Taipei Travel

This was part of our day trip. Shifen was our last stop after visiting Yehliu geopark and Jiufen. It was drizzling when we visited and many people were releasing kongming lanterns. They wrote messages and wishes on the lanterns before releasing them. It was also fairly windy. When a train approaches, the people would move away from the tracks. This old street is not very big, just 2 rows of shop with the railway in between. However, it was fun to visit here and watch people releasing lanterns or just visit the shops. Some lanterns caught fire but others drifted high into the sky.

We took the train to Ruifang Railway Station(瑞芳車站), and then transferred to the Shenzhen-Ao Branch Line(深澳線) to Shifen Station(十分車站). Next to the railway, we wrote down our visions for our family's health身體健康, exams and studies學業猛進, wealth財源滾滾，財庫飽滿 and Optimistic future prospects光明的未來. We lit a flame點燃火苗 on the oil photo paper油紙, and the sky was beautiful. The lamp 天燈slowly flies to the sky, promises a beautiful and happy family vision, to be very successful and happy!(美麗成功幸福的願景) We always take the optimistic attitude to the future.*****要十分成功幸福唷*****

Shifen Old Street is one of the famous spots to experience the lantern activity. How to get here: - You can ride a train ride from Jiufen Old Street Station to Shifen Old Street Station. Locals offer lantern activity in variety of colors. Each color has its own symbol and description. Once you have selected and paid which color you want, you have to write your wishes on the lantern itself and once you're done, they will assist you on taking photos first before they film the video footage of you freeing the lantern. After the lantern activity, you can check out the shops around to canvass for some souvenirs and to try out some food like wrap the infamous wrap ice cream. You can visit the Shifen Waterfalls and enjoy walking on the bridge to take Instagrammable photos.

The village nested in a spectacular moutain ranges creates the cool atmosphere. The street in Shifen is filled with people come to release the lanterns to the sky. Totally recommend to visit in your trip to Taiwan

We did Pingxi and Shifen as a day trip from Taipei. They’re similar but you might as well do both. You can launch your good-luck lantern from either location. Shifen has more food choices and a waterfall — a bit of a hike with stairs. But the lantern lady in Pingxi guaranteed our wish would come true so....