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2023 Kaohsiung City Christmas Celebrations and More

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This year, there are three recommended places to celebrate Christmas. Kaohsiung City presents a market and performances. Also, Pingtung City presents Christmas lights, performances, and snow made from foam. Finally, the Wanjin Catholic Basilica holds its annual Christmas celebrations with lights and nativity scenes.

Pier-2 Art Center and Kaohsiung Music Center

Starting on Christmas day and going through New Year’s Eve, Kaohsiung City celebrations will be hosting a Christmas market and performances at these locations. On Christmas day, the mulled wine will be featured, which is a wine with added spices and served warm, to stay warm during the cold winter.

Christmas in Pingtung

Pingtung City features Christmas lights and snow. The innovative snow is made from foam…you just have to experience the unique show for yourself. It is held in the Pingtung Park, which is near the Pingtung train station. It is held every weekend until January 2nd, 2023.

Christmas Foreign Market

Pingtung is also hosting a foreign Christmas market that features cultural and exotic food and performances.

Wanjin Catholic Basilica

The Basilica, located in the Wanluan District of Pingtung holds annual Christmas lights and Nativity scenes. This is the first basilica in Taiwan and features one of the largest nativity scenes.

NYE 2023 Kaohsiung City

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This year, Kaohsiung City will feature THREE fireworks festivals for the 2023 New Year’s celebrations.

Kaohsiung City is going all out to celebrate the 2023 New Year. There will not be 1, not 2, BUT…3 fireworks in Kaohsiung. The city will host two fireworks on New Year’s Eve at the Dream Mall and New Year’s Day at the Kaohsiung Music Center.

Dream Mall

The main fireworks for New Year’s Eve celebrations will be at the Dream Mall. The performances will start at 7pm and run through 1am. In fact, Kaohsiung’s mayor, Chen Chi-mai, is expected to make a presence and believes that Kaohsiung’s celebrations will be the biggest New Year’s Eve festival in all of Taiwan!

Source: FTV

The fireworks will go on for 180 seconds to ring in the new year. For the first time, there will be two stages, symbolizing Kaohsiung’s “Leaping Into the Future” theme. The stage will be at the intersection of the main crossroads of the Dream Mall. The stage will be at the Zhonghua 5th Road and Shidai Boulevard intersections, which is in front of the main entrance of the Dream Mall.

There are two ways to get there. The first is to take the MRT to the Kaisyuan Station and walk a short distance to the venue. The second method is to take the Light Rail, LRT, to the Dream Mall Station.

Kaohsiung Music Center

The 2023 New Year’s celebrations doesn’t end with the NYE fireworks. Amazingly, Kaohsiung City is hosting a second fireworks show at the Kaohsiung Music Center on Jan 1, 2023. The performances will start at 8pm.

E-Da Outlet Mall

The 2023 New Year’s Eve fireworks at the E-Da Outlet Mall will offer 999 seconds of fireworks, which is among the longest in all of Taiwan.

Additionally, the E-Da Ferris Wheel ride can be reserved during the peak night hours of 10:30pm through 12:30am.

Kaohsiung Chinese New Year 2021 Year of the Ox

Chinese New Year 2021 Horoscope: Year of the Ox

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Happy Chinese New Year (新年快樂 – xīn nián kuài lè)! This year is the Year of the Ox (牛 – niú). Like the ox, people born in the Year of the Ox are considered hard working and faithful to friends and family. Also, they are persistent, and honest. We preview the horoscope for the Ox in 2021.

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Hakka Walker Festival 2020-好客旅遊去

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The Meinong Hakka History Museum is hosting a month-long festival. This is a fun opportunity for everyone to experience the Hakka culture. Learn more about the festival in this bilingual article.

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