鹽水，歷史文化源遠流長的古鎮，得天獨厚擁有一道與在地生活息息相關的「母親之河」――月津港，因此帶來最特別、具水域的燈節場所。臺南市政府年年於此舉辦「月津港燈節」，主要特色即是讓光之美與鹽水原貌風情互襯，營造與地景深深結合的藝術氣氛。每一屆燈節，並各有與時令、人文、自然脈絡相連的策展核心。2019年的主題則為「隨光呼吸」，繼續邀請了國、內外擅長新媒體與科技藝術的當代藝術家參展，在鹽水現場打造燈光裝置。這兒聞名國際的「鹽水蜂炮」，也正是在此佳節期間以震撼的火花電光開啟新春氣象。表達虔誠信仰的「鹽水蜂炮」、浪漫呈現藝術的「月津港燈節」，總是攜手在一年之初於鹽水小鎮隨光呼吸、動身，這是與居民、訪客浪漫、不變的美麗約定。
Creating a unique artistic atmosphere has always been the main feature of the Yuejin Port Lantern Festival. The "2018 Yuejin Lantern Festival” was hosted by the Tainan Municipal Government's Cultural Bureau and incorporated unique artistic creations that permeated the natural landscape with artistic reverie and beautiful ambient light. This year's Lantern Festival takes the theme of "breathing with light", as once again we invite artists from home and abroad to bring their vision and inspiration to Yanshui's Festival of Light. Artists exhibiting in the modern form of lighting installations combine with the traditional culture and scenery of Yanshui, engendering in the audience, feelings of romantic nostalgia, as the living color of lighting installations dances off waterways and green fields. Yanshui is one of the most venerable places in Tainan. The first thing people often think of when we speak about Yanshui is the annual Beehive Firecracker Festival, where people don motorcycle helmets and raincoats, and dance and play amidst the burning light of exploding firecrackers. Yanshui also hosts the Lantern Festival on an annual basis, another celebration focused on bringing life to the local area using the medium of light. In this way we can say Yanshui comes alive every year, breathing with the light.