燈火與火祭:全世界逐月一覽
天燈、篝火、煙火與光雕——夜空就是節目表的那幾晚。
SeasonMap 上有 138 個目的地,在每個月份內依舒適度分數排名——因為重點不只是季節何時登場,還有登場時值不值得專程跑一趟。
什麼時候登場
1月的燈火與火祭
- 帕爾馬 🇪🇸 西班牙Sant Sebastia · 1月17–21日Palma's patron saint, and the one night the city is entirely its own: bonfires in half a dozen squares on 19 January, people grilling sausages over them, free stages until the small hours.79
- 亞茲德 🇮🇷 伊朗Sadeh fire festival · 1月28日–2月2日The Zoroastrian midwinter fire festival, lit at dusk outside the city at the end of January.74
- 會安市 🇻🇳 越南Full moon lantern night · 1月1日–12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.70
- 雷契 🇮🇹 義大利Focara di Novoli · 1月14–18日A twenty-metre cone of vine cuttings is stacked all winter at Novoli, twenty minutes north, and burnt on the eve of Sant'Antonio Abate.69
- 神戶市 🇯🇵 日本Kobe Luminarie · 1月25日–2月10日(通常)The light memorial for the 1995 earthquake, which moved out of December in recent years and now runs for about ten nights at the turn of January into February across Meriken Park and the old settlement.69
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日–5月31日(通常)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.68
- 奈良市 🇯🇵 日本Wakakusa Yamayaki · 1月20–28日(通常)The grass on Wakakusa hill is set alight on the fourth Saturday of January, fireworks first.67
- 釜山 🇰🇷 大韓民國Haeundae Light Festival · 11月29日–1月18日(通常)Haeundae Beach and the seafront square light up with large-scale sculptures and media art each winter, organised by the district office and free to walk through from 6 to 11pm.66
- 納帕 🇺🇸 美國Napa Lighted Art Festival · 1月10日–2月20日(通常)Five weeks of free light installations along a walking route through downtown Napa and the riverfront, with building projections in the first week or so.64
- 羅利 🇺🇸 美國NC Chinese Lantern Festival · 11月15日–1月12日(通常)Giant illuminated lantern scenes fill Koka Booth Amphitheatre in neighbouring Cary each evening for about eight weeks, with nightly cultural performances.62
- 杜尚貝 🇹🇯 塔吉克斯坦Sada fire festival · 1月30日The ancient Tajik festival of fire, made an official national celebration, is marked in Dushanbe with bonfires, music and folk shows on 30 January.61
- 里奇蒙 🇺🇸 美國GardenFest of Lights · 11月15日–1月5日(通常)Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is strung with around a million lights from mid-November into the first days of January.59
- 仙臺市 🇯🇵 日本Donto-sai · 1月14日New Year decorations are burned at Osaki Hachimangu on 14 January and a procession of men walks to it through the cold in loincloths, carrying bells.57
- 松本市 🇯🇵 日本Castle projection mapping · 12月10日–2月20日(通常)From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out.57
- 日光市 🇯🇵 日本Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival · 1月25日–3月2日(通常)Hundreds of small snow huts lit by candles along the riverbed at Yunishigawa Onsen, deep in the mountains of the city's northern district.55
- 富士河口湖町 🇯🇵 日本Kawaguchiko Winter Fireworks · 1月24日–2月23日(通常)Free weekend fireworks over the lake from three launch points, the winter counterpart to the August festival, set against a snow-capped Fuji.55
- 阿姆斯特丹 🇳🇱 荷蘭Amsterdam Light Festival · 11月26日–1月17日Light installations along the canals through the darkest eight weeks of the year, free to walk and ticketed by boat.48
- 札幌市 🇯🇵 日本Sapporo White Illumination · 11月20日–3月14日Odori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.40
- 渥太華 🇨🇦 加拿大Winter Lights Across Canada · 12月5日–1月8日(通常)Confederation Boulevard is strung with lights from early December to early January, and a free sound-and-light show is projected onto the Parliament buildings most evenings.32
- 野澤溫泉村 🇯🇵 日本Dosojin Fire Festival · 1月15日Men of twenty-five and forty-two defend a wooden shrine on the night of 15 January while the rest of the village attacks it with burning torches.30
2月的燈火與火祭
- 臺南市 🇹🇼 中華民國Yanshui Beehive Fireworks · 2月5日–3月10日(通常)Racks of bottle rockets fired horizontally into the crowd at Yanshui on Lantern Festival night.91
- 坎培拉 🇦🇺 澳大利亞Enlighten Festival · 2月25日–3月10日(通常)For ten nights the national institutions are projected onto and open late, so the buildings people normally drive past become the reason to be out.89
- 亞茲德 🇮🇷 伊朗Sadeh fire festival · 1月28日–2月2日The Zoroastrian midwinter fire festival, lit at dusk outside the city at the end of January.81
- 臺北市 🇹🇼 中華民國Lantern Festival · 2月15日–3月15日(通常)The city runs its own lantern displays for a fortnight after Lunar New Year, and Pingxi up the branch line releases sky lanterns on two announced nights.79
- 會安市 🇻🇳 越南Full moon lantern night · 1月1日–12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.77
- 納帕 🇺🇸 美國Napa Lighted Art Festival · 1月10日–2月20日(通常)Five weeks of free light installations along a walking route through downtown Napa and the riverfront, with building projections in the first week or so.73
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日–5月31日(通常)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.70
- 神戶市 🇯🇵 日本Kobe Luminarie · 1月25日–2月10日(通常)The light memorial for the 1995 earthquake, which moved out of December in recent years and now runs for about ten nights at the turn of January into February across Meriken Park and the old settlement.70
