Yanshuei District
23°18′19″N 120°14′35″E / 23.305159°N 120.243143°E
Yanshuei
鹽水區 Ensui, Yanshui, Yenshui | |
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Yuejin Lantern Festival at the riverfront in Yanshuei | |
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臺南市鹽水區公所 Tainan City Yanshuei District Office | |
Yanshuei District in Tainan City | |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Special municipality | Tainan |
| Area | |
• Total | 52.25 km2 (20.17 sq mi) |
| Population (January 2023) | |
• Total | 24,447 |
| Website | web |
Yanshuei District (Chinese: 鹽水區; Hanyu Pinyin: Yánshuǐ Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Yánshuěi Cyu; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiâm-chúi-khu; lit. 'salt-water town'), alternatively spelled Yanshui, is a district in Tainan, Taiwan, which is famous for its notoriously dangerous fireworks festival called Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival. The annual event commemorates a cholera epidemic more than a century ago, the fireworks symbolizing the exorcism of demons associated with the plague. The festival, known as Fengpao (Chinese: 蜂炮), is celebrated on the 15th day after the beginning of the Lunar New Year, also called Shang Yuan Festival.