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.