- 奈良市 🇯🇵 日本Nara Rurie winter illumination · 2月5–16日(通常)For a week in mid-February, blue light links Todaiji, Kasuga Taisha and Kofukuji through Nara Park, with evening temple openings and food stalls; it is the park's one busy night-time event of winter.69
- 松本市 🇯🇵 日本Castle projection mapping · 12月10日–2月20日(通常)From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out.62
- 布里斯托 🇬🇧 英國Bristol Light Festival · 2月15日–3月1日(通常)Ten nights of light installations around the harbour and the old centre in late February, free and walkable in an evening.62
- 日光市 🇯🇵 日本Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival · 1月25日–3月2日(通常)Hundreds of small snow huts lit by candles along the riverbed at Yunishigawa Onsen, deep in the mountains of the city's northern district.60
- 葉里溫 🇦🇲 亞美尼亞Trndez, the fire holiday · 2月13–14日Bonfires in courtyards and churchyards on the evening of 13 February, with couples jumping the flames.59
- 富士河口湖町 🇯🇵 日本Kawaguchiko Winter Fireworks · 1月24日–2月23日(通常)Free weekend fireworks over the lake from three launch points, the winter counterpart to the August festival, set against a snow-capped Fuji.58
- 波特蘭 🇺🇸 美國Portland Winter Light Festival · 2月1–12日(通常)Ten nights of light installations along the waterfront and out in the industrial east side in early February.55
- 盧森堡 🇱🇺 盧森堡Liichtmessdag · 2月2日On 2 February children walk the streets after dark with home-made lanterns and sing at doors for sweets.53
- 敘爾特島 🇩🇪 德國Biikebrennen · 2月21日Nine bonfires are lit across the island on the evening of 21 February to burn out the winter, followed by kale and pork in the village halls.52
- 札幌市 🇯🇵 日本Sapporo White Illumination · 11月20日–3月14日Odori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.45
- 梅斯蒂亞 🇬🇪 喬治亞Lamproba torch festival · 2月5–25日(通常)Svan villages cut birch torches and carry them to the family graves after dark, one for every man in the household.40
3月的燈火與火祭
- 坎培拉 🇦🇺 澳大利亞Enlighten Festival · 2月25日–3月10日(通常)For ten nights the national institutions are projected onto and open late, so the buildings people normally drive past become the reason to be out.90
- 瓦倫西亞 🇪🇸 西班牙Las Fallas · 3月1–19日A daytime gunpowder concert in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento every day from 1 March, then on the night of the 19th several hundred enormous sculptures are burned in the streets that built them.84
- 臺北市 🇹🇼 中華民國Lantern Festival · 2月15日–3月15日(通常)The city runs its own lantern displays for a fortnight after Lunar New Year, and Pingxi up the branch line releases sky lanterns on two announced nights.82
- 臺南市 🇹🇼 中華民國Yanshui Beehive Fireworks · 2月5日–3月10日(通常)Racks of bottle rockets fired horizontally into the crowd at Yanshui on Lantern Festival night.82
- 德黑蘭 🇮🇷 伊朗Chaharshanbe Suri · 3月14–19日(通常)The fire festival on the last Tuesday evening before the new year: bonfires at every junction, fireworks that are technically illegal, and hospitals braced for it.81
- 會安市 🇻🇳 越南Full moon lantern night · 1月1日–12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.75
- 札格雷布 🇭🇷 克羅地亞Festival of Lights Zagreb · 3月15–25日(通常)Five evenings of free light installations and projections across the Upper and Lower Towns in March.74
- 奈良市 🇯🇵 日本Omizutori · 3月1–14日Burning cedar torches are run along the balcony of Todai-ji's Nigatsu-do every night for a fortnight, the 12th being the big one.74
- 濟州市 🇰🇷 大韓民國Jeju Fire Festival · 3月1–15日(通常)A whole hillside at Saebyeol Oreum is set alight over a weekend to burn off the old grazing grass.73
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日–5月31日(通常)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.73
- 布里斯托 🇬🇧 英國Bristol Light Festival · 2月15日–3月1日(通常)Ten nights of light installations around the harbour and the old centre in late February, free and walkable in an evening.67
- 盧森堡 🇱🇺 盧森堡Buergbrennen bonfires · 2月8日–3月15日(通常)On the first Sunday of Lent every village and city quarter burns a wooden cross on a hill to see winter off.65
- 日光市 🇯🇵 日本Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival · 1月25日–3月2日(通常)Hundreds of small snow huts lit by candles along the riverbed at Yunishigawa Onsen, deep in the mountains of the city's northern district.65
- 札幌市 🇯🇵 日本Sapporo White Illumination · 11月20日–3月14日Odori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.57
4月的燈火與火祭
- 瓦萊塔 🇲🇹 馬耳他Malta International Fireworks Festival · 4月14日–5月1日(通常)Maltese fireworks clubs and foreign teams compete over the Grand Harbour on several nights in late April.93
- 愛麗斯泉 🇦🇺 澳大利亞Parrtjima festival of light · 4月5–20日(通常)Ten free nights of First Nations light work thrown across two kilometres of the MacDonnell Ranges at the Desert Park, with talks and music underneath it.89
- 首爾 🇰🇷 大韓民國Lotus Lantern Festival · 4月25日–5月25日(通常)Lanterns hang through the temple courtyards for weeks and a parade fills Jongno on the weekend before Buddha's Birthday, which is usually in May.85
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日–5月31日(通常)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.81
- 布拉格 🇨🇿 捷克Burning of the Witches · 4月30日Bonfires go up on Petrin, Ladronka and the hills around the city on the night of 30 April to see winter off.79
