Taiwanrocks!

A panorama of New Years in Taiwan http://www.panoramas.dk/new-year-2006/taipei.html  By Walker Young.  I do not claim this photographer's work in any way and am willing to remove it at any time

Taiwan celebrates both the solar and lunar new years (though people in Taiwan use the solar calendar). 

New Years (Solar Calendar)

Generally considered a new tradition in Taiwan, the solar New Years in Taiwan attracted little attention until the construction of Taipei 101.  Ever since, the Taipei government and its sponsors have been holding fireworks ceremonies at Taipei 101.  Masses of people attend these celebrations, and usually Taiwanese pop stars sing on the stage the entire night. 

Interesting Fact: Taipei 101 broke the Guinness World Records as the Tallest building... and the biggest New Year's countdown clock ever known to man  

Wikipedia:

Many people in Taiwan celebrate the end of the year. Concerts are held in most of the cities, including Taoyuan, Taichung, Taipei, and Kaoshiung. Recently, the nation has used higher technology to communicate among the cities via video, enabling the cities to count down together. The most crowded city is the capital, Taipei, where most people gather by Taipei 101 and shopping centres in its vicinity. The tower is located in the shopping and financial area of the Xinyi District. People gather around the streets of Taipei 101 as they count down. With each number they count, one of the layers of Taipei 101 (eight floors per layer) lights up until 0, when the fireworks shoot out from the top of each layer (eight layers excluding a layer under the antenna) in different directions. 

Event location: Xinyi District, Taipei 101.    

New Years (Lunar Calendar)

http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/culture/lunar-NY/ 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012301937.html 

Lunar New Years is part of the more traditional Taiwan, and is similar to the Chinese, Korean, and other Asian Lunar New Years.  Taiwan's New Year isn't really the traditional holiday it once was, but people still do have family gatherings and eat Niangao and hang Spring couplets.  Temples bear the bulk of the celebration, and it is important for the Chinese that immigrated to Taiwan in the Chinese Civil War.

Popular Event Location: Lungshan (Longshan) Temple:

Lungshan temple recently installed a new electronic text scroller, and inside the temples there are computers and monks using laptops.  Who says Taoism can't be modern? 

http://www.lungshan.org.tw/home.htm