Pingxi Old Street and Sky Lanterns
- ★ 4.1
- By train via Ruifang station
- Day trip from Taipei
Pingxi is a former coal-mining district on the Pingxi Line, with Shifen and Jingtong old streets; sky lanterns are released there at the Lantern Festival.
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Getting to Pingxi Old Street and Sky Lanterns
Car hire in Taipei, from Taipei Songshan Airport
The trip
- Famous for
- Sky lanterns and the old streets of Shifen and Jingtong
- Getting there
- Taiwan Railway to Ruifang, then the Pingxi Line, a single-track branch line to Pingxi district
- Distance
- By train via Ruifang station of Taipei
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