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Taiwan Part 7 - The Lantern Festivale

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February 17th 2008
Saturday night we checked out the lantern festivale. The lantern festivale is the first celebration after Chinese New Years. The Lanterns were made by local school children and are really cool looking. This is the year of the rat, so all the latern scenes have rats in them. Enjoy the pictures. ... read more

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In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th... ... read more