You can smell the grilled sausage far away while walking on the Pingxi old street, it’s a 20 years old shop selling various flavor of grilled sausages, also you can try Doubled Layer Roll Sausage and Chicken Breast Fillet both taste good. Also, here is another good place for you to release the sky lantern on the railway.Īfter releasing the sky lantern, you can stroll along this old street, which is filled with many delicious street snacks waiting for you to try. Most of them are traditional grocery stores, hardware stores and food stalls. Pingxi Old Street has its own simple atmosphere, and there are many ancient houses on both sides of the hillside and railway. The shop looks so unremarkable on the way to Shifen Waterfall, but foods here are great, highly recommend Xiao Long Bao, you must try it before going to Shifen waterfall. They also offer stinky tofu and Kimchi flavor, you might want to give it a try. Rice stuffed chicken wing mix with their unique barbeque sauce is fragrant and very tasty. Rice stuffed chicken wing is a special creative food, the stall prepares wings and remove the bone, then stuff them with fried rice before grilling. There is always a long line for rice stuffed chicken wing next to the station as soon as you get off the train. Under the big banyan tree next to the railway, there is a century-old-shop selling famous rice noodle soup and a variety of side dishes, the price is cheap and local food is delicious, so usually attract many tourists. The walk to the waterfall is about 20 minutes from the station, you’ll cross over two suspension bridges, and then you’ll get to an area with a few food stalls next to the waterfall where you can relax with Taiwanese food. Shifen waterfall is 20m tall and 40m wide, the largest natural waterfall in Taiwan, it is also known as ”Taiwan’s Niagara Falls”. You would see many people writing the wishes on their sky lantern, and standing on the railway track to release it to the sky. There are many food stalls and shops selling sky lantern on both sides of the street, releasing a sky lantern costs about NT$150~200 ($4.8~6.4) each, and multiple colors to choose from, with different color meaning different things you hope to, from wealth, reputation, fortune, true love, or academic achievement. The unique feature here is that houses are located closely on both sides of the railway track, so it’s easy to see the train pass by you in front of you. Shifen old street is located near the station, and it is a must-visit station on the Pingxi line. Many people thought Pingxi station is the first place to release the sky lantern in the early era, but Shifen station is actually a origin of Taiwan’s sky lantern. From 10:00 on 2/1 and 2/8, you can get the limited free sky lantern at the place of releasing sky lanterns and join the sky lanterns festival at night.Shifen Sky Lantern Square ( Check Location) Municipal Pingxiguomin Junior High School ( Check Location) The next Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival will be on 1 and 8 February 2020. Nowadays the historical tradition makes the sky lanterns become the custom of the local Lantern Festival, the people often write their wishes and blessings on the sky lanterns and watch the sky lanterns slowly float up to the sky, and hope their dreams would come true. The Sky Lantern Festival in Pingxi has over a century of history.Ī sky lantern, also known as Kongming lantern, is a small hot air balloon made of paper, initally used to convey military messages during the Three Kingdoms period(220–280 AD).īy the early nineteenth century, each year farmers in Pingxi district would write messages on the sky lantern to pray for a plentiful harvest in this year and release it into the sky to the gods at the beginning of spring planting.
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