Waited 16 years! Taitung's Sanxiantai New Year's Day sunrise finally shows its face

(Taiwan TB News Network / Reporter Chen Nianzu) After 16 years, good news has finally come from the "2016 Sanxiantai New Year's Day Sunrise Welcoming Event" organized by the East Coast National Scenic Area Administration Office of the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (hereinafter referred to as the East Coast Administration Office). The first ray of dawn was scheduled to appear at 6:35, and the shy sun finally revealed its face from behind the clouds 20 minutes later. Director Lin XINREN of the East Coast Administration Office stated that after 16 years of holding the Sanxiantai sunrise welcoming event since the millennium, this year's New Year's Day sunrise finally rose slowly from beside Sanxiantai Island, witnessed by more than 6,000 visitors on site.

This year's Sanxiantai New Year's Day Sunrise Welcoming Event included exciting activities such as the "On Light Concert," the "I Lai Market," "Lai Ni Da Sheng Shuo," and the "Sanxiantai Island Beach Cleanup and Blessing." Director Lin of the East Coast Administration Office stated that crowds of people welcoming the dawn had poured into the Sanxiantai Recreation Area since before midnight. The "On Light Concert" arranged for this event was led off by the Fire Dance Elves, and local groups such as Golden Melody Award-winning singer Wang Hong'en and the Pisilian pawpaw drum troupe were invited to welcome the first ray of dawn of 2016 together with everyone.

Visitors to the "2016 Sanxiantai New Year's Day Sunrise Welcoming Event" came from all over Taiwan, and many people headed straight to the Sanxiantai Recreation Area after the New Year's Eve celebrations ended. In addition to coming from various places to welcome the dawn at Sanxiantai. For seven passionate university students visiting Sanxiantai for the first time, they exclaimed: "Sanxiantai is super beautiful! Although we waited a while to see the sunrise, it was really worth it." "The air in Taitung is super good, Taitung is awesome!"

In addition, in response to the "United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change World Conference" recently held in Paris, France, this Sanxiantai sunrise welcoming event led visitors across the Eight-Arch Bridge to Sanxiantai Island to participate in the "Beach Cleanup and Blessing Activity." More than 200 people picked up trash along the trails and gravel beaches of Sanxiantai Island, protecting Taiwan's environment through practical beach cleanup action.