Taipei New Year fireworks

E404803

New Year celebration annual event fireworks display tourist attraction

The Taipei New Year fireworks are a famous annual pyrotechnic display launched from Taipei 101 to celebrate the New Year, attracting large crowds and global media coverage.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Taipei 101 New Year’s Eve celebration	1
Taipei New Year fireworks canonical	1
Taipei New Year’s Eve festivities	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3983834 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Taipei New Year fireworks
Context triple: [Elephant Mountain, isPhotoSpotFor, Taipei New Year fireworks]

A. Chinese New Year fireworks
Chinese New Year fireworks are a major annual pyrotechnic display in Hong Kong, famously illuminating Victoria Harbour to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
B. Yi Peng Lantern Festival
The Yi Peng Lantern Festival is a traditional Thai celebration in Chiang Mai where thousands of glowing paper lanterns are released into the night sky to mark the Lanna-style Loy Krathong festivities.
C. Busan Fireworks Festival
The Busan Fireworks Festival is a major annual South Korean event featuring large-scale fireworks displays, light shows, and cultural performances over the waters near Gwangalli Beach.
D. Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese celebration marking the end of Lunar New Year festivities, featuring lantern displays, riddle games, and communal gatherings.
E. Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival
The Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival is a famously intense Taiwanese folk celebration known for its massive “beehive” firework racks that shower participants with rockets for good luck and protection.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Taipei New Year fireworks
Target entity description: The Taipei New Year fireworks are a famous annual pyrotechnic display launched from Taipei 101 to celebrate the New Year, attracting large crowds and global media coverage.

A. Chinese New Year fireworks
Chinese New Year fireworks are a major annual pyrotechnic display in Hong Kong, famously illuminating Victoria Harbour to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
B. Yi Peng Lantern Festival
The Yi Peng Lantern Festival is a traditional Thai celebration in Chiang Mai where thousands of glowing paper lanterns are released into the night sky to mark the Lanna-style Loy Krathong festivities.
C. Busan Fireworks Festival
The Busan Fireworks Festival is a major annual South Korean event featuring large-scale fireworks displays, light shows, and cultural performances over the waters near Gwangalli Beach.
D. Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese celebration marking the end of Lunar New Year festivities, featuring lantern displays, riddle games, and communal gatherings.
E. Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival
The Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival is a famously intense Taiwanese folk celebration known for its massive “beehive” firework racks that shower participants with rockets for good luck and protection.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Year celebration ⓘ annual event ⓘ fireworks display ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWith	Taipei 101 New Year’s Eve celebration ⓘ linked to: Taipei New Year fireworks Taipei City Government ⓘ
attracts	international tourists ⓘ large local crowds ⓘ
broadcastOn	Taiwan television networks ⓘ international news channels ⓘ
cityDistrict	Xinyi District ⓘ
climateContext	subtropical winter weather ⓘ
country	Taiwan ⓘ linked to: Taiwan, Province of China
coveredBy	global media ⓘ international news agencies ⓘ
environmentalConcerns	air pollution from fireworks ⓘ noise pollution ⓘ
estimatedDuration	several minutes ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasFeature	countdown clock display ⓘ light show on Taipei 101 façade ⓘ music-synchronized fireworks ⓘ pyrotechnic show ⓘ
hasTransportationAccess	Taipei City bus network ⓘ linked to: Taipei bus network Taipei Metro Xinyi Line ⓘ
languageOfSignage	English ⓘ Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
launchedFrom	Taipei 101 ⓘ
location	Taipei ⓘ linked to: Taipei, Taiwan
mainVenue	Taipei 101 ⓘ
notableFor	iconic images of Taipei skyline ⓘ integration of building lighting and fireworks ⓘ use of skyscraper as launch platform ⓘ
occursOn	New Year’s Day midnight ⓘ New Year’s Eve ⓘ
organisedBy	Taipei City Government ⓘ
partOf	Taipei New Year’s Eve festivities ⓘ linked to: Taipei New Year fireworks
peakCrowdTime	late evening of December 31 ⓘ
relatedTo	New Year fireworks in other world cities ⓘ
safetyManagedBy	Taipei City Police Department ⓘ linked to: Police Department, Taipei City Government
safetyMeasures	crowd control barriers ⓘ traffic restrictions around Taipei 101 ⓘ
startYear	2004 ⓘ
timeOfDay	midnight ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+8 ⓘ
viewingAreas	Elephant Mountain hiking trail ⓘ Keelung River riverside parks ⓘ Xinyi shopping district ⓘ linked to: Xinyi commercial district

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elephant Mountain → isPhotoSpotFor → Taipei New Year fireworks ⓘ

Taipei New Year fireworks → associatedWith → Taipei 101 New Year’s Eve celebration ⓘ

linked to: Taipei New Year fireworks

Taipei New Year fireworks → partOf → Taipei New Year’s Eve festivities ⓘ