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The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival. Pingtung City Millennium Park and West Market hold market activities to provide people with leisure and entertainment.
Dinosaur egg lanterns were distributed at Millennium Park this afternoon. (Photo by reporter Ye Yongqian)
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Pingtung City Millennium Park and Pingxi Dongxi Market will hold Mid-Autumn Festival markets, concerts, barbecues and other activities for four consecutive days from today (25th) to 28th. The Millennium Park Market will be open from 3 pm to 9:30 pm every day. People can go to Millennium Park to go shopping and enjoy dinosaur lanterns. Dinosaur egg lanterns will be distributed free of charge in the circular square of the park starting from 3 pm today. In addition, Pingxi Dongxi Market holds various activities from 3 pm to 8 pm. Today, Wang Caihua is here to have fun with everyone. On the other three days, there will be different singers and programs to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with everyone.
The Pingtung City Office stated that in order to allow people to spend the four-day Mid-Autumn Festival happily, Pingtung City Millennium Park has set up cute Jurassic lanterns and a Mid-Autumn market. Parents and children can go to Millennium Park to play happily, take a leisurely walk, admire dinosaur lanterns, and go to the market to eat and play and have a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. Dinosaur egg lanterns will be distributed for free starting at 3 p.m. Since the quantity is limited, the public is asked to pay more attention.
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Pingxi Dongxi Market will have different singers singing every day from the 25th to the 28th, and there will be a Mid-Autumn Festival barbecue party. There are light food and various cultural and creative souvenir shops on site, allowing people to eat, play and listen to music.
Pingdongxi Market has activities every day during the Mid-Autumn Festival and even during the holidays. (Photo by reporter Ye Yongqian)

With the theme of "Welcoming the Mid-Autumn Festival with the Moon," Taipei City's Dihua Wastewater Treatment Plant Leisure and Sports Park has created a themed installation art, which will be lit up from the 25th to the 28th to provide citizens with a close-up moon and lantern viewing experience. The park is equipped with a glowing moon, jade rabbit lighting, and convenient transportation facilities.

During the four-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, Taichung High Speed Rail station was flooded with people and vehicles. The Wuri police implemented round-the-clock technological enforcement on the first and second floors of the station area. They issued fines if they stopped for more than three minutes. They also provided alternative pick-up and drop-off points to avoid the traffic flow, including changing appointments to the square in front of the Taiwan Railway's new Wuri station, using the Taichung Transportation Network App to monitor road conditions and making good use of public transportation transfers.

On the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival and Teacher's Day holidays, Yilan County saw a wave of traffic returning home in the morning. National Highway No. 5 southbound to Shiding was jammed, but the road conditions were smooth after entering the snow tunnel. Traffic on the southbound route of Suhua Road Corridor started to emerge at 3 a.m. and reached 6,986 vehicles as of 8 a.m. It is estimated that there will still be demand for 8,000 vehicles today. Yilan County Suao Police Station activated the diversion mechanism, mobilized police and volunteers to control the area around the Suao Interchange of National Highway No. 5, Suhua Gai and tourist attractions, and called on drivers to abide by traffic rules. The Highway Bureau estimates that the peak traffic volume in the southbound direction will be from 4 a.m. to 12 noon today, and the public is advised to avoid peak hours or take public transportation.

On the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, there was a 10-kilometer long traffic jam on the southbound section of National Highway 1 in Changhua, with vehicle speeds of only 2-30 kilometers, while the northbound section was smooth and could reach 100 kilometers. The police expected that the congestion would continue in the morning and would ease after noon, and called on passers-by to change to National Highway 3 to avoid traffic jams.

With the theme of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shoushan Zoo has designed special meals such as a Jade Rabbit Pounding Medicine Scene, a cake-hiding toy, and vegetable and fruit kebabs, allowing animals such as porcupines, black bears, rabbits, and dolphins to enjoy the festival through exploration and feeding. At the same time, it combines educational implications to improve animal welfare and visitor experience.

The Chiayi County Culture and Tourism Bureau recommends the Yuantan Natural Ecological Park in Zhuqi Township as the first choice for family travel during the Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ten holidays. The park has three waterfalls, namely Yuantan, Xiangshan and Xinhu, a botanical garden and rich ecological landscapes. It has barrier-free trails. After walking, you can go to Yuantanxi Restaurant to enjoy local mountain cuisine. It is suitable for the whole family to get close to nature and share delicious food.