【TW-429519】天燈 FLYING LANTERNS

Postcard ID:TW-429519 to Netherlands

Distance: 9,400 km (5,841 miles)

Travel time: 10 days

I bought this postcard when I visited the exhibition about Disney with one of my friends who I have known since I was an elementary school student.

The girl in the postcard is Rapunzel, the heroine in the movie, or in the fairy tale, "Tangled."

I believe that everybody knows this widespread and famous story, so let's skip it here.

But if you haven't seen the file and you are interested in the movie, you can watch their trailer.

Or you already watched the movie, you can check out this funny featurette 

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The flying lanterns, or the sky lanterns,  play the important roles in Tangled, and that is exactly what we are going to talk about in this article.

Flying lanterns are real!! The people do launch flying lanterns in Taiwan on 元宵節(Lantern Festivals.)

It's said that during Three-Kingdom Period, 諸葛亮(Zhuge Liang) was trapped in 平陽 by 司馬懿(Sima Yi). To break free, Zhuge Liang made the first flying lanterns and attached the message on it, and it worked out! Zhuge Liang escaped from danger successfully.
And it's also said that during Qing Dynasty, the bandits overran in 十分 region. To escape being confronted by the bandits, the residents ran into the mountain area. After the bandits left, the people staying in the village launched the flying lanterns to inform those hiding in the mountain area of that it's safe to go home now.


Nowadays, people launch flying lanterns not to inform somebody of their safety but to pray for blessings; people write their wishes and launch them!
平溪(Pingxi District), Taiwan, are known for the ceremonies of launching flying lanterns.
Besides, flying lanterns are launched in many countries, including China, Japan, Thailand, Mexico, and Poland.


It's really touching to launch a flying lantern with the one you love :"))
The real flying lanterns are much more beautiful than they look like in the movie.
You should try launching one :))!


Google "flying lanterns" and you will find some beautiful photos!
Or You can check out some films about launching flying lanterns on Youtube :).

Btw, I like Flynn, haha!

星空 STARRY STARRY NIGHT

When I was a little little girl years ago, I saw a breathtaking starry night which couldn't be more splendid on a Moon Festival.
The Milky Way was shining, taking away my breathe; the moon was sooooo big and round, just like she would kiss me on the cheek.
Years after, however, I barely see a shining star in the sky.

Today, I am going to translate a Mandarin song called Starry Starry Night into English.
And there's nothing to do with Vicent but a Taiwanese artist named Jimmy Liao - the song is a namesake of a movie adapted frome his book "Starry Starry Night."



*When I was a little child, Mommy said , "If you can't fall asleep, look at the sky and find the most shining star. In that way, the wizard will  give you a sweet dream."*

Is the color we can't touch called rainbow
Is the embrace we can't see called breeze
Is the feeling a person feels when he miss another person called loneliness

Fate stole possibility, only leaving results
Time stole original intentions, only leaving ineffable difficulties
You came, and then you left, only leaving the starry starry night

In that year, we looked up at the starry starry night, having so many splendid dreams
Thinking that happiness will be eternal, just like eternal starry starry nights, keeping my company 

Orion, Sirius, Vega, keep silent out of a light-year
Memories, youth, dreams, when did they fall from the sky stealthily

I loved, and then I become silence, driven by the current of the crowd 

In that year, we looked up at the starry starry night, never thinking about the future after the future
When the story lost the beautiful dream and the beautiful dream lost the clue, we lost contact with each other
 
Why does this silent starry starry night look at my rolling tears queitly
If you were here, would you hug me
 
Counting the shining stars, counting the disturbances in my life
I realized that all what I gained would never as beautiful as a starrty starry night
It seems that I can touch the tendernesses in my hands and the smile faces in my memories
if I stretch out my hand

Is the color we can't touch called rainbow
Is the embrace we can't see called breeze
A person gets used to being alone.....

