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Q1-How
will
this
Lantern
Festival
help
Lukang? |
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Because
this
lantern
festival
is the
biggest
to date,
it might
help to
promote
the fame
of
Lukang.
People
who come
to
Lukang
will
obtain
relevant
information
about
this
place.
Visitors
who come
from
overseas
can tell
their
friends
and
families
about
Lukang
when
they get
back. |
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Q2-Do
you
intend
to break
the
Guinness
Record
of
“biggest
lantern”
set in
1997? |
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We
haven’t
specifically
set out
to break
the
record,
but this
lantern
festival
will
occupy
the
biggest
to date.
The
record
we might
break is
that of
the
total
number
of
visitors. |
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Q3-Is
there
any
specific
discussions
about
the
design
concept
of the
main
lantern
with the
lantern
craftsmen? |
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We will
carry
out
in-team
discussions
before
making
the
lantern.
After
the
design
concepts
were
completed,
we will
then
discuss
it with
the
lantern
craftsmen. |
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Q4-How
many
people
do you
expect
to come
visit
this
lantern
festival? |
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Since we
are
occupying
an area
larger
than the
last
festival,
hence we
hope we
would be
able to
attract
6
million
visitors
to our
event. |
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Q5-How
do you
carry
out
electrical
routing
and
lighting
for the
purpose
of this
lantern
festival? |
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We will
first
require
the
participating
industries
to bury
their
cables
into the
ground
to
prevent
tripping
or
possible
electrocution
from
contact.
In order
to
prevent
these
from
happening,
we will
need all
the
cables
to be
underground. |
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Q6-How
did you
feel
when you
heard
that the
lantern
festivals
would be
held at
Lukang? |
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Some
residents
in
Lukang
were
rather
unhappy
as we
originally
receive
visitors
to
Lukang
during
the
weekend.
With the
lantern
festival,
the
government
would
commence
traffic
lane
control
which
would
impede
people
who
drive or
ride
scooters
to work.
Hence,
our
planning
teams
must
explain
this
affair
to each
household. |
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Q7-What
theme do
you
intend
to
choose
for next
year’s
lantern? |
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Given
that the
next
year’s
zodiac
animal
is the
dragon,
hence we
would
use the
dragon
as our
main
theme
(additionally,
the
title of
the
theme is
Dragon
Flying
Over a
Blessed
Scene). |
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Q8-Are
all the
lanterns
connected
in
design
and
style?
(Why?
And what
type of
theme
connection
was
used?) |
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Yes.
Without
a
connecting
theme,
it would
appear
odd to
have
Princess
Snow
White
Lantern
placed
next to
an Angry
Bird
lantern.
We would
need to
extend
the
theme
slowly
from the
main
theme.
Given
that the
main
theme is
the
dragon,
the
connecting
theme
will
also be
the
dragon. |
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Q9-What
is the
meaning
behind
the
district
divisions
for this
lantern
festival? |
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The
purpose
was to
let
visiting
tourists
produce
different
ideas in
different
areas.
The main
theme of
each
district
was the
confirmed
discussion
results
of the
Department
of
Tourism
in the
Ministry
of
Communication
and
Transport. |
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Q10-Why
do you
think
the
lantern
festival
can be
held at
Lukang? |
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You have
to ask
President
Ma.
Every
county
and city
wants
the best
festivals
to be
held in
their
own
place so
that the
tourists
would
have a
good
memory
of their
place
and to
increase
their
fame. |
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Q11-Is
there
any
retailers
receiving
less
business
because
they’re
placed
in
different
districts
when you
were
planning
the
lantern
districts? |
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This
situation
would
not
happen.
Different
lantern
districts
will
attract
different
types of
people.
The
children’s
toy
district
will
attract
children,
while
the
religious
lantern
districts
would
attract
religious
supplicants.
There
are also
people
who want
to take
a look
at
everything,
so this
situation
should
not
happen. |
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Q12-When
you were
having a
meeting
about
the
lantern
festival,
did you
hold
discussions
with the
organizers
from the
previous
year? |
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Yes.
This
year’s
Miaoli
festival
organizers
have
held a
discussion
with the
last
year’s
lantern
festival
organizer
at
Chiayi
County
Government.
They
would
adopt
the good
points
and
refer to
their
examples
for
further
improvements
so that
mistakes
would
not be
repeated. |
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Q13-Is
there
anyone
with
different
ideas
when you
were
planning
the
lantern
districts? |
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Of
course
there
were.
Different
groups
of
people
would
have
different
ideas.
The main
opposition
voice,
actually,
came
from the
residents
of
Lukang.
During
the
lantern
festival,
they
couldn’t
even
drive
outside.
Everyone
must
walk. |
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Q14-Do
you
think
that
traffic
volume
would be
more
compared
to the
national
day
fireworks
festival? |
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Yes.
There
will be
more
traffic
as the
festival
will be
held
over a
longer
period |
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Q15-What
did you
mostly
discuss
with the
past
organizing
units? |
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It’s
mostly
thus: 1.
Why was
the last
lantern
festival
held in
such a
way? 2.
Why were
those
actions
carried
out?
It’s
like the
questions
you ask
of me
now. You
can also
ask
similar
questions
with the
Miaoli
and
Chiayi
county
governments.
Because
this is
the
first
time
we’re
holding
this
event,
hence we
must
refer to
past
examples
to
organize
our
event. |
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Q16-When
discussing
about
different
topics
do you
hold the
discussions
together
or in
separate
teams? |
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Both,
just as
you make
small
team
reports
as well.
