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LANTERN FESTIVAL


Why are all thos these lanterns up in the sky tonight?


is year March 3rd is also the 15th day of the 1st month of the lunar year which means : the end of chinese new year celebrations.



Traditionally, the date once served as a day for love and matchmaking. It was one of the few nights in ancient times without a strict curfew. Young people were chaperoned in the streets in hopes of finding love. Matchmakers acted busily in hopes of pairing couples. The brightest lanterns were symbolic of good luck and hope.




FEBRUARY 28TH

The "228 incident" or "228 massacre"was an uprising in the Republic of China that began on February 28, 1947 and was suppressed by the Kuomintang government, resulting in between ten thousand to twenty thousand civilians killed. The number "228" refers to the day of the incident, February 28th.
The spark that set off the uprising occurred on February 27t, 1947 when an agent of the government monopoly police attempted to confiscate black market cigarettes from an elderly Taiwanese woman, Lin Jian-Mai. She resisted and then was molested. An angry crowd gathered around and a shot was fired, killing a by-stander.

This event is now commemorated in the Taiwan as Peace Memorial Day. Official government policy had repressed the education of the events until recently, for various reasons. Many of the details of the incident are still highly controversial and hotly debated in Taiwan today, as the largely conservative-controlled government often tries to stifle discussion on the topic. Some people point to Communist involvement as a "justification" for the KMT's action.


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