty bridge that is even richer and more flavorful.
Spring Breeze of Prosperity
The childhood mom-and-pop store is blanched and iced to lock in the sweet memories. Topped with the rich sauce of children's games, candies, firecrackers and memories of being spanked for spending all the Chinese New Year red envelop money on fragrant sesame seed pastries, it stirs up delicious and wonderful nostalgia.
High Up Like the Stars
Through a unique method of hanging, the specially selected lantern sparkles along with the cherished desires of the people. Wishing upon the stars are hopes of peace, auspiciousness and prosperity. No excessive seasoning is added so that initial aspirations are not forgotten.
Prosperity from Sweet Fragrance
With the landscape of Hualien as the base and enriched with a sheen of the juices of the "Four Senses" of sight, hearing, touch and smell, the essence of Huilan is elevated to a new level, making the familiar scents of alleys warm and satisfying.
Uplifting the World
The Carousel rolls out deluxe Chinese New Year aromas. The onslaught of laughter accompanies sweet, satisfying and happy memories and the taste of dreams. It is a highly popular dessert with both adults and children.
Happy and Auspicious Spring Show
18:00~21:30
Performances
18:00, 18:30, 19:00, 19:30, 20:00, 20:30, 21:00~21:30
The Happy and Auspicious Spring is paired with auspicious sounds and lights to create a perfect dynamic and balanced spring. Like the finale of a concert that leaves the audience lingering and reluctant to leave, the performance brings the entire feast to a perfect close.
Well-wishes from the Auspicious Fulu Duck
10:00~17:00
The family of Muscovy Ducks are reunited to bring together the taste of home. The well-proportioned 15-meter local father and mother ducks and their ducklings smile and rotate to send out well-wishes for Chinese New Year. Layered in rich and lavish water dances, their natural sweetness lingers.
Eat, Move and Lose Weight
For those of you who have put on weight with all the eating and drinking during Chinese New Year, come paddle the bike-powered weight loss fountain and step your way up to a beautiful new height.
