2019 Taiwan Lantern Festival- Crazy Beehive Firecrackers Experiential Tour at Yanshui. (Group, 2-Day) 嬉遊鹽水蜂炮

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World's most dangerous fireworks festival?! 

The “Yanshuei (Yanshui) Beehive Fireworks” is ranked as the third largest folk celebration in the world and is one of the most representative religious events in all of Taiwan. With hundreds of thousands of firecrackers all going off at the same time, it is a cacophony like hundreds of thousands of bees streaming out of their hives. The event attracts huge numbers of onlookers every year and is paired with the “Pingxi Sky Lanterns” in describing Lantern Festival activities: “Sky lanterns in the north, beehive fireworks in the south.” Tradition has it that the “beehive fireworks” originated in July/August, 1885 as a cholera epidemic raged in the streets of Yanshuei. Owing to the underdeveloped state of medicine at the time, victims of the disease multiplied daily and the local population lived in fear, praying to Guan Di, the god of war, to bring an end to this calamity and save them. Thus on Lantern Festival evening, Guan Di appointed General Zhou Cang as his guide, with Guan Di’s palanquin bringing up the rear. Following the palanquin were multitudes of the faithful setting off firecrackers along the road, winding their way throughout the city until the break of dawn, ridding themselves of this plague in one fell swoop. From that time onward, future generations followed this precedent, asking Guan Di to patrol the streets on the evening of the Lantern Festival. The “Yanshuei Beehive Fireworks” event consists of a circuit around the outskirts of the town by palanquins, each symbolically armed to the teeth, with thousands of local inhabitants and visitors clustered around them as they slowly wind their way through the streets. When the line of palanquins comes up to the residential gate of a business, the lead one sets up a large or small “gun deck” (also called a “gun wall”) on the street and then lights the fuse. The “gun deck” consists of thousands of rockets that ignite all at the same time, creating a deafening, bee-like sound that fills the air as sparks fly in all directions. Every year the ear-splitting power of these rockets and the excitement that comes in their wake attract crowds of tourists from both Taiwan and abroad to come “rush the beehive barricades”! People believe the “baptism of fireworks” gets rid of calamity and troubles, sweeps away noxious influences and brings increasing good fortune in the new year. 
★★★For more safety, we prepare Professional protective jacket and helmet of Beehive Fireworks with local guides for our customers.★★★

✱ Any injured happened by beehive cracker are not in Insurance coverage, please double check if you could accept this terms.

✱ 18th Fed. Warm-up (without main Beehive Fireworks fort)

✱ 19th Feb. Lantern Festival- Crazy Beehive Firecrackers

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Day 1 Xinying Train Station/ High Speed Rail Chiayi Station - Yanshui

10:00-10:40 a.m. Xinying Train Station or High Speed Rail Chiayi Station pickup and driven to Diverting Scenes studio or Studio tn̂g té tshiū for check-in. (about 20 minutes)

*about Diverting Scenes studio
Founded in 2015, by designer Lin Chien-Hua, DivertingScenes is a local brand and architecture design studio located in Houbi - a beautiful countryside of south Taiwan.
Chien-Hua graduated from Tainan National University of Arts Interbreeding Field as master degree and majored in House Revitalization. Studios work on remodeling the old house and community empowerment, creating a friendly space for living and managing operations to attract people back to rural. 

NEW accommodation Studio tn̂g té tshiū ( a double room and a shared room for 6 people) (Space INFO: https://goo.gl/1euuoT)
*About Studio tn̂g té tshiū
Countryside shouldn’t be considered as a predecessor of developed city. Instead, cities and the countryside, could continuously complement each other through sharing and interchange. Based in an old single house in Houbi, Tainan, Studio tn̂g té tshiū is established with the idea above, which is put in practice by living and accommodation, rural observation and research, and architectural design.

11:30-17:00 Yanshui city tour

Arrive Yanshui district which formerly known as Goat-tin-kang (Chinese: 月津港; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goa̍t-tin-káng).[1] In 1901 during Japanese rule, Ensuikō Chō was one of twenty local administrative offices established. In 1909, this unit was divided among Kagi Chō and Tainan Chō. In 1920, after reorganization, Ensui Town was placed under Shin'ei District of Tainan Prefecture.
Tour the downtown area and stop at sights including Qiaonan Old Street, Yongcheng Theatre, Yanshuei Catholic Church which was filled the interior with Chinese-style decoration and murals. Octagon building in Yanshui and visit 2019 Yuejin Port lantern festival which invited international and local artists and art students to create lanterns.
(Lunch at local yi noodles restaurant)

Yanshuei Catholic Church

Octagon building

Qiaonan Old Street

17:00-19:00
Dinner timings are flexible and will be arranged with your guide (at your own expense).
(back to meeting sight before 18:30 to get individual protective equipment on)

19:00-22:00 Crazy Beehive Firecrackers Experiential Tour
Follow local guides to experience Beehive Firecrackers! With professional protective jacket and helmet, you could have more fun in this festival. 

22:30 Return to studio
Stay overnight at the Diversting Scenes studio.
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Day 2 Shih-an village-Xinying Train Station/ High Speed Rail Chiayi Station (includes breakfast)

8:00-11:00 Walking in Shih-an, enjoying the tranquil life in the countryside.

(Breakfast is served from 8:00-10:00 a.m.)

∷ ∷ ∷∷ Price Includes and Excludes ∷ ∷ ∷∷

✱ What is included?

－English-speaking tour guide

－Use Professional protective jacket and helmet of Beehive Fireworks for one night

－Protective Cotton Gloves

－Lunch meals at first day

－Breakfast at second day (*Studio tn̂g té tshiū offer buffet breakfast)

－One night sleep in Diversting Scenes studio or Studio Tng Te Tshiu

－Travel Insurance

－Free Pickup & Drop-off (Xinying Train Station or High Speed Rail Chiayi Station)

✱ What is excluded?
－Personal expenses, optional items and anything else not specifically mentioned

∷ ∷ ∷∷ Important Notes ∷ ∷ ∷∷

✱ For safety, customers with heart disease, hypertension, mental disorders, gestation or under 18 years old will not be accept for this tour.

✱ Any injured happened by beehive firecrackers are not in Insurance coverage, please double check if you could accept this terms. After the application success, we will send you an e-mail with Affidavit. Please sign and bring back at the event date.  Affidavit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19ftS9LuzqGvbwzcV3...

✱ Please bring your own personal protective equipment as below: Cotton mask, cotton towel, sports shoes (Do not wear high heels or sandals), cotton or Linen jeans( For absorbing the impact of fireworks you could wear with a heavier leggings or thermal under pants inside.)