"This is undeniably one of the world's most dangerous celebrations"
- CNN Travel -
"An explosive start to the Chinese New Year in Taiwan"
- Al Jazeera -
"Visitors from around the world have prepared full-body protection gear to enjoy standing in the middle of the storm of fireworks as they go off"
- Formosa News -
EVERY JANUARY 14-16 OF THE LUNAR CALENDAR, thousands of soaring firecrackers are set off into the crowd at Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival. People believe that running through the flying fireworks brings luck all year.
The beehives are launching towers densely stacked with as many as 600,000 small stick-like rocket fireworks. Once the towers are lit, all the fireworks shoot out at the same time like a swarm of bees stirred from a nest.
The Festival originated at the end of the 19th century when Yanshui was hit by a plague. Now the Beehive Fireworks Festival has become a hugely popular attraction not only for Yanshui Residents but also for people from around the world.
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