Yanshui fireworks festival begins in TainanStaff writer, with CNAThe annual Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival in Tainan — a tradition with more than 100 years of history — kicked off today with salvos of beehive fireworks, drawing crowds eager to experience the explosive spectacle. The two-day festival, traditionally held on the 14th and 15th days of the first month of the lunar calendar to celebrate the Lantern Festival, started at Yanshui Wu Temple (鹽水武廟), the event's main organizer. People shield from fireworks during the first day of the annual Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival in Tainan today. He said he hopes that the coming year, with the help of the deity's blessings, would be peaceful and free of natural disasters. The festival's procession is divided into five routes covering different areas of Yanshuei District (鹽水), with about 200 firecracker sets awaiting participants along the way, the temple said.

Source: Taipei Times March 02, 2026 10:13 UTC