2026 Miaoli Bombing Dragon (火旁龍) Festival Series

"Bombing the Dragon" is a unique local folk custom in which Miaoli welcomes the dragon to celebrate the Hakka Lantern Festival, and it is a signature of Taiwan's dragon dance culture. Held since 1989, this distinctive Hakka tradition has captured nationwide attention and even drawn international notice, evolving from an early local folk event into one of Taiwan's four major regional Lantern Festival celebrations and later a Lantern Festival highlight of the "Twelve Hakka Festivals." In recent years, the Miaoli Bombing Dragon has become a key showcase of Hakka dragon culture, promoting local tourism and economic development, drawing crowds of visitors, and shaping the town and its attractions around dragon culture...