Dozens injured in Lantern Festival folk eventsStaff writer, with CNAAt least 47 people were injured this week in Lantern Festival-related folk events in Tainan and Taitung, in which participants formed processions and braved dense barrages of bottle rockets or firecrackers. A person standing in as the deity Han Dan is pelted by firecrackers in Taitung City on Monday evening. The Yanshui Beehive Festival, a tradition with more than 100 years of history, is held on the 14th and 15th days of the first month of the lunar calendar to celebrate the Lantern Festival. Meanwhile in Taitung, 11 people were taken to MacKay Memorial Hospital yesterday after sustaining injuries on the first day of the Bombing of Master Han Dan Festival. In the Bombing of Han Dan Festival, shirtless men playing the role of the deity Han Dan are paraded through the streets on a sedan chair, while spectators throw lit firecrackers at them.

Source: Taipei Times March 04, 2026 14:39 UTC