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BackNational Day flag-raising has become the focus of the election campaign! Lu Xiuyan, Jiang Qichen, and He Xinchun were on the same stage. The drone hung the national flag to attract attention.
National Day flag-raising has become the focus of the election campaign! Lu Xiuyan, Jiang Qichen, and He Xinchun were on the same stage. The drone hung the national flag to attract attention.
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National Day flag-raising has become the focus of the election campaign! Lu Xiuyan, Jiang Qichen, and He Xinchun were on the same stage. The drone hung the national flag to attract attention.

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  • Taichung Mayor Lu Hsiu-yan will host the last National Day flag-raising ceremony in Taichung City during her term of office on National Day.
  • The ceremony will present a ground-air relay scene of a drone formation hoisting the national flag and a giant national flag on the ground.
  • She will also invite the Heping District Dophlan Elementary School Little League team to lead the singing of the national anthem.

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Why It Matters

Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan will host the last National Day flag-raising ceremony in Taichung City during her tenure on National Day. This ceremony combines drone technology with traditional ceremonies to present an innovative form of land-air relay.

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Today, National Day, is the last time Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan presides over the National Day flag-raising in Taichung City during her tenure. (The photo shows the National Day flag-raising ceremony in Taichung City last year, taken by reporter Cai Shuyuan)

Today, the National Day, the Taichung City Government’s National Day flag-raising ceremony will be held at 8 a.m. in front of the City Hall Square. It will be the last National Day flag-raising ceremony in Taichung City hosted by Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan during her tenure. It will present a magnificent scene of “flag display in the air and flag protection on the ground” land and air relay. Jiang Qichen and He Xinchun, candidates for Taichung mayor from both the Nationalist Party and the National Party, will be present. The three people in the same frame will become the focus, and this National Day ceremony will also add to the topic of the Taichung mayoral election.

This year’s National Day flag-raising ceremony in Taichung City, Lu Xiuyan, recently broke the news and said that in conjunction with Taichung’s development of drones, the drones are planned to fly national flags in a wild goose formation over the square in front of Fuqian. The country’s largest national flag will also be on the ground, and 76 reserve military police will jointly display and protect the huge national flag.

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This year's ceremony specially invites the Heping District Deflan Elementary School Little League team, which won the world championship, to lead the singing of the national anthem. Lu Xiuyan, Jiang Qichen, and He Xinchun will also attend, singing the national anthem in unison to celebrate the national ceremony.

Last year, He Xinchun attended the National Day flag-raising ceremony in Taichung City early in the morning and stood in the crowd to raise the flag with the people. (Provided by He Xinchun)

What to Watch

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  • The Taichung mayoral election will receive more media attention and discussion because three people will be in the same frame at the National Day ceremony.

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Open Questions

  • Will this National Day flag-raising ceremony have a substantial impact on the Taichung mayoral election?
  • What are the specific flight routes and safety measures for drone formations?
  • How was the Heping District Defulan Elementary School Little League team selected to lead the national anthem?

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