Yanshui District
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Yanshui 鹽水區 |
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 Yanshui District in Tainan City |
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| Country | Taiwan |
| Special municipality | Tainan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 52.25 km2 (20.17 sq mi) |
| Population (January 2016) | |
| • Total | 26,087 |
| Website | http://web2.tainan.gov.tw/Yanshuei/ |
Coordinates: 23°18′19″N 120°14′35″E / 23.305159°N 120.243143°E
Yanshui District (Chinese: 鹽水區; pinyin: Yánshuǐ Qū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiâm-chúi-khu; literally: "salt-water town") is a district in Tainan, Taiwan, 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 Fengpao (Chinese: 蜂炮), is celebrated on the 15th day after the beginning of the Lunar New Year, also called Shang Yuan Festival.
Formerly known as Goat-tin-kang (Chinese: 月津港; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goa̍t-tin-káng). In 1901 during Japanese rule, Ensuikō Chō (鹽水港廳?) was one of twenty local administrative offices established. In 1909, this unit was divided among Kagi Chō (嘉義廳) and Tainan Chō (臺南廳). In 1920, after reorganization, Ensui Town (塩水街) was placed under Shin'ei District (新営郡) of Tainan Prefecture.
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