鹽水蜂炮的習俗始自清領時期，相傳光緒11年（1885年）夏天，鹽水地區發生大瘟疫，上千名街民死亡，地方民眾祈求神蹟降臨，最後武廟關聖帝君降旨遶境 降魔，指使元宵夜由周倉爺前導，關帝神轎押陣護隊，信徒尾隨繞走疫區，沿途燃放炮竹直至天明。遶境結束後，鹽水疫情就此消退，民眾感念神恩，每年元宵夜沿 襲成例，演變為今日赫赫有名之蜂炮盛會。
「2016鹽水瘋城祭」
我們將帶你體驗蜂炮施放的火力震撼，更讓你從蜂炮施放前，近距離參與組裝炮城，並認識蜂炮的製作程序，跟隨在地人的腳步，在鹽水小鎮的歷史記憶中旅行。
20人限定，額滿為止。（含活動當晚住宿）
No day is crazier than this day! 2/22 Lantern Festival,
Let us attend a carnival in Beehive Firecrackers in Yanshui, Tainan.
You could join a walking tour in Yanshui old town, and learn how to
make Beehive Firecrackers, and click your own firework. procession in
night with Beehive Firecrackers anywhere.
Accommodation is included in Tainan city centre (365 hostel).
★20 members maximum!
活動內容
（一）蜂炮解說介紹：透過蜂炮模型介紹蜂炮施放之前的製作程序，包括炮城的整理、清潔、曝曬、組裝、架設、蜂炮裝填、淨香爐除穢等重要儀式，以及架設炮台的傳統禁忌，並現場教育宣導蜂炮施放的安全觀念，使參與者對蜂炮有全面而完整的認識與瞭解。
（二）炮城組裝體驗：由指導員帶領參與者，依炮台組裝程序，親自依序完成一座炮台的組裝，使參與者體驗組裝一座炮台的種種辛勞與趣味。
（三）炮城施放：由參與組裝人員親自於施放現場進行施放，實地體驗放射鹽水蜂炮的刺激感，感受鹽水蜂炮火力十足、艷光四射的獨特魅力。
（四）探訪民俗、古蹟：走訪鹽水老街、尋覓傳統街屋、港道遺跡、古老行業與先民生活風貌。
活動流程
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時間 |
項目 |
說明 |
地點 |
備註 |
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08：00～08：30 |
報到 |
參加者報到 |
鹽水國中 |
學生活動中心 |
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08：30～12：00 |
散步鹽水港 |
聚波亭、一銀巷、天主堂、橋南老街、護庇宮、王爺廟巷、八角樓 |
鹽水街區 |
老街導覽 |
|
12：00～13：30 |
午餐 |
鹽水小吃 |
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13：30～14：30 |
蜂炮解說介紹 |
介紹蜂炮及安全教育 |
鹽水國中 |
學生活動中心 |
|
14：30～18：00 |
蜂炮組裝體驗 |
參加者組裝蜂炮 |
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18：00～19：00 |
晚餐 |
餐盒 |
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19：00～19：30 |
預備施放炮台 |
參加者集合預備施放 |
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需配合當日活動 |
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19：30～22：00 |
施放炮台 |
展開犁蜂炮活動 |
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行程的施放時間 |
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22：00～ |
活動結束 |
專車接送至「台南市365 合日旅所」 住宿 |
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建議交通方式
搭乘台鐵至「新營火車站」，轉乘新營客運「棕幹線」至「鹽水站」下車，步行500公尺至「鹽水國中」集合地點。
安全著裝
為了安全起見須裝備齊全，應戴上全罩式安全帽，並穿著高領束袖棉質厚上衣，下擺紮入褲子，避免鈕扣式上衣，脖子部分以圍巾包住，以免蜂炮由空隙進入，另戴
上厚質棉紗手套，腳部束口式棉質厚褲子，厚質棉襪，高統、厚底安全鞋並戴口罩，阻隔蜂炮造成之懸浮微粒。若嫌安全帽太悶熱，可以帽子、護目鏡、口罩替代，
最高原則就是將全身緊緊包裹，盡量不要有任何部位曝露在外。
切忌穿雨衣可能融化或起火之衣物。將全身保護完畢後，再進入燃放煙火的地區，參加此炮聲隆隆、火光不斷的民俗慶典。
注意事項
一、凡參加本活動之遊客，夠台灣旅人工作室皆提供安全帽、手套，並投保旅行平安險。
二、遊客需自備之安全裝備：1.麻質或棉質外衣或夾克、2.麻質或棉質牛仔長褲、3.麻質或棉質口罩、4.棉質毛巾、5.棉質大浴巾、5.長筒運動鞋
三、患有心臟病、高血壓、精神性等疾病者，請勿報名。
四、凡年滿15歲以上皆可報名，未滿15歲者需由家長陪同參加。
活動當晚住宿
台南市365合日旅所（台南市中西區西門路二段365巷5號）
多人間宿舍
｜About Yanshui｜
Yanshui (salt-water town) is a district in Tainan, Taiwan,Yanshui used
to be one of the five most important maritime towns in Taiwan, but it
has declined since the harbor was closed in 1900. Which is famous for
its notoriously dangerous 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 Feng Pao(Beehive Firecrackers), is celebrated on the
15th day after the beginning of the Lunar New Year, also called Shang
Yuan Festival.
｜"Beehive" Firework｜
The most important
of Yanshui's prominent fireworks are the so-called "bee hives",
essentially multiple launchers of bottle rockets. These rocket forts are
actually thousands of bottle rockets arranged row atop row in an
iron-and-wooden framework. The setup looks like a beehive full of
unleashed gunpowder. When the contraption is ignited, rockets shoot out
rapidly in all directions. Dazzling explosives whiz and whirl across the
sky and often into the crowd itself, both thrilling and intimidating
the spectators.
Amongst local adherents being hit by a rocket is an
indication of good luck in the year to come, with the greater the number
of hits the greater the luck. Locals will therefore dress in multiple
layers ontop of which they wear homemade fireproofs (fireproofing the
back of a jacket and pair of trousers, and wearing a cape of fire
resistant material) and stand with their backs to the launchers.
However, unless so prepared spectators are not allowed in the vicinity
of the platforms.
｜Protection｜
To protect against injury, heavy clothing, a helmet with a full visor,
and protective gloves are recommended for all spectators. Local
residents modify motorcycle helmets by riveting fire retardant material
to create an aventail at the back and a flexible gorget at the front. If
this is not done a towel is advised to be worn around the neck because
many can temporarily lose their hearing if a stray rocket goes inside
their helmet.
｜Fare｜
NT$ 2500 / p.p
｜Attention｜
★Fare includes helmet with a full visor, protective gloves when
procession. Walking tour, Beehive Firecrackers DIY ,Accommodation.
★Visitor need to self-prepare 1. linen or cotton coat or jacket 2.
cotton or linen jean 3. linen or cotton masks 4. cotton bath towels 5.
barreled sneakers or boots.
★Heart disease, High blood pressure, Mental illness, etc., please do not join.
★Visitor under 15 years old are required to be accompanied by a parent.
