A large cart of fireworks explode as people in fire-retardant clothing participate in the Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival in Tainan, Taiwan. The Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival is an annual tradition that has been held on the 15th day after the beginning of the Lunar New Year in Tainan City for over 130 years. Located in Yanshui District, it is regarded as one of the most dangerous fireworks festivals in the world. Participants wear motorcycle helmets, fire-retardant clothing and thick gloves as hundreds of thousands of firecrackers are lit at the same time. According to Taiwan's Tourism Bureau, the festival started in 1885 as a request to the gods to spare the area from a cholera outbreak that was making its way through the villages. Future generations followed this tradition. It is believed that the "baptism of fireworks" gets rid of calamities while bringing good fortune in the new lunar year. I February 26, 2021 I 📷: An Rong Xu - anrizzy I #GettyImagesNews #GettyImages #Taiw...