At this moment, I look at the starry starry night alone; the past before the past never changes
I can bear loneliness, and also can enjoy it - enjoy what I only have

In that year, we looked up at the starry starry night, having so many splendid dreams
At least, the memory will be eternal, keeping my company like eternal starry starry nights
In the end, only starry starry nights stayed, keeping my company like eternal memories

* In sleep, I knew the wizard led Mommy back. I looked at the whale which bobed up, and it led me looking at the starry starry night. The most shining one, smiled.*

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If you are interested in this movie, you can check out their facebook page.

【TW-389404】台北一零一 TAIPEI 101

Postcard ID:TW-389404

Distance: 9,497 km (5,901 miles)

Travel time: 11 days 

Needless to say, Taipei 101 is the most conspicuous building in Taipei City, and it is definitely noteworthy.

Over 500 meters high (around 1700 feet), Taipei 101 used to be the highest skyscraper all over the world before 4 Jan, 2010, when Khalifa Tower was completed.

Shaped like a bamboo, Taipei 101 symbolizes integrity and progress in Chinese culture.

And if you are interested in overlooking the whole Taipei City, you can go to the 5th floor and then take the fastest elevator to the 88th and the 89th floor, enjoying the panorama.

Usually, lots of fireworks will be set off on Taipei 101 in Western New Year.

If you want to see what the fireworks looked like, there are some photos on Wikipedia.

本篇文章第一張明信片由人人出版社出版。

【FI-1278148】米寶 MYMBLE

Postcard ID:FI-1278148

Distance: 8,108 km (5,038 miles)

Travel time: 16 days

Today, I am going to introduce what I receiveed from a very kind girl living in Finland on 28 Dec, 2011.

今天 ，我要介紹一些我在２０１１年１２月２８號收到、來自一個非常慷慨的芬蘭女孩的東西。

 As you see, here are  a postcard concerning Moomin, a page of a Finnish textbook, and...

如你所見，這裡有一張嚕嚕米的明信片、一本芬蘭教科書的其中一頁，以及……

A football player card of Mesut Özil!!!!!!

 一張Özil的球員卡!!!!!!

When I received these things, I just couldn't help but screaming, jumping up and down, dancing, and singing :")))

She sent these things because I wrote I were always interested in how foreign textbooks look like and that my favorite football player was Mesut Özil in my Postcrossing profile.

How kind and considerate the Finnish girl was!!!!!

當我收到這些東西時，我情不自禁地大叫、跳上跳下、又唱又跳 :")))

因為我在Postcrossing個人檔案中寫說我對外國教科書的樣子非常有興趣和我最喜歡的足球員是Özil，所以她寄給了我這些東西。

這芬蘭女孩是多麼的慷慨且貼心!!!!!

Back to the first image, althogh I don't understand Finnish at all, the Finnish students seem to have to write the antonyms to finish the fifth part.


回到第一張照片，雖然我一點也不懂芬蘭語，但芬蘭學生似乎必須填上反義詞以完成第五大題。

As for the postcard, though I didn't like to watch the cartoon Moomins in my childhood, I love the illustrations of the series of Moomin books!!
I LOVE THE POSTCARD!!!
BTW, Snufkin is my favorite character in Moomin.


至於明信片，雖然我小時候並不愛看嚕嚕米的卡通，我超愛嚕嚕米故事書系列的插畫!!
我愛死這張明信片了!!!
順帶一提，阿金是我在嚕嚕米中最喜歡的角色。

ABOUT MOOMIN...　關於嚕嚕米……


Moomintroll made his debut in the magazine Gram in 1929.
At that time, Moomintroll's creater, Tove Jansson, was only 15 years old.

1929年，嚕嚕米首次在Gram雜誌亮相。
當時，嚕嚕米的創作者──朵貝‧楊笙年僅十五歲。

Tove Jansson was born in an artistic family, living in Helsinki, Finland.

朵貝‧楊笙生長在一個藝術家庭，且住在芬蘭赫爾辛基。

To know much more about Moomin, you  can browse through the page about Moomin on Wikipedia.

