"Guardian of the Forest: Tree of Light"
A Splendid Orchestration of Nature

Guardian of the Forest: Tree of Light by the DADA IDEA team led by the art director Lin Shuen-Long was the centerpiece of the 2020 Taiwan Lantern Festival held in Taichung. In the shape of a tall tree, the work contains a giant sphere lamp symbolizing a seed, the full moon, and the rising sun. The soaring branches are decorated with vivid lights, butterflies, and a family of white-eared sibias, presenting a beautiful vision of prosperity. In the lighting ceremony of Guardian of the Forest that opened the 2020 Taiwan Lantern Festival, the 22 illuminated bands and 368 flower buds represented Taiwan’s 22 municipalities, towns, and counties, while the