Nantou Lantern Festival, Sand Sculpture Art Exhibition and Dinosaur Exhibition will grandly open on the 21st

The 2017 Nantou Lantern Festival, Sand Sculpture Art Exhibition and Dinosaur Exhibition will officially open on January 21 (Sat) at the Nantou City Exhibition Center. The Nantou County Government held a promotional press conference on the 10th in the first-floor hall of the county government building. County Magistrate Lin Mingzhen appeared together with two lifelike dinosaurs to kick off the event. He invited tourists from all over Taiwan to visit Nantou during the Chinese New Year to experience the lively festive atmosphere. At the press conference, a video of the wonderful performance of the "Tongliang Fire Dragon" from Chongqing, China was also revealed in advance, which was quite eye-catching.

County Magistrate Lin Mingzhen said that during this year's Chinese New Year period, Nantou will hold an unprecedented three-in-one event for the first time: the lively sea of lights of the Nantou Lantern Festival exhibition, the country's first permanent and open sand sculpture culture and art exhibition, and the dinosaur park exhibition combining modern technology. The three activities allow visitors to see enough at once. He hopes the number of visitors can exceed 5 million, and by the way drive tourism and consumption in each township and city. Among them, the Jiji Township local lantern festival will also be held at the same time. Friends from all over the country are welcome to visit Nantou to enjoy the lanterns and travel.

The Nantou County Tourism Department said that the main lantern of the 2017 Nantou Lantern Festival for the Year of the Rooster is named "Auspicious Crow of Spring Dawn." During the event, it will perform on schedule, rotating 360 degrees, and at the same time coordinate with the lantern festival theme song "Nantou Moves Forward" to create an atmosphere of mist and clouds around Yushan. In addition to the majestic main lantern, the Nantou Lantern Festival has planned a total of 12 major themed lantern areas, including the entrance welcoming "Phoenix Welcomes Peace and Celebrates the New Spring" lantern area, the "Dream Workshop of Joyful Travel" lantern area combining the image of local Nantou enterprises, and the "Good Friends Alliance" lantern area inviting Hangzhou, Zhuji, Shanghai, Zigong in Sichuan, China, and Hong Kong, China, a total of 5 cities to exchange and display together, all exhibited at the Exhibition Center in Nantou City.