This year the Lantern Festival happened to coincide with a weekend and with Western Valentine's Day. And although it rains in Pinghsi during the Lantern Festival eight years out of ten, on this particular occasion the weather was fair. Consequently, during the Lantern Festival in this, the Year of the Sheep, the number of lanterns launched nearly reached 200,000-each floating heavenward with its own small wish.
今年元宵，巧與西洋情人節連接，又逢假日，而十年有八年在元宵下大雨的平溪鄉山城，竟然出現一個無風無雨的好天氣，於是，羊年元宵，平溪鄉的天空估計飛起了近二十萬盞天燈，帶著每一個小小的心願冉冉上昇。