- 蘇黎世 🇨🇭 瑞士Sechselauten · 4月12–22日(通常)The guilds parade on the third Monday of April and burn a snowman on a bonfire; how fast his head explodes is taken as the summer forecast.78
- 愛丁堡 🇬🇧 英國Beltane Fire Festival · 4月30日A ticketed fire procession up Calton Hill on the night of 30 April, run by volunteers and cold enough that most of the audience regrets what they wore.76
- 斯德哥爾摩 🇸🇪 瑞典Valborg · 4月30日Bonfires and choirs on the evening of 30 April, at Skansen and along the water at Riddarfjarden.73
- 會安市 🇻🇳 越南Full moon lantern night · 1月1日–12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.68
5月的燈火與火祭
- 瓦萊塔 🇲🇹 馬耳他Malta International Fireworks Festival · 4月14日–5月1日(通常)Maltese fireworks clubs and foreign teams compete over the Grand Harbour on several nights in late April.94
- 首爾 🇰🇷 大韓民國Lotus Lantern Festival · 4月25日–5月25日(通常)Lanterns hang through the temple courtyards for weeks and a parade fills Jongno on the weekend before Buddha's Birthday, which is usually in May.90
- 釜山 🇰🇷 大韓民國Busan Lotus Lantern Festival · 5月1–17日(通常)Streets fill with handmade lotus lanterns and a parade in the run-up to Buddha's Birthday, a UNESCO-listed tradition with roots going back 1,200 years.88
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日–5月31日(通常)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.85
- 布爾諾 🇨🇿 捷克Ignis Brunensis fireworks · 5月25日–7月10日(通常)The international fireworks competition is fired over the Brno dam on a handful of Wednesday and Saturday nights between late May and early July, with drone shows on some of them.85
- 悉尼 🇦🇺 澳大利亞Vivid Sydney · 5月22日–6月14日(通常)Three weeks of projections and light walks around the harbour from the end of May, on the coldest evenings of the year, with the ferries and Circular Quay solid after six.83
- 會安市 🇻🇳 越南Full moon lantern night · 1月1日–12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.62
- 峴港市 🇻🇳 越南Da Nang Fireworks Festival · 5月25日–7月15日(通常)Six competition nights spread over about six weeks, with international teams firing over the Han River from a grandstand in the middle of town.61
- 永珍 🇱🇦 寮國Boun Bang Fai, the rocket festival · 5月1日–6月15日(通常)Villages around the capital fire homemade bamboo rockets into the sky to ask for rain, with a good deal of drinking and mud on the ground beneath them.50
6月的燈火與火祭
- 豐沙爾 🇵🇹 葡萄牙Atlantic Festival · 6月1–30日(通常)Fireworks fired over the bay on the first three Saturdays of June as an international competition, set to music, watched from the seafront and from the boats moored off it.94
- 哥本哈根 🇩🇰 丹麥Sankt Hans Aften · 6月23日Bonfires on the beaches at Amager and Bellevue on the evening of 23 June, with a witch on top and a song everyone in the crowd knows by heart.92
- 布爾諾 🇨🇿 捷克Ignis Brunensis fireworks · 5月25日–7月10日(通常)The international fireworks competition is fired over the Brno dam on a handful of Wednesday and Saturday nights between late May and early July, with drone shows on some of them.92
- 聖彼得堡 🇷🇺 俄羅斯Scarlet Sails · 6月18–30日(通常)The school-leavers' night in late June: a tall ship with red sails comes up the Neva and the city puts on its largest fireworks.90
- 海德堡 🇩🇪 德國Castle illumination nights · 6月1日–7月15日(通常)Red flares light the castle ruin and fireworks go off over the old bridge for about twenty minutes, on the first Saturday of June and again in July.89
- 歐登塞 🇩🇰 丹麥Sankt Hans Aften · 6月23日Midsummer Eve on 23 June: bonfires are lit by beaches, lakes and in parks across the country, often with a witch figure on top, while people sing the midsummer song and picnic into the light evening.89
- 奧胡斯 🇩🇰 丹麥Sankt Hans Aften · 6月23日Midsummer Eve on 23 June: bonfires are lit by beaches, lakes and in parks across the country, often with a witch figure on top, while people sing the midsummer song and picnic into the light evening.88
- 巴塞隆納 🇪🇸 西班牙Sant Joan · 6月23–24日Bonfires, firecrackers and fireworks on the beach from dusk until dawn on the night of the 23rd, followed by a public holiday to sleep it off.87
- 耶路撒冷 🇮🇱 以色列Festival of Light · 6月1日–7月5日(通常)A week of projections and light installations along marked routes inside the Old City walls, free and running late.87
- 伊比薩島 🇪🇸 西班牙Nit de Sant Joan · 6月23–24日Bonfires on the beaches on midsummer night and people jumping the waves at midnight, which is the island's own festival rather than an imported one.87
- 比薩 🇮🇹 義大利Luminara di San Ranieri · 6月16–17日On the night of 16 June the palazzi along both banks of the Arno are outlined in tens of thousands of candles and the street lights go off.87
- 阿利坎特 🇪🇸 西班牙Hogueras de San Juan · 6月20–25日Ninety-odd sculptures go up in the streets on 20 June and burn on the night of the 24th, with daily mascleta bangs in Plaza de los Luceros.85
- 底特律 🇺🇸 美國Ford Fireworks · 6月20–30日(通常)The river fireworks in late June are shared with Windsor across the water, and both riverfronts fill by mid-afternoon.84
- 奧勒孫 🇳🇴 挪威Slinningsbalet midsummer bonfire · 6月19–25日(通常)Teenagers spend two months stacking pallets into a tower on the Slinningen point and light it on the Saturday nearest 23 June.84