Discussions
are
first
held by
separate
teams,
and then
voted on
by the
entire
assembly. |
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Q17-In
order to
obtain
the
chance
to hold
a
festival,
one must
be
innovative
and
stand
out from
the
rest.
What
features
did you
adhere
to make
those
changes? |
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We
referred
to past
lantern
festivals
to make
our
changes.
In order
to
prevent
repeating
the
past, we
would
make a
few
changes.
Small
changes
lead to
bigger
ones.
And big
changes
lead to
complete
overhauls. |
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Q18-How
did you
find you
corporate
sponsors? |
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Governments
have a
platform
for
bidding
sponsorships
so that
interested
companies
can bid
for the
posts.
Each
company
would
propose
plans,
and we
will
start
from
these
proposals
to allow
open
bidding.
The law
will not
agree
with us
if we
did not
have
open
bidding. |
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Q19-Besides
DM, are
there
any
other
specific
points
with
oral
guidance? |
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We must
inquire
further
on this
question.
But here
are
people
responsible
for such
inquiries
in the
lantern
districts.
We also
have
volunteer
support. |
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Little
lanterns
reviews |
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1.
It was a
gray and
rainy
day, and
it made
me
frustrated.
After
saying
things
that we
have to
look out
for in
the
interviews,
we went
to Mr.
Yeh who
had
allotted
time
from his
busy
schedule
to have
an
interview
with us.
I
discovered
that if
we were
to
simply
ask
textbook
questions,
people
would
feel
bored
and
sleepy.
Hence,
we first
prepared
questions
before
the
interview
or to
think of
new ones
from the
answers
provided
by Mr.
Yeh so
that the
interview
wouldn’t
be as
boring.
So we
had to
keep
brainstorming.
I also
discovered
that Mr.
Yeh is
really
fully
committed
to his
work,
and
because
he got
started,
he was
able to
understand
many
internal
issues.
Mr. Yeh
would
also
provide
additional
information
when
answering
our
questions
which
enriched
our
interview
notes,
and also
gave us
many
more
questions
to ask.
He was
also
very
clear.
We also
had to
be
careful
whether
our
questions
were
already
answered
by Mr.
Yeh so
that he
would
not need
to
provide
the same
answers
repeatedly
and
leave
him a
bad
impression.
Mr. Yeh
always
provided
answers
for
every
question
we have.
We must
look up
to him.
Originally
Ms. Wang
was
supposed
to come
and help
but she
was held
up by a
meeting
and
could
not
attend.
Nonetheless,
we were
very
thankful
to
schedule
this
interview
with us.
Mr. Yeh
even
took out
lovely
hanging
apparel
for us,
which
was too
generous
a
treatment
for us.
Teacher
Chen
also
gave
coffee
we had
bought
beforehand
for Mr.
Yeh and
Ms. Wang
so that
they
would be
able to
leave
visitors
with a
good
impression
of
Changhua
and
create a
great
business
opportunity. |
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2.
The main
theme of
this
year’s
lantern
festival
is
Colorful
Fruits
and
Changhua’s
Lanterns.
The
Lanterns
of
Changhua
represent
that
this
lantern
festival
will be
unprecedented
in size.
Fruits
represent
that
visitors
not only
can
expect
to see
lanterns,
they
would
also be
able to
try
sweet
fruits
of
Changhua
and
experience
Lukang’s
traditional
culture,
social
arts and
local
foods.
This
motto
for this
year’s
lantern
festival
is
“Admiring
Floral
Seas by
Day and
the
Lanterns
by
Night”.
Children’s
toys,
opera,
lantern
riddles
and
other
new
lantern
districts
were
opene
this
year.
People
can use
their
time to
visit.
The
designated
area for
the
festival
measures
1.5 km
from
north to
south.
Because
the area
was
larger
than
last
year’s
festival,
it is
hoped
that
festival
will
attract
more
than 6
million
visitors.
Also,
due to
the
larger
area,
this
lantern
festival
would
create a
lighting
atmosphere.
The
borders
would
have
floating
lights
and
decorated
light
boxes
along
the
street
light
posts.
All of
these
are
under
the
light
environment
of this
year’s
festival.
The
festival
this
year
would
also
bury
electrical
cables
underground
to
reduce
the
chances
of
tripping
or
electrocution,
and to
give
people a
good
impression
of
Changhua. |
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3.
This
interview
gave me
a great
deal of
benefits.
It not
only let
me
understood
the
tiring
business
of
planning
a
lantern
festival,
I also
gained
many
knowledge
about
lantern
festivals,
such as
the way
they
made the
main
lanterns,
what to
do
during
accidents
and how
to carry
out
follow
up
actions.
I
discovered
that
planning
the
festival
is very
troublesome.
Of
which, I
am most
impressed
by the
plans
the
organizing
units
made for
environmental
cleanliness.
Past
lantern
festivals
and
similar
activities
not only
created
a great
deal of
garbage,
people
also
tend to
litter
tour
brochures,
and
these
would
need to
be
cleaned
up
tediously
by the
organizing
units.
This
lantern
festival
not only
added
more
garbage
bins,
they
also
designed
brochure
collection
booths
to
gather
brochures
that
people
don’t
want to
give out
to other
people.
This is
not only
environmental,
it also
reduces
messiness.
The
lantern
making
teams
also had
considerations
over
visitor
safety
and had
made
safety
arrangements
for the
traffic.
All cars
are
denied
entry
with the
exclusion
of
police
cars and
ambulances.
How
considerate
and
nice!
Hopefully
this
lantern
festival
can be
an
improvement
over the
past
ones so
that
people
would
discover
the
beauty
of
Changhua. |
