1a. Guye Village in Xinying is keeping traditions alive by making brooms out of millet. The brooms, once made for export to Japan, are now used as talismans to ward off bad luck. "掃帚庄" 保存古早農村文化 台南新營姑爺社區教綁貴黍帚
1b. There's a lantern festival activity in Xinying. This activity started last month and will run until the 8th of this month. 2026年台南新營波光節2/7登場 ! 作品亮點與交通資訊一覽 (2)
2a. Yanshui's famous "swarming bees" Lantern Festival activity will take place this week. Expect massive crowds and a lot of traffic. The schedule for this rather elaborate event is in the article. 元宵後刺激開炸 ! 2026鹽水蜂炮3/2 - 3/3登場 , 5蜂炮路線 + 美食 , 景點攻略
2b. Besides the "swarming bees" there will also (of course) be lanterns. This article, although focused on the usual food and traffic concerns, has more pictures of the lanterns. 2026台南鹽水月津港燈節亮燈 ! 時間地點 , 地圖 , 交通資訊一次看
3a. The Tainan City Government sponsored a series of cultural activities at Liouying's art and music museums. Many of the music activities spotlight the work of Wu Jin-huai, a composer of Taiwanese folk songs from the area. 台南柳營音樂 , 美術紀念場域齊展演 以文化迎春
4a. Eggs at a farm in Houbi tested positive for the H5N1 virus. Over 300 birds were culled as a result. 台南後壁蛋雞場確診H5N1 撲殺336隻阻絕疫情擴散
5a. Many took part in lunar new year activities at the Taiwan Great Wall Park. 台南白河電影城老街 "台灣萬里長城" 春節連假湧現人潮
6a. The Dongshan District Office recently received over 8 million NT from the Central Government to develop areas adjacent to Highway 175 as an "agricultural tourism corridor." The local coffee crop is a big part of this initiative. 台南東山175線地方創生計畫 獲中央補助啟動農旅新亮點
7a. No recent news out of Jiali.
8a. Land in part of Shuejia is being rezoned with the consent of over half the people living there. The local government wants to make more room for housing. Previous plans to build schools and other facilities in that area were making the approval process for residential development difficult. 南市學甲東陽市地重劃逾半數地主同意 預估3年後完成
8b. This article invites you to explore the Laotanghu Arts Village in Shuejia. 春節連續9天假期歡迎探訪台南學甲秘境 "老塘湖藝術村"
9a. Representatives of the Beimen District Office visited a 100 year old man living in Wenshan Village. They gave him a red envelope and passed along lunar new year greetings. 提前新春拜年 台南北門公所探視百歲人瑞 (1)
10a. The Jiangjun District Office hosted a spring couplet activity. 台南將軍 , 白河揮毫送春聯 "馬上幸福" , "馬上發財" 人人愛
11a. Development of the Qigu Science Park continues, and both investors and other local supporters have a lot to be happy about. 38 companies representing a variety of industries have already purchased land in the area. These companies are required to complete construction of their respective facilities within two years, and their facilities should be registered with the government within three years. 台南七股科工區招商成果亮眼 38家廠完成購地迎建廠潮
11b. The Tainan City Government hereby invites you to visit the recently renovated Xiashan Fishing Port. It's an area worth visiting, even if the local government bulletin mentioning "irreplaceable ecological resources" alongside the push to develop a science park in the same area is a bit puzzling. 馬年春遊好去處 黃偉哲推薦來趟七股下山漁港生態遊
12a. There was a huge fire at a food processing facility in Xigang. Firefighters had a difficult time extinguishing the blaze. 台南西港食品工廠大火 ! 黑煙狂竄 油鍋起火消防灌救中
13a. The Madou Farmer's Association transformed an old warehouse into a fitness center aimed at older residents. This facility opened recently. 麻豆農會閒置倉庫 改造銀髮健身俱樂部啟用
14a. There was a fire at an old house in Guantian. The fire was initially reported at former President Chen Shui-bian's ancestral home, though this later turned out to not be the case. 台南官田火警濃煙竄天 ! 消防急灌救一度誤傳陳水扁祖厝
15a. The arrival of lunar new year also marked the beginning of Lioujia's bald cypress season. "春節何處去" 台南六甲落羽松季正式登場還有台鹽七股鹽山歡樂迎客來
15b. Bao-an Temple gave away 200 silver bracelets during the lunar new year holiday. 鼓勵生育 台南六甲保安宮大年初一 , 初二送純銀手鍊共200條
16a. The Danei District Office Chief visited a local weightlifting team to present them with red envelopes. 馬年舉起新希望 大內區長陳俊達代表黃市長關心舉重小將
16b. The Kunshan University of Science and Technology will be assisting the Danei District Office in developing low-carbon, smaller scale tourism in the area. 崑山科大深耕型USR計畫落地大內區 打造低碳生活圈 , 推動永續發展
17a. No recent news out of Xiaying.
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2. I feel obligated to say that whatever lantern festival activity you might attend in Tainan is going to pale in comparison to the lantern festival activity at Foguang Mountain 佛光山 in Kaohsiung. I visited this activity recently and it was truly impressive.
