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Tourists descend on Tainan for popular fireworks festival (2014/02/13)

One of Taiwan’s great folk celebrations is the Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival, where the brave are able to stand in front of walls stocked with thousands of firecrackers. This year’s festival began today in the southern city of Tainan. 

A remote control helicopter flew into the air carrying a long string of firecrackers. It was meant to help start the Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival with a bang, but the wet weather made it hard to light. After four tries, the attempt had to be abandoned.

Visitors dressed in full protective gear stand in front of walls of firecrackers. They put up with the pain to join in the celebration. Fortunately for them, the rain that soaked their clothes eased some of the force of the firecrackers.

As the firecrackers are lit, religious followers carry replicas of gods through the streets. An acrobatic team from Guangxi took part. Four of its members who are just 5 years of age waved to the crowd from atop a large golden dragon. Despite the height, they showed no fear.

Because Lantern Festival this year happens to fall on Valentine’s Day, a temple made a mobile firecracker wall into the shape of the word “love.”

The Sinying Bus Company is taking visitors to Yanshui free of charge. This bus driver dressed as the God of Wealth gave away free masks that tourists can use to protect themselves from the firecracker smoke. Everyone in this normally sleepy Tainan District is getting into the spirit of the occasion.

南鹽水啟炮

元宵節南台灣的重頭戲，台南鹽水蜂炮在今天上午正式啟炮，不過，受到寒流和下雨的雙重影響，鞭炮被打濕，導致啟炮儀式點了四次才將炮引燃。這次陣頭中還特別邀請到廣西的雜技團，4名5歲小朋友站在一層樓高的金龍，不斷揮手，宛如電動花車，十分特殊。

遙控直升機拉起長串鞭炮，台南鹽水蜂炮周四上午正式啟炮。不過，受到濕冷天氣影響，鞭炮被打濕，點了四次才成功。

遊客全副武裝，站在炮城前，任由蜂炮往身上炸。但由於每個人的衣服幾乎都已經被淋濕，炮炸在身上的威力似乎也減弱不少。

啟炮之後，各路神明和陣頭也開始遶境，還有廣西來的雜技團，4名只有5歲大的小朋友站在一層樓高的金龍上，不斷的向民眾揮手，完全沒有露出恐懼的表情。

由於這次元宵節正好是西洋情人節，也有廟宇推出LOVE造型的炮城。

新營客運也免費載運遊客前往鹽水，司機還扮成財神爺，發送口罩給乘客防煙硝味。這兩天的鹽水居民想必會因為蜂炮而精神奕奕。

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