- 老安道爾 🇦🇩 安道爾Solstice fire festivals · 6月21–24日On midsummer night the parishes carry burning torches down off the mountainsides into the villages, a Pyrenean tradition UNESCO lists across the three countries that share it.77
- 悉尼 🇦🇺 澳大利亞Vivid Sydney · 5月22日–6月14日(通常)Three weeks of projections and light walks around the harbour from the end of May, on the coldest evenings of the year, with the ferries and Circular Quay solid after six.77
- 阿得雷德 🇦🇺 澳大利亞Illuminate Adelaide · 6月26日–7月19日(通常)A winter light and culture festival across the CBD with more than a hundred events, light installations and immersive art running through most of July.74
- Baqueira-Beret 🇪🇸 西班牙Haro de Les solstice fire · 6月23日Down the valley at Les, a burning fir trunk is dropped in the square on midsummer night, one of the Pyrenean fire festivals UNESCO lists.70
- 奧臘涅斯塔德 阿魯巴Dia di San Juan · 6月24日Midsummer bonfires and the Dera Gai dance in red and yellow, held out in the country districts rather than in town.69
- 但尼丁 🇳🇿 紐西蘭Midwinter Carnival · 6月8–25日(通常)A lantern procession around the Octagon on the darkest weekend of the year, with the lanterns made in community workshops over the preceding months.66
- 會安市 🇻🇳 越南Full moon lantern night · 1月1日–12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.52
- 峴港市 🇻🇳 越南Da Nang Fireworks Festival · 5月25日–7月15日(通常)Six competition nights spread over about six weeks, with international teams firing over the Han River from a grandstand in the middle of town.51
- 永珍 🇱🇦 寮國Boun Bang Fai, the rocket festival · 5月1日–6月15日(通常)Villages around the capital fire homemade bamboo rockets into the sky to ask for rain, with a good deal of drinking and mud on the ground beneath them.47
7月的燈火與火祭
- 科隆 🇩🇪 德國Koelner Lichter · 7月8日–8月5日(通常)A boat convoy and a fireworks set piece over the Rhine on a Saturday evening in summer, watched from both banks.90
- 布爾諾 🇨🇿 捷克Ignis Brunensis fireworks · 5月25日–7月10日(通常)The international fireworks competition is fired over the Brno dam on a handful of Wednesday and Saturday nights between late May and early July, with drone shows on some of them.87
- 明斯克 🇧🇾 白俄羅斯Kupalle · 7月5–8日Midsummer night in the Belarusian calendar: bonfires, wreaths on the water and the fern-flower story, held at the open-air museums and villages outside the city rather than in it.86
- 海德堡 🇩🇪 德國Castle illumination nights · 6月1日–7月15日(通常)Red flares light the castle ruin and fireworks go off over the old bridge for about twenty minutes, on the first Saturday of June and again in July.85
- 耶路撒冷 🇮🇱 以色列Festival of Light · 6月1日–7月5日(通常)A week of projections and light installations along marked routes inside the Old City walls, free and running late.83
- 南太浩湖 🇺🇸 美國Lights on the Lake fireworks · 7月3–5日Barge fireworks off the south shore on the fourth, watched from boats and from the beach at Nevada Beach.83
- 坎城 🇫🇷 法國Festival d'Art Pyrotechnique · 7月4日–8月24日(通常)Six firework shows fired from a barge in the bay across July and August, one country a night, judged as a competition.83
- 卡爾卡松 🇫🇷 法國Embrasement de la Cite · 7月14日At half past ten on 14 July the lights go out and the ramparts appear to burn, for about twenty-five minutes.83
- 摩納哥 🇲🇨 摩納哥Fireworks competition · 7月10日–8月20日(通常)Several evenings across July and August when competing teams fire from a barge in Port Hercule and the whole waterfront and the Rock turn out for it.82
- 布萊德 🇸🇮 斯洛維尼亞Bled Days · 7月18–31日(通常)A craft fair and free concerts round the lake on the fourth weekend of July, ending on the Saturday night when thousands of candle-lit eggshells are floated on the water before the fireworks.81
- 威尼斯 🇮🇹 義大利Festa del Redentore · 7月14–21日(通常)A pontoon bridge to the Giudecca and forty-five minutes of fireworks over the basin on the third Saturday of July, watched from boats moored gunwale to gunwale.78
- 札達爾 🇭🇷 克羅地亞Night of the Full Moon · 7月15日–8月15日(通常)For a few nights in high summer the waterfront switches off its lights and the quays are lit by candles and torches, with the boats along the Riva selling what the region grows and catches.78
- 波士頓 🇺🇸 美國Boston Pops on the Esplanade · 7月4日The Pops play the Hatch Shell on the Charles on the Fourth and the fireworks follow at dusk.76
- 阿得雷德 🇦🇺 澳大利亞Illuminate Adelaide · 6月26日–7月19日(通常)A winter light and culture festival across the CBD with more than a hundred events, light installations and immersive art running through most of July.76
- 哥倫布 🇺🇸 美國Red, White and Boom · 7月1–5日(通常)The largest fireworks display in the Midwest, fired over the Scioto on the evening of the 3rd with a street festival along the Mile all day.71
- 大理市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和國Torch Festival · 7月15日–8月20日(通常)Bai and Yi villages around Erhai raise a pine torch in the square on the twenty-fourth of the sixth lunar month and carry smaller ones through the fields after dark.66
- 麗江市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和國Naxi Torch Festival · 7月15日–8月20日(通常)Pine torches outside every door on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth lunar month, usually late July or early August.63
- 東京都 🇯🇵 日本Sumida River fireworks · 7月20–31日(通常)Twenty thousand shells over the river at Asakusa on the last Saturday of July, watched by close to a million people.58