欲知更多關於嚕嚕米的資訊，你可以瀏覽維基百科上關於嚕嚕米的頁面。

【TW-437633】台灣地圖 TAIWANESE MAP

Hi there :)! Today is Chinese New Year!!! And I want to share some Chinese New Year customaries with you, but today, I just want to keep my family members' companies much more.

哈囉 :)！今天是大年初一！！！我想與你們分享一些農曆年的習俗，但在今天，我更想陪伴我的家人。

So just let me simply introduce a postcard sent by me this time.

所以這一次，就讓我簡單地向你們介紹一張我寄出的明信片。

 

  Postcard ID:TW-437633 to Finland

Distance: 7,992 km (4,966 miles)

Travel time: 6 days

This is a map of Taiwan, which was made by a foreign missionary during the reign of 康熙(Kang-Xi)

這是一張康熙年間由外國傳教士製作的台灣地圖。

It's easy to perceive the contrast between this old map and the satellite image of Taiwan which was taken today.

我們可以輕易地發現到這張古地圖與現今台灣衛星雲圖之間的差別。

來源：維基百科(http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3)

Where is the east part of Taiwan?

You can find that there are lots of mountains lying in Eastern Taiwan with the satellite image.

These towering mountains made outlining a map of whole Taiwan an arduous task.

That's the reason the old map is not complete.

東台灣呢？

透過衛星雲圖，你可以發現東台灣有許多座山。

這些巍峨的山使畫出整個台灣的略圖變成一項艱鉅的工作。

而這正是那張台灣古地圖之所以不完整的原因。

Nowadays, Eastern Taiwan is the most natural part of Taiwan.

Whether you prefer mountains or seas, you can beguile your time with soaking yourself in Eastern Taiwan's beautiful scenery.

如今，全台最接近自然原始風貌的部分就是東台灣。

無論你好山或是樂水，你都可以輕鬆沉浸在東台灣的美景中度過美好的時光。

Finally, let's appreciate some beautiful postcards of  Eastern Taiwan as the end of this article.

最後，讓我們欣賞幾張東台灣美麗的明信片，為這篇文章畫下完美的句點。

Postcard ID:TW-406483 to Russia

Distance: 7,454 km (4,632 miles)

Travel time: 44 days 

Postcard ID:TW-392463 to Ukraine

Distance: 7,972 km (4,954 miles)

Travel time: 13 days

Sleeping Beauty Skerry and Pekingese Dog Rock derive their names from their shapes.
Do you find them?

Postcard ID:TW-393093 to U.S.A

Distance: 12,410 km (7,711 miles)

Travel time: 14 days 

Postcard ID:TW-425651 to Finland

Distance: 8,112 km (5,041 miles)

Travel time: 7 days

本篇文章第一張明信片由小草藝術學院出版，第二至第五張皆由人人出版社出版。

暖身 WARM UP

I am Patia, going to translate some foreign stories which are not known so well by Taiwanese into Mandarin and introduce something about Taiwan in English, especially our beautiful aboriginal cultures, here :))
Oh, and I will also  write something about the postcards I received from all over the world here.
Nice to meet you!

我是喜囍，未來會在這個部落格翻譯一些對台灣人而言比較陌生的外國故事，並用英文介紹一些台灣的人事物，特別是我們美麗的原住民文化 :))
噢，還有，我也會在這邊分享一些關於我收到來自全球各地的明信片的事。
很高興認識你！

As I am just a beginner, I may make some mistakes often. It's so nice if you can help me correct them! I can't thank you enough!

因為我還只是個翻譯新手，所以可能會時常犯些錯誤。如果你能幫助我訂正這些錯誤，那真的很棒！感激不盡！

Hope you will like THROUGH MY RED GLASSES. Wish you all the best!

希望你會喜歡「透過我的紅眼鏡」。祝萬事如意！