Book a private jet charter to Taiwan’s Sky Lantern Festival to experience exciting Chinese New Year celebrations and magical lantern displays.
Private Jet Charter To The Sky Lantern Festival Taiwan
Book a private jet charter to experience Taiwan’s exciting Chinese New Year celebrations at the Sky Lantern Festival. Whether you’re searching for a private jet for business or for leisure, we’ll help you choose from a variety of popular private planes that suit your needs.
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About Taiwan’s Chinese New Year celebrations
Chinese New Year falls on the 15th day of the first month on the lunar calendar, which also marks the start of the spring harvest season. Taiwanese families mark the occasion by releasing sky lanterns into the sky marked with their hopes for the coming year.
The tradition of releasing lanterns is thought to have been introduced by ancient emperor Hangmindi after watching Buddhist monks perform a similar ceremony, and has come to symbolise cleansing, good fortune and optimism for the future. Today, the island’s tourist board hosts a month-long Sky Lantern Festival in a different location each year, which has grown over time into a larger-than-life extravaganza of hi-tec lanterns, floats and lasers.
The lantern tradition has a centuries-old significance in the southern town of Pingxi, where raids often forced locals to flee into the mountains before watchmen sent paper lanterns into the night sky to signal that it was safe to return. Thousands of people still flock to Pingxi on the first full moon of the lunar year to witness the magical spectacle.
If you’d like to experience Taiwan’s famous Chinese New Year celebrations, let us arrange a private jet charter to the official Sky Lantern Festival and Pingxi’s sky lantern release. Contact us for a private jet charter quote to skip airport queues and enjoy exclusive amenities such as extra luggage space and personal flight attendants.