- 峴港市 🇻🇳 越南Da Nang Fireworks Festival · 5月25日–7月15日(通常)Six competition nights spread over about six weeks, with international teams firing over the Han River from a grandstand in the middle of town.56
- 會安市 🇻🇳 越南Full moon lantern night · 1月1日–12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.56
8月的燈火與火祭
- 卡加利 🇨🇦 加拿大GlobalFest fireworks · 8月15日–9月1日(通常)Four nights of competing international fireworks teams with food pavilions underneath, at the end of August.94
- 科隆 🇩🇪 德國Koelner Lichter · 7月8日–8月5日(通常)A boat convoy and a fireworks set piece over the Rhine on a Saturday evening in summer, watched from both banks.89
- 聖塔菲 🇺🇸 美國Zozobra and Fiestas de Santa Fe · 8月28日–9月14日(通常)A fifteen-metre marionette stuffed with the year's written-down troubles is burned in front of tens of thousands on the Friday before Labor Day, and the town's fiestas follow the week after.88
- 魁北克市 🇨🇦 加拿大Grands Feux Loto-Quebec · 8月1–24日(通常)Free pyromusical shows fired from a barge on the St Lawrence between Quebec and Levis, spread across Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights through the month; the boardwalk spots fill early.87
- 阿訥西 🇫🇷 法國Fete du lac · 8月1日(通常)The pyrotechnic show over the water on the first Saturday of August pulls a six-figure crowd into a small town.87
- 聖塞巴斯提安 🇪🇸 西班牙Aste Nagusia · 8月8–18日(通常)The week around 15 August, when an international fireworks competition is fired over the bay every night and judged by the crowd on the promenade.84
- 坎城 🇫🇷 法國Festival d'Art Pyrotechnique · 7月4日–8月24日(通常)Six firework shows fired from a barge in the bay across July and August, one country a night, judged as a competition.82
- 摩納哥 🇲🇨 摩納哥Fireworks competition · 7月10日–8月20日(通常)Several evenings across July and August when competing teams fire from a barge in Port Hercule and the whole waterfront and the Rock turn out for it.80
- 布達佩斯 🇭🇺 匈牙利St Stephen's Day · 8月20日The national holiday on 20 August ends with fireworks along the Danube, watched from both banks and from Gellert Hill.79
- 辛辛那提 🇺🇸 美國Riverfest fireworks · 8月30日–9月8日(通常)On the Sunday of Labour Day weekend half a million people line both banks for a half-hour firework show fired off barges and the Purple People Bridge.79
- 札達爾 🇭🇷 克羅地亞Night of the Full Moon · 7月15日–8月15日(通常)For a few nights in high summer the waterfront switches off its lights and the quays are lit by candles and torches, with the boats along the Riva selling what the region grows and catches.75
- 科托 🇲🇪 蒙特內哥羅Boka Night · 8月12–28日(通常)Usually the third Saturday of August: decorated boats parade the length of the harbour under lanterns, a prize goes to the best, and it finishes with fireworks off the walls.74
- 麗江市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和國Naxi Torch Festival · 7月15日–8月20日(通常)Pine torches outside every door on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth lunar month, usually late July or early August.68
- 富士河口湖町 🇯🇵 日本Kawaguchiko Lake Festival Fireworks · 8月5日Around ten thousand fireworks over the lake with Mount Fuji behind them, the largest of the Fuji Five Lakes' summer displays and running since 1917.67
- 阿迪斯阿貝巴 🇪🇹 衣索比亞Buhe, the Transfiguration · 8月18–19日On the eve of 19 August boys go door to door singing and cracking braided whips, and neighbourhoods light bonfires in the evening.63
- 大理市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和國Torch Festival · 7月15日–8月20日(通常)Bai and Yi villages around Erhai raise a pine torch in the square on the twenty-fourth of the sixth lunar month and carry smaller ones through the fields after dark.63
- 奈良市 🇯🇵 日本Kasuga Mantoro · 8月14–15日Three thousand lanterns lit along the stone approach and through the shrine on the two nights of Obon.60
- 長野市 🇯🇵 日本Lake Suwa fireworks · 8月15日On 15 August tens of thousands of fireworks go up over Lake Suwa, about an hour and a half south by train, watched by crowds in the hundreds of thousands.60
- 京都市 🇯🇵 日本Gozan no Okuribi · 8月16日Five giant characters are lit on the hills on the evening of 16 August to send the ancestors home.54
- 鹿兒島市 🇯🇵 日本Kinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks · 8月1–31日(通常)One of Kyushu's largest displays, fired over the port with the volcano behind it on a late-summer Saturday.52
- 會安市 🇻🇳 越南Full moon lantern night · 1月1日–12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.50
9月的燈火與火祭
- 聖塔菲 🇺🇸 美國Zozobra and Fiestas de Santa Fe · 8月28日–9月14日(通常)A fifteen-metre marionette stuffed with the year's written-down troubles is burned in front of tens of thousands on the Friday before Labor Day, and the town's fiestas follow the week after.92
- 海德堡 🇩🇪 德國September castle illumination · 9月1–8日(通常)The third and last illumination of the year, on the first Saturday of September, with a beer garden and live music on the Nepomuk terrace at the end of the old bridge from late afternoon.91
- 辛辛那提 🇺🇸 美國Riverfest fireworks · 8月30日–9月8日(通常)On the Sunday of Labour Day weekend half a million people line both banks for a half-hour firework show fired off barges and the Purple People Bridge.89
