花faa1炮paau3

English

1. firecracker
2. fa pau; paper floral tributes; tower of paper art for paying tribute to a deity, with an image of that deity; literally: flower cannon

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 帶去廟宇慶祝神誕嘅祭品；通常以紙、布同竹篾紮成嘅花炮架，承載入面供奉嘅嗰位神明嘅神像行身（「炮膽」）；賀完誕之後會將行身帶返去自己地方供奉，寓意獲得一年嘅庇佑，下年賀誕就會製作花炮，運返去答謝神恩；行身可以係每年賀誕重新分配所得，或者本身由信眾擁有（「自來炮」）；有時亦可以淨係指行身（量詞：座）

Examples

• 抽花炮

  to reallocate deity images by a lucky draw on the deity's birthday

• 花炮會

  fa pau (paper floral tribute) association participating in celebration of a deity's birthday