2017 Penghu International Maritime Fireworks Festival makes a brilliant debut on April 20

The 2017 Penghu International Maritime Fireworks Festival will kick off on the evening of April 20 at the Guanyinting Recreation Area, with a total of 22 fireworks displays, including fireworks shows from Malaysia and 4 other countries. This year, for the first time, it combines landscape art and the cultural environment, moving to 5 townships and 1 city, paired with local cuisine, to promote local culture. County Magistrate Chen Kuang-fu hopes that aviation and travel operators will work together with a goal of breaking 1.2 million visitor arrivals this year, and welcomes people from around the country to join in this grand event at the world's most beautiful bay and experience the charm of the islands.

The first press conference for the 2017 Penghu International Maritime Fireworks Festival was held on the morning of the 29th at the Yuantai Hotel. County Magistrate Chen Kuang-fu said that in order to let people experience different fireworks venues, this year for the first time it combines landscape art and the cultural environment, moving to 5 townships and 1 city, paired with the Huxi Township Good Country Small Farmers Market, Baisha Township Dried Silver Fish Season, and Xiyu Township White Film Peanut Season, to promote the specialty foods and local culture of the townships and cities, and to drive a wave of tourism in the townships and cities, so that stories and attractions in more corners can be seen.

This year's fireworks festival has invited fireworks design and launch teams from Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, France and mainland China to join in, adding an international element to the festival. It has also specially enlisted well-known singers, including soul king Xiao Huangqi, playful beauty goddess Li Yufen, soul swing male god MP Gugu, iron-lung songstress Fu Qiongyin, music little witch Zhang Wenqi, Korean-wave bel canto Sun Shengxi, Japan's Ozaki Yoshinobu and Yang Chengjun and other popular singers to lend their support. In addition, this year's "Hongqiao Performance Show" selected many excellent performers and 36 quality performance teams, taking turns to sing and gathering dreams, becoming another important highlight of the fireworks festival.