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Yanshuei Beehive Fireworks Competition Ignites Tainan with Over a Century of Custom and Spectacular Celebrations
Monday, February 10, 2025
A century-old, two-day fireworks occasion kicks off tomorrow in Tainan’s Yanshuei District, drawing hundreds of native and worldwide guests for a novel non secular celebration hosted by the Yanshui Wu Temple.
The Yanshui Beehive Fireworks, celebrated on the 14th and fifteenth days of the lunar calendar’s first month, showcases the procession of the temple palanquin, with spectators liable to being struck by “beehive firecrackers.” These firecrackers are believed to “banish misfortune, overcome challenges, and usher in good luck for the upcoming year.”
Because the god’s sedan chairs transfer by means of the streets, locals ignite firecrackers, whereas beehive firecrackers, fireworks, and sparklers gentle up the sky, filling the evening with booming sounds and smoky mists, creating a wide ranging and vigorous ambiance.
Tomorrow morning marks the beginning of this yr’s temple procession, with the principle fireworks show scheduled for Wednesday night at Tainan Municipal Yanshuei Junior Excessive Faculty.
The Tainan Fireplace Bureau has really useful that attendees put on protecting and nonflammable clothes, resembling a face masks, full-face helmet, thick scarf, cotton gloves, cotton or denim jacket and pants, and durable footwear, to stop accidents from the fireworks. Anybody not dressed accordingly will probably be denied entry to the firework launch space.
