Taipei tourism bid led by Tshing Shan FestivalBy Cheng Ming-hsiang and Dennis Xie / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Tshing Shan Festival — one of the three biggest temple festivals in Taipei — is to be held on Dec. 4, as the city government lines up several special events over the next four months in a bid to boost local tourism. To mark its 165th anniversary, the temple has expanded the scale of the festival in cooperation with the Taipei City Government and the General Association of Chinese Culture, Huang said. Taipei Deputy Mayor Tsai Ping-kun, center right, Qingshan Temple chairman Huang Ching-yuan, center left, and representatives of other temples from across Taiwan attend the opening of the Tshing Shan Festival in Taipei on Tuesday. Other Wanhua festivals include the West-Taipei Life Festival — which started on Thursday and runs through Dec. 6 — and the Taipei Lantern Festival, Taipei Deputy Mayor Tsai Ping-kun (蔡炳坤) said. The West-Taipei Life Festival highlights local temples.

Source: Taipei Times November 21, 2020 15:56 UTC