Every year at the Lantern Festival, the valleys of Pingxi glow with thousands of lanterns carrying wishes into the night sky, a tradition named by Discovery Channel as one of the world's top nocturnal celebrations. In 2027, join us on February 20 (Shifen) or February 27 (Pingxi) to release your own lantern at the official festival.

Before the night begins, we head into Pinglin, a quiet mountain town and one of Taiwan's best-kept tea secrets. Cool, misty slopes and the clean waters of the Feitsui Reservoir watershed make Pinglin ideal for growing Wenshan Baozhong, a fragrant, lightly oxidized oolong. Take in the mountains and tea fields from the Nanshan Temple viewing platform, then settle into a venue reserved just for our group. There you can sip teas grown by Pinglin's young tea farmers and enjoy tea-infused desserts, a slow, restful afternoon before the evening's festivities.