![]() Fengpao is the ceremony to launch thousands of soaring firecrackers, hung on a wooden stand 5–25 metres high. The firecrackers ceremony of the Wumiao temple in Yanshuei District was held by ancient people, to show respect for the exploits of Guan Yu. It is also known as the Yuan Xiao Festival. The purpose of the festival is to spread the traditional folklore. Starting from 1990, the Tourism Bureau integrated civilian and local governmental resources to conduct the event to celebrate the Lantern Festival (15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar) and the end of the lunar new year. These two events are known together as "Fireworks in the South, Sky Lanterns in the North." These lanterns are decorated with wishes and images relating to the owner. The Taipei Pingxi Sky Lanterns were released originally to let others know that the town was safe. ![]() The notoriously dangerous Tainan Yanshuei Fireworks Display, also known as the Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival, ("beehive of fireworks") was originally celebrated to ward off evil and disease from the town. In Yanshuei District, the firecrackers ceremony of the Wumiao Temple is also one of the important activities. ![]() Many activities are held across Taiwan during the Lantern Festival thousands of sky lanterns are lit over Pingxi District (平溪). The Taiwan Lantern Festival ( Chinese: 臺灣燈會 pinyin: Táiwān dēnghuì) is an annual event hosted by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taiwan to celebrate the Lantern Festival. Annual event in Taiwan Lantern Festival at the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall in 2004
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