Only by going to Yan-shuei can one realize their unique and artful way of shooting fire works. Visitors arrive on Yuan-Hsiao early in the afternoon to see, even in the town's outskirts, strings of firecrackers hung from branches, eaves and along both sides of the road. But the "real thing" is further in.
一般人鬧元宵都是吃湯圓、提燈籠、舉火把，可是台南縣鹽水鎮的居民，一百八十多年來，一直都以他們獨特的方式﹘ ﹘放蜂仔砲，為春節尾聲畫上一個狂熱的驚嘆號。