- 聖米格爾-德阿連德 🇲🇽 墨西哥Alborada · 9月26日–10月1日(通常)For the feast of the town's patron the fireworks start at four in the morning over the Parroquia and go on until sunrise.89
- 卡加利 🇨🇦 加拿大GlobalFest fireworks · 8月15日–9月1日(通常)Four nights of competing international fireworks teams with food pavilions underneath, at the end of August.86
- 羅茲 🇵🇱 波蘭Light Move Festival · 9月28日–10月12日(通常)Projections and light installations thrown onto the palaces and tenements down Piotrkowska over one long autumn weekend, when it is dark early enough to work and not yet cold enough to hurt.81
- 阿迪斯阿貝巴 🇪🇹 衣索比亞Meskel · 9月26–28日The demera bonfire is lit in Meskel Square on the eve of 27 September in front of a crowd that fills the whole bowl.67
- 巴赫達爾 🇪🇹 衣索比亞Meskel · 9月26–28日A demera bonfire is stacked and lit on the eve of 27 September, and the direction the pole falls is read for the year ahead.66
- 野澤溫泉村 🇯🇵 日本Toro Matsuri (Lantern Festival) · 9月8–9日The Yuzawa Shrine festival: on the night of 8 September lantern processions climb to the shrine for lion and court dances, and more than a thousand fireworks go up over the village.64
- 新加坡 🇸🇬 新加坡Mid-Autumn Festival · 9月1日–10月5日(通常)Lanterns go up over Chinatown for weeks beforehand and the mooncake stalls take Smith Street; the street celebration itself lands on the weekend nearest the full moon, and it is shoulder to shoulder after dark.60
- 廣州市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和國Mid-Autumn Festival · 9月5日–10月8日(通常)The Cantonese call it the Mooncake Festival and mean it: boxes stacked in every bakery for a fortnight, then lanterns in the parks on the night of the full moon.50
- 香港 🇭🇰 香港Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon · 9月5日–10月10日(通常)Lanterns go up in Victoria Park and a straw dragon stuck with incense is carried through the lanes of Tai Hang for three nights.47
- 澳門 🇲🇴 澳門Fireworks Display Contest · 9月1日–10月10日(通常)Five nights spread over four weeks, two displays a night from a barge in front of Macau Tower, with teams competing.46
- 深圳市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和國Mid-Autumn Festival · 9月15日–10月5日(通常)A three-day holiday when families gather for mooncakes and reunion dinners; parks and waterfront promenades put on lantern displays and light shows, and domestic travel bookings surge around the long weekend.46
- 會安市 🇻🇳 越南Full moon lantern night · 1月1日–12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.44
- 胡志明市 🇻🇳 越南Mid-Autumn Festival · 9月5日–10月5日(通常)Luong Nhu Hoc street in District 5 turns into a wall of paper lanterns for a fortnight beforehand, and mooncakes appear on every corner.43
10月的燈火與火祭
- 聖米格爾-德阿連德 🇲🇽 墨西哥Alborada · 9月26日–10月1日(通常)For the feast of the town's patron the fireworks start at four in the morning over the Parroquia and go on until sunrise.94
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日–5月31日(通常)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.82
- 布拉格 🇨🇿 捷克Signal light festival · 10月12–20日(通常)Four evenings of projections and light installations walked as a route through the old town.73
- 萊比錫 🇩🇪 德國Lichtfest · 10月8–10日On 9 October the ring road is lit with installations to mark the 1989 Monday demonstration that broke the regime's nerve without a shot.72
- 柏林 🇩🇪 德國Festival of Lights · 10月3–15日(通常)Ten evenings in early October with projections on the Brandenburg Gate, the cathedral and the television tower.71
- 伯恩 🇨🇭 瑞士Rendez-vous Bundesplatz · 10月15日–11月25日(通常)A free projection show on the parliament building, three times a night for about five weeks.71
- 廣州市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和國Mid-Autumn Festival · 9月5日–10月8日(通常)The Cantonese call it the Mooncake Festival and mean it: boxes stacked in every bakery for a fortnight, then lanterns in the parks on the night of the full moon.70
- 威特比 🇬🇧 英國Whitby Abbey Illuminated · 10月20日–11月2日(通常)English Heritage floods the abbey ruin with coloured light on the dark evenings of half-term week.69
- 利物浦 🇬🇧 英國River of Light · 10月22日–11月2日(通常)A free trail of light installations along the waterfront for ten nights around the end of October, lit early because it is dark early.68
- Nong Khiaw 🇱🇦 寮國Awk Phansa and river lights · 10月1–31日(通常)The end of Lent is celebrated with candles around the temples and small banana-trunk boats of flowers and candles floated down the Nam Ou at night; riverside towns hold their boat races around the same days.68
- 琅勃拉邦 🇱🇦 寮國Awk Phansa and Lai Heua Fai · 10月5–31日(通常)The end of the rains retreat, and the night Luang Prabang floats lit boats down the Mekong: the biggest thing in the local year after new year.67
- 羅茲 🇵🇱 波蘭Light Move Festival · 9月28日–10月12日(通常)Projections and light installations thrown onto the palaces and tenements down Piotrkowska over one long autumn weekend, when it is dark early enough to work and not yet cold enough to hurt.67
- 香港 🇭🇰 香港Mid-Autumn and the fire dragon · 9月5日–10月10日(通常)Lanterns go up in Victoria Park and a straw dragon stuck with incense is carried through the lanes of Tai Hang for three nights.65
