2020 Taiwan Lantern Festival- Crazy Beehive Firecrackers Experiential Tour at Yanshui. (Group, 2-Day)
Location: Tainan City, Yanshui
Duration: 2 days
Free Pickup & Drop-off
Date: 7th Feb. ~ 8th Feb.(Avaible)
8th Feb. ~ 9th Feb.(Sold out, One day tour is avaible)
※ Overnight at: Diversting Scenes studio
Limit: 7 people in a group
Price: NTD 6280/person
★Early Bird price (order before 2020/1/5): NTD 4280/person
★20% off Discount ticket (6th-31th Jan. 2020):
- Dorm A - NTD 5500/person (private room for two beds)
- Dorm B - NTD 5000/person (mixed room for four bunk beds)
★ Tag: #CNY / #TheThirdLargestFolkCelebration / #OldTown /#BeehiveFireworks / #GroupTour
★★ Thank you for your support, "8th Feb. Lantern Festival-Second Day " ticket had been sold out, if you still interesting about this date, please contact us www.facebook.com/divertingscenes and leave message, or call +886-981-239-078. Thank you. ★★
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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.
✱ 7th Fed. Lantern Festival-First Day (Pilgrimage through suburb of the town)
✱ 8th Feb. Lantern Festival-Second Day (Pilgrimage in town)
Details
Day 1 Xinying Train Station/ High Speed Rail Chiayi Station - Yanshui
13:00 Xinying Train Station or High Speed Rail Chiayi Station pickup and drive to Yanshui (about 30 minutes).
14:00-17:00 Yanshui city tour
Arrive Yanshui district which formerly known as Goat-tin-kang (Chinese: 月津港; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goa̍t-tin-káng). 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 Jubo Pavilion, 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 2020 Yuejin Port lantern festival which invited international and local artists and students to create installation art.
(Have dessert at local Yín Fong juice bar)
Yanshuei Catholic Church
Octagon building
Qiaonan Old Street
Yuejin Harbor- Jubo Pavilion (Photo via Outlookxp - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49134340)
《QUASI LAND》Kou Tak -Leong，2019
17:00-17:30 Dinner in local Yi-noodel restaruant
17:30-22:00
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.
Visit Yanshui Martial Temple before Pilgrimage start.
22:30 Return to studio
Stay overnight at the Diversting Scenes studio. (Mix dorm)
Dorm B
Dorm A
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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 of Taiwan.
*about Shih-an village, Houbi
Do you know you can make many good things happen once you buy a packet of rice? It is eco-friendly, it can take good care of elders, it can support local farmer, and it can also beautify the environment!
Shih-an, a traditional rural village with 600 residents. The residents with lots of ideas and strong beliefs founded a co-op social enterprise and planted eco-friendly fair-traded rice.
(Breakfast is served from 8:00-10:00 a.m.)
11:00 Tour finish - free transport to Xinying Train Station/ High Speed Rail Chiayi Station
Price Includes and Excludes
✱ What is included?
－Professional Bilingual Guide
- Intimate Small Group Experience (7 guests max)
－Use Professional protective jacket and helmet of Beehive Fireworks for one night
－Protective Cotton Gloves
－Dessert and dinner meals at first day
－Breakfast at second day
－One night sleep in Diversting Scenes studio
－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://reurl.cc/k5WzMG
✱ 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.)
About Diverting Scenes studio
Space is the receptor of power and requires human activity to generate energy. Therefore, we encourage people to engage in labor as a resolution for solving labor shortage in villages, to enhance community cohesion, and to restore a sense of belonging.
Creating (play), exploring the environment (travel), and utilizing space (scenarios) contribute to the revitalization of energy. Artistic spirit, the action of creating, and the interaction between humans and space bring about new energies and allow for idle spaces to become highly-utilized.
We are passionate about interpersonal interactions, and therefore, we connect local trips with experiential courses to build a simple and pleasant place and environment.
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