On May 20, the day of president Chen Shui-bian's inauguration, hundreds of thousands of people participated in celebratory events held around the country. The people of Taiwan treated this first transition of power to another political party in Taiwan's history as a festival.
五二○陳水扁總統就職當天，數十萬人參與在全國各地進行的慶祝活動，台灣人幾乎是以「嘉年華」的心情看待這個台灣政治史上的首番政黨輪替。