- 深圳市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和國Mid-Autumn Festival · 9月15日–10月5日(通常)A three-day holiday when families gather for mooncakes and reunion dinners; parks and waterfront promenades put on lantern displays and light shows, and domestic travel bookings surge around the long weekend.65
- 昔卜 🇲🇲 緬甸Thadingyut festival of lights · 10月1–31日(通常)The end of Lent is marked with oil lamps and paper lanterns on houses and pagodas for three nights, and it is a public holiday.64
- 格劳 🇲🇲 緬甸Taunggyi fire balloon festival · 10月25日–11月30日(通常)Shan State's capital, a couple of hours east, spends the week before the Tazaungmon full moon launching hot-air balloons, many strung with fireworks.64
- 澳門 🇲🇴 澳門Fireworks Display Contest · 9月1日–10月10日(通常)Five nights spread over four weeks, two displays a night from a barge in front of Macau Tower, with teams competing.63
- 曼德勒 🇲🇲 緬甸Thadingyut, festival of lights · 10月1–31日(通常)The end of the Buddhist lent: candles and lamps on every house and monastery for three days, and the start of the season when people travel again.63
- 蒲甘 🇲🇲 緬甸Thadingyut, festival of lights · 10月1–31日(通常)The end of Buddhist Lent, marked with candles and paper lanterns on pagoda platforms for three nights.60
- 仰光 🇲🇲 緬甸Thadingyut, festival of lights · 10月1–31日(通常)The end of Buddhist Lent, when candles and coloured lights go up on every house and pagoda platform for three nights and younger people pay respects to their elders.57
- 毛淡棉 🇲🇲 緬甸Thadingyut festival of lights · 10月1–31日(通常)Candles and strings of bulbs on every house and monastery for the full moon that ends the Buddhist Lent, and a river town that is worth walking after dark for a change.56
- 新加坡 🇸🇬 新加坡Mid-Autumn Festival · 9月1日–10月5日(通常)Lanterns go up over Chinatown for weeks beforehand and the mooncake stalls take Smith Street; the street celebration itself lands on the weekend nearest the full moon, and it is shoulder to shoulder after dark.52
- 美岸 🇵🇭 菲律賓Raniag Twilight Festival · 10月25日–11月2日(通常)The town lights lanterns and stages a night festival around All Saints' and All Souls', which is also when Ilocano families come home to the cemeteries.50
- 胡志明市 🇻🇳 越南Mid-Autumn Festival · 9月5日–10月5日(通常)Luong Nhu Hoc street in District 5 turns into a wall of paper lanterns for a fortnight beforehand, and mooncakes appear on every corner.45
- 會安市 🇻🇳 越南Full moon lantern night · 1月1日–12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.45
11月的燈火與火祭
- 廣州市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和國International Light Festival · 11月10–30日(通常)Eleven days of installations along the new axis at Huacheng Square and Haixinsha.86
- 釜山 🇰🇷 大韓民國Busan Fireworks Festival · 11月1–10日(通常)An hour of fireworks over Gwangalli bridge on a Saturday in early November, watched by around a million people, with the beachfront closed to traffic.82
- 格劳 🇲🇲 緬甸Taunggyi fire balloon festival · 10月25日–11月30日(通常)Shan State's capital, a couple of hours east, spends the week before the Tazaungmon full moon launching hot-air balloons, many strung with fireworks.82
- 茵萊湖 🇲🇲 緬甸Taunggyi balloon festival · 11月1–25日(通常)On the Tazaungmon full moon the hill town up the road launches paper balloons loaded with fireworks, which go off overhead as often as they go up.81
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日–5月31日(通常)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.80
- 羅利 🇺🇸 美國NC Chinese Lantern Festival · 11月15日–1月12日(通常)Giant illuminated lantern scenes fill Koka Booth Amphitheatre in neighbouring Cary each evening for about eight weeks, with nightly cultural performances.77
- 清萊 🇹🇭 泰國Loi Krathong · 11月5–30日(通常)Floats onto the Kok river on the twelfth full moon; smaller than the Chiang Mai version and easier to be in the middle of.76
- 清邁 🇹🇭 泰國Loi Krathong · 11月5–30日(通常)Falls on the full moon of the twelfth Thai lunar month; the lantern release reschedules flights around it.74
- Pai 🇹🇭 泰國Loy Krathong · 11月5–30日(通常)Floats onto the Pai river below the bamboo bridge and lanterns off the field behind the walking street; small enough that the whole town is at it.74
- 里奇蒙 🇺🇸 美國GardenFest of Lights · 11月15日–1月5日(通常)Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is strung with around a million lights from mid-November into the first days of January.74
- 干乍那武里 🇹🇭 泰國Loy Krathong · 11月5–30日(通常)Floats released onto the Kwai from the town bank on the twelfth full moon, with the bridge lit above them.71
- 阿瑜陀耶 🇹🇭 泰國Loi Krathong · 11月5–30日(通常)Floats go onto the old canals and the river around the island on the full moon of the twelfth lunar month, which is the one night the ruins are busy after dark.70
- 仰光 🇲🇲 緬甸Tazaungdaing · 11月1–30日(通常)The festival of lights that follows a month later, with all-night weaving contests at Shwedagon where teams make monks' robes between dusk and dawn.69
- 溫泉國家公園 🇺🇸 美國Garvan Gardens Holiday Lights · 11月20日–12月31日(通常)Millions of lights fill the university's woodland garden on Lake Hamilton from late November to New Year's Eve, evenings only and closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas; weekend nights bring long queues at the gate.67
- 华欣县 🇹🇭 泰國Loy Krathong · 11月5–30日(通常)Floats go out from the fishing pier and the hotel beaches on the twelfth full moon, which is the one night the whole seafront is lit.66
