Yanshuei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yěnʹshwāʹ
Forms: form: Yen-shui
form: Yenshui
form: Yanshui
Etymology: From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鹽水 (Yánshuěi).
Senses: examples: text: In Yanshuei Township 鹽水鎮, Tainan County, for example, huge numbers of beehive rockets are set off in gratitude to the 3rd century general Guandi 關帝 whose spirit is believed to have protected local people from a[...]
ref: 2006, Taiwan Yearbook, Government Information Office, →OCLC, page 314:
text: In some smaller towns in Taiwan, the Lantern Festival has taken uniquely local forms, including the gentle floating sky lanterns of Pingsin, Taipei County, and the high-intensity beehive rocket displays at Yanshuei in Tainan County.
ref: 2009, Taiwan Business Topics, volume 39, American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 65:
text: January/February Lantern Festival. Nationwide celebration marking the end of the Chinese New Year festivities that varies from area to area but reliably includes fireworks, paper lanterns, lion and dragon dances. It is especially picturesque in Pingsi, where paper lanterns are launched into the sky and in Yanshuei near Chiayi where huge fireworks the size of trucks are part of the fun.
ref: 2010, Lesley Reader, Lucy Ridout, First-Time Asia (Rough Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 321:
text: The Yanshuei Beehive Fireworks Festival in the south of Taiwan is the third largest folk celebration in the world. A parade of palanquins circling the city, setting off thousands of rockets that create a deafening bee-like buzzing sound. This ‘baptism of fireworks’ is supposed to ward off troubles and bring good fortune for the year.
ref: 2016, “FESTIVALS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!”, in Travel Weekly:
text: Taiwan’s southwestern city of Tainan has decorated six old streets and alleys in the historic town of Yanshuei with works of art lit at night, to extend the brand benefit of the annual Yuejin Lantern Festival, according to a CNA report on Sunday (Nov. 24).
ref: 2019 November 24, George Liao, “Street exhibition lights up old Yanshuei in S. Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2021, Travel & Cuisine:
text: Like Taiwan’s other old settlements, Yanshuei used to be a walled town. The defensive barrier is long gone, but there’s a reminder of the gates through which humans, horses and bullock carts entered and left in the form of street names.
ref: 2022 January 21, Steven Crook, “Highways & Byways: Charming antiquity: Tainan’s Yanshuei District”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2022, Features, page 13:
text: The Yanshuei District, Tainan, is once more in the public limelight because to tales and fantasies about the moon. The post-epidemic period is illuminated by sound and light art.
ref: 2023 January 19, Tim Wu, “The Lunar New Year Attractions to See at Once, Lantern Festivals and Markets in Taiwan”, in National Immigration Agency, archived from the original on 28 May 2023:
text: A century-old, two-day fireworks event kicks off tomorrow in Tainan’s Yanshuei District, drawing thousands of local and international visitors for a unique religious celebration hosted by the Yanshui Wu Temple.
ref: 2025 February 10, “Yanshuei Beehive Fireworks Festival Ignites Tainan with Over a Century of Tradition and Spectacular Celebrations”, in Travel And Tour World, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025, Taiwan Travel News:
glosses: A district of Tainan, Taiwan.