/ 2011 / Press / Performing Arts

Bombing the Dragon

Bombing the Dragon in Miaoli(TAIWAN), always be held during the Chinese Lantern Festival.
The activity of â??Bombing the Dragonâ?? in Miaoli County is a long-standing Hakka custom and it has been listed as one of the 12 Hakka festivities by the Council of Hakka Affairs. Throwing firecrackers at the dancing dragons is believed to bring good luck and to pray for prosperity in the coming year. The more firecrackers thrown, the more blessings bestowed.

Yun Hsieh is a photographer born in 1977 in Taiwan. She had her first camera when she was 12 ,and since then, she couldn't stop her passion on recording her life, her view and the magic moment about light with camera.