Chinese New Year Firework Insanity
Chinese New Year is definitely something to see and experience.
At just about any corner store you can find, they sell cannon sized fireworks and they will sell them to anyone. It is two fun filled weeks of dodging misfired missiles and hearing explosions literally 24 hours a day, including the 3 am wakeup call for everyone who dared to attempt catching some sleep.
On New Year’s Eve, there are amazing firework displays in every direction you look and as far as the eye can see. They go pretty much none stop for about 3 hours into the New Year morning.
Experiencing the fireworks during a Chinese New Year was probably the closest I ever felt to understanding what it must be like to be in a war. It was disorientating, scary, and flat out dangerous.
Below are some pictures of the extremes the Chinese will go to when given anything that is fun and explosive.
Here are some videos that also show some of the firework madness you can expect to see during a Chinese New Year celebration.
By Sun Tzu on 10-03-2008
Comment by Allen
March 10th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
See, it’s times like these that makes me proud to be chinese….
Comment by oomskaap
March 10th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
i remember sleeping during the chinese new year.. in Shanghai, and waking up in the middle of the night as the new year started, i thought japan invaded china.
Comment by yongke
March 11th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Don’t worry, your country is a lot better in reality than it’s current reputation would have it…
Comment by Craig G
March 17th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Chinese New Year 2007 in Shanghai was one of my most memorable experiences in china. Yes it was noisy and went on all night, and days afterwards, but it was something I would recommend to anyone to do once. To see fireworks exploding outside the window of a 13 story apartment was unique to say the least!