Yanshui Fireworks Festival, Taiwan - Lonely Planet travel video
Fearless Lonely Planet author Joshua Samuel Brown suits up for the world's fifth most dangerous festival, an explosive affair in Yanshui. Visit for more information about Taiwan.
台灣的文化之都: TAINAN | TAIWAN'S CULTURAL CAPITAL | Incredible Religious Parade, Tainan City
My best friend Mike and I took a trip to Tainan, arguably the most cultural city in Taiwan. We got incredibly lucky to witness a parade which was devoted to the sea god Matsu, one of the many religious deities that the Taiwanese people give praise to.
I hope you enjoy this video! I'd live to learn more about the festival we witnessed, please let me know more about Taiwanese religious practices in the comments.
Thank you for watching!
The Beauty of Taiwan from Above, 4K - LifeOfBD
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City shots of
- Taipei
- Kaohsiung
- Tainan
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- Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum
- Lotus Pond
- Tiger & Dragon Pagoda
- Jiufen
- Shifen
- Ximending
- Elephant Mountain
- Anping Old Street
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TOP 3 WEIRDEST Taiwanese night market food!
This week me and Wes Davies check out the WEIRDEST Taiwanese night market food, including:
1. Cat fish head
2. Duck blood cake
3. Duck feet
Note to self: Never trust Wes ever again!
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Taipei, Taiwan's Bustling, Historic Chinese New Year Market
Taipei often gets quiet during the first days of the Lunar New Year's celebration, Taiwan's most important holiday. Many who work in the capital will leave for their hometown to visit with family during the holidays. Especially important is returning for the family reunion dinner which takes place on New Year's Eve. Train tickets get booked weeks in advance. There is one place you will find busy in Taipei leading up to The Lunar New Year and that's Dihua Street, home to the city's biggest New Year's market. For two weeks every year prior to the Lunar New Year, this street, which normally sells speciality foods, traditional Chinese medicine, tea, and other goods becomes a pedestrian only market loaded with sellers of tasty foods and snacks that are consumed in great quantities during the holidays. Crowds descend on Dihua Street where aggressive sellers ply you free samples of peanuts, dried squid, candies, and other treats in order to get your business. It's a beautifully preserved relic from Taipei's past. It's one of the city's most atmospheric neighborhoods. It was first established in the 1850's as an important trade center. Many of the Qing Dynasty buildings have been meticulously preserved along with Japanese and Westerner buildings on the narrow one way street. In it's heyday tea, Chinese medicine, fabrics, and incense were all exported here with goods loaded right onto boats close by on the Danshui River. With roads and railway extensions built by the Japanese colonists in the late 1800's Dihua Street became less important as a trade center. Today it's still a commercial district specializing in Chinese medicine, speciality groceries, it's nickname is Grocery Street, and other household goods as well as upscale cafes and restaurants. The fun begins everyday on Dihua Street in the morning and continues throughout the day wrapping up late at night. If you happen to be in Taipei within two weeks of the Lunar New Year it's worth paying a visit, just for the sheer array of free food you'll get to sample. Join me for a tour of one of the great markets of Taiwan, in this episode of Far East Adventure Travel. Donate now and help support the Far East Adventure Travel Podcast. A gift of $5, $10, $20, or $30 goes along way to help with production and travel costs. Whenever possible I stay in guesthouses, employ local guides and drivers, and support local business. The money I spend goes directly back into the community and so can yours. Support Far East Adventure Travel with a donation now! Donate paypal.me/JohnASaboe Donate Write a Review:
花園夜市: Flower Garden Night Market | LARGEST Open Air Night Market in Taiwan
There's nothing better than to head to a busy Taiwanese night market on a Saturday night. Hua Yuan Night Market is Tainan's largest and most famous night market. If it's delicious Taiwanese snacks you're after, look no further!
Kaohsiung, Taiwan Illuminated! 2017 Lantern Festival Part-Love River-Part 1
On my recent swing through Southern Taiwan to take in the annual Beehive Fireworks Festival in Yanshui/Tainan I managed to visit Taiwan's second biggest city, Kaohsiung. For the first time I was able to see the city's wonderful lantern festival next to the atmospheric Love River. I'm always asked when is the best time of year to visit Taiwan. Almost anytime of the year can be interesting but one of my favorite times to recommend is during the Chinese New Year,(Lunar New Year) festivities. The first day itself is always inspiring and full of good spirit as many Taiwanese visit temples to start the year off with prayers of good fortune, luck, and health. Then of course there are the many festivals that are centered around the New Year including the Beehive Fireworks Festival, if you're daring and looking for extreme adventure. See the podcast featured on this channel. For a more serene experience the Lantern Festivals of Taiwan are wonderfully beautiful and completely safe, but you will have to endure huge crowds. Most major cities on the island host a lantern festival. Internationally the most famous one is the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival of Northern Taiwan. This festival features mass releases of sky lanterns that dance in the skies of Northern Taiwan sending out wishes of good fortune, health, luck, and even marriage! Having had the opportunity to see a few I can say that although some themes will be the same, mainly lanterns featuring the year's zodiac character, this year the rooster, there will be variations based on the location of the city. As Kaohsiung is the largest port city of Taiwan there are many marine themes. Artistically I noticed there were many interesting variations of the rooster theme compared with the Taipei Lantern Festival and the Love River setting is absolutely magical. Join me for part one of this two part series on the 2017 Kaohsiung Lantern Festival on Far East Adventure Travel. Donate now and help support the Far East Adventure Travel Podcast. A gift of $5, $10, $20, or $30 goes along way to help with production and travel costs. Whenever possible I stay in guesthouses, employ local guides and drivers, and support local business. The money I spend goes directly back into the community and so can yours. Support Far East Adventure Travel with a donation now!Donate paypal.me/JohnASaboe Donate Write a Review:
TAIPEI / TAIWAN TRAVEL
I traveled to Taipei, Taiwan at 2/14~2/18!
我去了台北了!
Traveling Taiwan- FENG-POW!!
Awesome fireworks festival in Taiwan where it's good like to be shot. Nuff said, this is EPIC!! And if you want to see some more, here's a video I shot 2 years ago which is totally close up and only about a minute long.
This just in. I fellow traveller Viki and I met, took a cab together to feng-pow! Check out his bruises from the event, They are Epic!!
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