Yanshuei District

Yanshuei

鹽水區
Ensui, Yanshui, Yenshui
Yanshuei 鹽水區 Ensui, Yanshui, Yenshui
District
	Yanshuei District
	Yuejin Lantern Festival at the riverfront in Yanshuei
	臺南市鹽水區公所; Tainan City Yanshuei District Office
	Yanshuei District in Tainan City
Country	Taiwan
Special municipality	Tainan
Area
• Total	52.25 km2 (20.17 sq mi)
Population (January 2023)
• Total	24,447
Website	web.tainan.gov.tw/ysdo_en/

23°18′19″N 120°14′35″E / 23.305159°N 120.243143°E / 23.305159; 120.243143

Yanshuei District^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] (Chinese: 鹽水區; Hanyu Pinyin: Yánshuǐ Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Yánshuěi Cyu; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiâm-chúi-khu; lit. 'salt-water town'), alternatively spelled Yanshui, 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.^[7]

^ "District Office". Tainan City Government Global Website. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2019. Yanshuei District Office
^ "History". Syuejia District Office Tainan City. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2019. Yanshuei District is one of the oldest towns in Southern Taiwan.
^ Wang, Po-Yen (2015). "Determination of perchlorate in soil and air samples during fireworks displays in Taiwan and USA". Retrieved 22 November 2019. Figure 3-2 illustrates the study site located in Yanshuei District, Tainan, Taiwan
^ 楊金城 (7 November 2017). 西港金砂里出現二十多隻台灣環頸雉 [Formosan ring-necked pheasants spotted in Tainan] (in English and Chinese (Taiwan)). Translated by EDWARD JONES. Retrieved 22 November 2019. There have also been separate sightings of Formosan ring-necked pheasants perching in Beipu Borough in Jiangjun District and in Fandian Borough in the city's Yanshuei District.
^ Yanshuei (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
^ 1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數 [Population for Township and District]. Ministry of the Interior (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). August 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020. 鹽水區 Yanshuei District 52.2455 10,106 25,073 13,048 12,025 108.51 2.48 480
^ Crook, Steven (21 January 2022). "Highways & Byways: Charming antiquity: Tainan's Yanshuei District". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[govtn-1] "District Office". Tainan City Government Global Website. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2019. Yanshuei District Office

[2] "History". Syuejia District Office Tainan City. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2019. Yanshuei District is one of the oldest towns in Southern Taiwan.

[3] Wang, Po-Yen (2015). "Determination of perchlorate in soil and air samples during fireworks displays in Taiwan and USA". Retrieved 22 November 2019. Figure 3-2 illustrates the study site located in Yanshuei District, Tainan, Taiwan

[4] 楊金城 (7 November 2017). 西港金砂里出現二十多隻台灣環頸雉 [Formosan ring-necked pheasants spotted in Tainan] (in English and Chinese (Taiwan)). Translated by EDWARD JONES. Retrieved 22 November 2019. There have also been separate sightings of Formosan ring-necked pheasants perching in Beipu Borough in Jiangjun District and in Fandian Borough in the city's Yanshuei District.

[GNISys-5] Yanshuei (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

[6] 1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數 [Population for Township and District]. Ministry of the Interior (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). August 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020. 鹽水區 Yanshuei District 52.2455 10,106 25,073 13,048 12,025 108.51 2.48 480

[7] Crook, Steven (21 January 2022). "Highways & Byways: Charming antiquity: Tainan's Yanshuei District". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

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