Taipei’s lantern festival will have Labubus and Transformers｜Taiwan News

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The Lunar New Year is just around the corner, and Taipei is already getting ready for its lantern festival. This year, the event will be held across two exhibition areas in the city, each with characters from different franchises. Over at the Flora Expo Park in Yuanshan, the key theme will be Transformers. The other area will be located at the ever-popular Ximending shopping district, and the theme was finally announced on Thursday by Taipei Mayor Chiang wan-an. Let’s hear from him.

Chiang Wan-an
Taipei Mayor
I would like to officially announce the theme for the exhibition area in Ximending. It’s a collab with the world’s biggest toy company Pop Mart. Last week I asked my oldest kid to teach me about the six characters. I can already tell that for this year’s Lantern Festival, my two younger kids will be asking me to take them to both of the exhibition areas.

Yu Hsiang
Taipei tourism official
The Pop Mart characters are known all over the world, and the craze for the collectibles was really impressive. Its influence went beyond Asia and caught on even with artists in Europe and the Americas. So, this year the Taipei Lantern Festival will be held in collaboration with Pop Mart. We hope that the highly recognizable brand will attract more visitors, and draw big crowds to the shopping district. We hope this will boost spending, and stimulate growth in the hospitality sector, generating big tourism benefits.

The main lantern lighting up the night at the Ximen exhibition area will be an 8m-tall Baby Molly. And she won’t be alone. There will also be other popular characters including Skullpanda, Dimoo, and of course, the world-famous Labubu. The exhibition area is sure to be a hit with trend chasers. Meanwhile, the exhibition area in Yuanshan, centers on the Transformers theme. There, the star of the show will be the main protagonist of the franchise, Optimus Prime. Taipei is going all out for the festivities this year, in hopes of attracting large crowds of revelers.

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