An excited buzz filled the swarming crowd in the shadow of darkness. Silence fell for a split second before the 18-meter main ...

signaling the start of this year's highly anticipated Taiwan Lantern Festival. Undeterred by the pelting rain, rows of spectators huddled under umbrellas watched eagerly as the Infinite Paradise ...

The Potomac River is glowing this weekend as the Water Lantern Festival returns to National Harbor. The festival, which ...

The lantern festival at Manpukuji temple also commemorates the 350th anniversary of the death of its founder, Yin Yuan (1592-1673), as he is called in Chinese. Japanese know him as Ingen.