Taiwan Lantern Festival

Each time to Lantern Festival, many places in the night sky Territories Taiwan, China was lit by fireworks, lanterns, flower compositions, and lighting systems, colored lights shimmering, brightly muzzle. Lantern Festival is also the traditional festival of the people of Taiwan took place on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, ie 15 days after the Tet. Anywhere on the island of Taiwan, the people here are the activities, the Tet Nguyen Tieu ritual extremely boisterous, solemnly.

        Cakes floating spherical water is an indispensable dish for Tet Nguyen Tieu

 During Tet Nguyen Tieu, Taiwanese love to eat the foods that sphere, is the most typical dishes floating cake.

Floating cake, also known as pepper cake materials. This dish was born in China in about the fourth century. Until now, the history of this dish was nearly 1,700 years. For Taiwanese, floating cake cake is considered union members. This is why the Tet Nguyen Tieu have to eat this cake.

Also floating cake, Taiwanese also loves to eat the cakes are collectively referred to as bread breakfast Lantern Festival day. The cake was put into the cage and then carried away bamboo steamed. They are sparkling puller, open puller, dumplings, pork trade, dumplings 

Taiwan also enjoyed eating breakfast cakes in this new year

On the day of Lantern Festival, at various places on the island of Taiwan will have rites, celebrate the different activities. Taitung County on the southeast coast is home to a very special activity entitled "Throwing firecrackers South Unit god". This is one of the most exciting activities in the world and is somewhat dangerous.

VIPs in the operation "Single Throw Korean artillery god" god South Unit aka the "Five highway god of wealth" - symbolizing gods for prosperity. Volunteers play shirtless gods that only mask and ear protection devices to not affect the hearing caused by firecrackers. He stood up litter, 1 armrest in procession, 1 bunch green hand held up high exorcism.

When departing palanquin procession, people began throwing fireworks on South Unit god and pray for the family to be more favorable, good luck in the new year. South Unit as gods who sometimes gets a few minor injuries on the body as cannon.

According to legend, when the human world, South Unit gods can not stand the cold, so the villagers helped him warm by burning firecrackers. There were about 30 people in the group threw fireworks alternately perform tasks throughout the procession. To prevent injury to the South Unit as gods, they rarely threw firecrackers into the body hit the player. During the festival, sometimes up to several volunteers played South Unit god. Each person will participate in the procession 1 ramp.

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