This year marked a special innovation for Pinghsi's Sky Lantern Festival, as Western Valentine's Day fell between the Lord of Heaven celebration on the ninth day of the first lunar month and the traditional Lantern Festival on the fifteenth. Pinghsi expanded its Sky Lantern Festival into a carnival embracing all three.
情人眼裡放天燈今年，平溪天燈節首度結合正月初九天公生習俗、西洋情人節及傳統元宵節，擴大舉行三天的嘉年華會。