Dragons running through the firecrackers

We heard there was some sort of dragon-related event somewhere in Miaoli county. So we decided to go. First we found the seemingly endless line of food stalls.
 

 

We could hear firecrackers and see the smoke, but we couldn't see what was happening. So we climbed up the stairs to take a look. There were so many people we couldn't see anything. We found a place where we could see a giant screen showing what was happening. People were running around with giant dragon outfits (the kind that require multiple people) while firecrackers were going off at their feet. From time to time, huge clouds of smoke come up, covering us in bits of red paper. We managed to get a few pictures of the action, by standing on a fence.

At first this was all we could see

The lanterns run all the way down the embankment (much further than I could get a picture of)

The dragons

The firecrackers going off



Afterwards there was a big fireworks display.