- 曼谷 🇹🇭 泰國Loy Krathong · 11月5–30日(通常)Candles and banana-leaf floats go onto every canal and onto the Chao Phraya on the November full moon.65
- 城關區 🇨🇳 中華人民共和國Ganden Ngamchoe butter lamps · 11月25日–12月31日(通常)Tsongkhapa's memorial day, when rows of butter lamps are set along the roof parapets and window ledges of the old town after dark.65
- 美岸 🇵🇭 菲律賓Raniag Twilight Festival · 10月25日–11月2日(通常)The town lights lanterns and stages a night festival around All Saints' and All Souls', which is also when Ilocano families come home to the cemeteries.65
- 劍橋 🇬🇧 英國Fireworks night on Midsummer Common · 11月5日The city council's free bonfire-night display on Midsummer Common is one of the biggest in the region, with food stalls from early evening and fireworks at 7pm; the riverside paths are packed afterwards.63
- 倫敦 🇬🇧 英國Bonfire Night · 11月5日Fireworks on and around 5 November, run by the boroughs rather than the city, so the good ones are in the parks out from the centre and often ticketed.61
- 札幌市 🇯🇵 日本Sapporo White Illumination · 11月20日–3月14日Odori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.59
- 烏特勒支 🇳🇱 荷蘭Sint Maarten · 11月11日The city's patron saint.59
- 威特比 🇬🇧 英國Whitby Abbey Illuminated · 10月20日–11月2日(通常)English Heritage floods the abbey ruin with coloured light on the dark evenings of half-term week.58
- 伯恩 🇨🇭 瑞士Rendez-vous Bundesplatz · 10月15日–11月25日(通常)A free projection show on the parliament building, three times a night for about five weeks.57
- 阿姆斯特丹 🇳🇱 荷蘭Amsterdam Light Festival · 11月26日–1月17日Light installations along the canals through the darkest eight weeks of the year, free to walk and ticketed by boat.56
……11月還有 9 個。
12月的燈火與火祭
- 瓜地馬拉市 🇬🇹 瓜地馬拉Quema del Diablo · 12月7日At six on the evening of the seventh, households burn rubbish and a papier-mâché devil outside the front door to clear the year out.96
- 安地瓜 🇬🇹 瓜地馬拉Quema del Diablo · 12月7日At six in the evening on 7 December households burn their rubbish and a paper devil in the street to clear the year out.93
- 蘇弗里耶爾 🇱🇨 聖露西亞Festival of Lights and Renewal · 12月12–13日On the eve of National Day, 13 December, Castries lights its Christmas displays, judges a lantern competition and closes with fireworks; the next day is a public holiday.73
- 名古屋市 🇯🇵 日本Nabana no Sato illumination · 10月18日–5月31日(通常)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.72
- 別府市 🇯🇵 日本Beppu Christmas Fantasia · 12月20–25日(通常)Fireworks set to music launched from boats in Beppu Bay on the weekend around Christmas, watched from Matogahama Park and Spa Beach, with children's choirs and food stalls first.72
- 默特爾比奇 🇺🇸 美國Nights of a Thousand Candles · 12月1–31日(通常)Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, about half an hour south, lights thousands of hand-lit candles among its sculptures on selected December evenings.71
- 釜山 🇰🇷 大韓民國Haeundae Light Festival · 11月29日–1月18日(通常)Haeundae Beach and the seafront square light up with large-scale sculptures and media art each winter, organised by the district office and free to walk through from 6 to 11pm.70
- 羅利 🇺🇸 美國NC Chinese Lantern Festival · 11月15日–1月12日(通常)Giant illuminated lantern scenes fill Koka Booth Amphitheatre in neighbouring Cary each evening for about eight weeks, with nightly cultural performances.65
- 松本市 🇯🇵 日本Castle projection mapping · 12月10日–2月20日(通常)From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out.62
- 里奇蒙 🇺🇸 美國GardenFest of Lights · 11月15日–1月5日(通常)Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is strung with around a million lights from mid-November into the first days of January.61
- 里昂 🇫🇷 法國Fete des Lumieres · 12月5–8日(通常)Four nights of light installations around 8 December, free, and the busiest thing that happens here all year: a couple of million people on the same few bridges.59
- 城關區 🇨🇳 中華人民共和國Ganden Ngamchoe butter lamps · 11月25日–12月31日(通常)Tsongkhapa's memorial day, when rows of butter lamps are set along the roof parapets and window ledges of the old town after dark.57
- 溫泉國家公園 🇺🇸 美國Garvan Gardens Holiday Lights · 11月20日–12月31日(通常)Millions of lights fill the university's woodland garden on Lake Hamilton from late November to New Year's Eve, evenings only and closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas; weekend nights bring long queues at the gate.56
- 布萊頓 🇬🇧 英國Burning the Clocks · 12月21日A solstice lantern parade down to the beach on 21 December, where the paper lanterns are burned and there are fireworks over the water.55
- 會安市 🇻🇳 越南Full moon lantern night · 1月1日–12月31日On the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.54
- 阿姆斯特丹 🇳🇱 荷蘭Amsterdam Light Festival · 11月26日–1月17日Light installations along the canals through the darkest eight weeks of the year, free to walk and ticketed by boat.51
- 札幌市 🇯🇵 日本Sapporo White Illumination · 11月20日–3月14日Odori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.42
- 渥太華 🇨🇦 加拿大Winter Lights Across Canada · 12月5日–1月8日(通常)Confederation Boulevard is strung with lights from early December to early January, and a free sound-and-light show is projected onto the Parliament buildings most evenings.35