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Guides and notes from the calendar: how it is built, how the country moves, and what each month holds. Written from the same sources the calendar is checked against.
Taiwan Lantern Festival 2027 in Miaoli, and the lantern season around itGuides · Tue 27 Oct 2026The national Taiwan Lantern Festival runs in Miaoli County from Saturday 20 February to Sunday 7 March 2027, opening on ...The Mazu pilgrimages 2027: Dajia and Baishatun, and how to joinGuides · Tue 27 Oct 2026Neither of Taiwan's two great Mazu pilgrimages has a 2027 date yet, and neither will until the temples divine one early ...Penghu in season: the fireworks festival and how the islands workGuides · Tue 27 Oct 2026The Penghu International Fireworks Festival lights Guanyinting bay in Magong through the early summer, and the 2027 date...Taipei Marathon weekend: Sunday 20 December 2026, planned properlyGuides · Tue 27 Oct 2026The Taipei Marathon, a World Athletics Gold Label race, starts at City Hall Plaza at 6.30 on Sunday morning, 20 December...COMPUTEX 2027: a visitor guide to Taipei's trade weekGuides · Tue 27 Oct 2026COMPUTEX runs Tuesday 1 to Friday 4 June 2027 across Nangang Exhibition Halls 1 and 2 and TWTC Hall 1, organised by TAIT...Taiwan long weekends 2027: the official holiday plannerPlan · Tue 27 Oct 2026Taiwan's Directorate-General of Personnel Administration publishes the government office calendar a year ahead: 121 days...How we check our datesAbout · Tue 27 Oct 2026Nothing lists without a source. How a date earns a place on this calendar, what official and expected mean in practice, ...