Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival 2025 in Taiwan

Yanshui Beehive Firecrackers Festival in southern Taiwan is rather unusual because fireworks are actually launched into the crowd! You’ll need a special helmet, clothes, and gloves for safety as firecrackers rain down all around you. This is a truly thrilling and exciting experience for those brave enough to participate. This ceremony lasts all night with thousands of people attending.

Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival Highlights

During this festival, a holy chair with the deity is taken around the streets of Yanshui. Fireworks go off from special frames, making a "beehive" look as many firecrackers pop up into the sky. People wear helmets and protective clothes as they run through the fireworks, thinking it will push away bad luck and bring good fortune for the new year. The festival mixes religious feelings and exciting shows, attracting visitors from all over the world.

Festival History

The Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival, held in Taiwan for the Lantern Festival, is a very special folk thing and an important religious event in Taiwan. It started in the late 19th century, during the Qing Dynasty, when Yanshui town faced a bad plague. The townspeople, worried and needing help, prayed to Guan Yu, a deity. Legend says this deity told them to set off fireworks and follow his chair at night. By morning, the plague lessened, and this event turned into an annual thing.