"In fact, the tradition of launching sky lanterns originated only in the villages of Shihfen and Nanshan," notes Hu Min-shu, director of the Sky Lantern Association. "They would launch them on either side of the Keelung River. Back then, the other villages of Pinghsi didn't know what sky lanterns were."
「尤其在天燈起源地的十分和南山兩村，每年就隔著基隆河對放天燈，當時平溪鄉其他地方還不知道什麼叫做天燈，」天燈會會長胡民樹指出。