{"id":103533,"date":"2024-02-08T14:40:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T19:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=103533"},"modified":"2024-02-08T14:37:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T19:37:44","slug":"new-years-wishes-in-the-year-of-the-dragon-from-the-church-of-scientology-kaohsiung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/new-years-wishes-in-the-year-of-the-dragon-from-the-church-of-scientology-kaohsiung\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Wishes in the Year of the Dragon From the Church of Scientology Kaohsiung"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The Church of Scientology of Kaohsiung extends wishes to all for a Happy New Year in the Year of the Dragon. The holiday is celebrated for 15 days, beginning February 10. Church staff invite everyone to join them as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/watch\/series\/destination-scientology\/kaohsiung.html\"><em>Destination: Scientology, Kaohsiung<\/em><\/a> takes viewers through the colorful pageantry of the final day of the New Year\u2019s holiday\u2014the city\u2019s Festival of Lights: a 3,000-year-old tradition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/24-0208-s2p-coskaohsiung-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Church of Scientology Kaohsiung\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-103532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/24-0208-s2p-coskaohsiung-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/24-0208-s2p-coskaohsiung-800x600-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/24-0208-s2p-coskaohsiung-800x600-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/><em>Photo Caption: The Church of Scientology Kaohsiung extends its wishes for a New Year filled with peace, prosperity and happiness.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Come along on a taste-testing tour of local delicacies at the legendary Liuhe Night Market. Visit the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas, where visitors enter the mouth of the dragon and exit the mouth of the tiger and so are protected from evil spirits and bestowed with blessings.<\/p>\n<p>Church staff tell the story of Founder L. Ron Hubbard\u2019s travels to Asia as a young man and the importance that Asia holds for all Scientologists. The Kaohsiung Church carries on Mr. Hubbard\u2019s legacy, not only for Scientologists through religious services but also by uplifting the city as a whole with human rights education, drug awareness and humanitarian initiatives that earn the Church the prestigious Charity and Social Educational Cause Meritorious Religious Group Award year after year.<\/p>\n<p>See how the Church captures the spirit of Taiwan and, as one Church staff member states it, \u201cputs that magic touch in everybody\u2019s life and changes them for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Scientology Network debuted in March 2018. Since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/network\/scientology-network-launch-special.html\">launching<\/a>, with an introduction by Scientology ecclesiastical leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/network\/scientology-network-launch-special.html\">Mr. David Miscavige<\/a>, the Scientology Network has been viewed in over 240 countries and territories in 17 languages. Satisfying the curiosity of people about Scientology, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists, showing the Church as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/series\/inside-scientology\/\">global organization<\/a>, and presenting its social betterment programs that have touched the lives of millions worldwide. The network also showcases documentaries by independent filmmakers who represent a cross-section of cultures and faiths but share a common purpose of uplifting communities. Scientology Network\u2019s innovative content has been recognized with more than 125 industry awards, including Tellys, Communitas and Hermes Creative Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Broadcast from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/series\/inside-scientology\/scientology-media-productions.html\">Scientology Media Productions<\/a>, the Church\u2019s global media center in Los Angeles, the Scientology Network is available on DIRECTV Channel 320, DIRECTV STREAM, AT&amp;T U-verse and can be streamed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/\">Scientology.tv<\/a>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/apps\/\">mobile apps<\/a> and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEARN MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientologynews.org\/press-releases\/\">https:\/\/www.scientologynews.org\/press-releases\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/series\/destination-scientology\/kaohsiung.html\">https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/series\/destination-scientology\/kaohsiung.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MULTIMEDIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>VIDEO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/series\/destination-scientology\/kaohsiung.html\">https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/series\/destination-scientology\/kaohsiung.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s8fqCjFX3Yw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s8fqCjFX3Yw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PHOTO link for media: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/24-0208-s2p-coskaohsiung-300dpi.jpg\">https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/24-0208-s2p-coskaohsiung-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo Caption: The Church of Scientology Kaohsiung extends its wishes for a New Year filled with peace, prosperity and happiness.<\/p>\n<p>TAGS: @Scientology #ScientologyKaohsiung #Taiwan #DestinationScientology #NewYear #FestivalofLights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The Church of Scientology of Kaohsiung extends wishes to all for a Happy New Year in the Year of the Dragon. The holiday is celebrated for 15 days, beginning February 10. Church staff invite everyone to join them as Destination: Scientology, Kaohsiung takes viewers through the colorful pageantry of the final day of the New Year&#8217;s holiday &#8211; the city&#8217;s Festival of Lights: a 3,000-year-old tradition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8949,"featured_media":103532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[608,12804,10805],"tags":[18906],"class_list":["post-103533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion-news","category-ap","category-taiwan-business","tag-church-of-scientology-kaohsiung","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":2804,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8949"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}