Main Lantern
The theme of the main lanterns often corresponds with the zodiac signs of Chinese astrology. All of them are over ten meters tall.
The smaller lanterns, often carried by children or placed on temples, show images of historical figures, birds, or images from that year's theme.
Read more about this topic: Taiwan Lantern Festival
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And oh, not the valleys of Hall
Avail: I am fain for to water the plain.
Downward, the voices of Duty call—
Downward, to toil and be mixed with the main,
The dry fields burn, and the mills are to turn,
And a myriad flowers mortally yearn,
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