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Yanshui beehive fireworks. CNA file photo Tainan, Jan. 20 (CNA) Several large-scale public events in Tainan that are scheduled to be held around the Lunar New Year holiday will be suspended due to a surge in domestic cases of COVID-19, according to Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲). The events to be canceled include the Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival slated for Feb. 25-26 and the Yuejin Lantern Festival at Yanshui's Yuejin Port scheduled for Feb.6 -March 1. A spring greeting ceremony featuring a carnival-style street parade will also be canceled in response to the recent uptick in domestic COVID-19 cases, said Yeh Tse-shan (葉澤山), director-general of the Tainan Cultural Affairs Bureau, on Wednesday.