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A child guided by a glowing lantern spirit in a Tainan night market.

The Night Market Spirit of Tainan

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December 5, 2025
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In the heart of Tainan, where the scent of grilled squid mixes with the sweetness of pineapple cakes and the steady beat of temple drums echoes through the streets, there was a night market known for its brilliance during festival season. On these nights, thousands of lanterns floated above the crowd like soft, glowing stars, bathing the entire market in
A floating lantern spirit guides ancestral souls across a river during the Obon festival at nigh
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The Lantern Ghost of Obon

As summer reached its height and the cicadas sang endlessly in the trees, the villages of Japan prepared for Obon, the sacred season when the spirits of ancestors were believed to return to the world of the living. Houses were cleaned with care, family altars were refreshed with flowers and

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