365 China Photo: One-A-Day

Fireworks are a big part of Chinese New Year. For 15 days and nights people are allowed to set of fireworks during the festive period. And for anyone who is leaving in China knows that is exactly what happens all night long. There are some days in the holiday that this activity increases. The big ones are New Years Eve, The second day and the fifth day and then the last day, which is the Lantern Festival. So this Sunday is the last day of the celebration so I expect it will be a noisy affair.  We have been lucky to get a good view from our apartment bas the fireworks often go off right infront of our windows. For some reason this year there doesn’t seem to have been as many fireworks as last year. I saw on Shanghaiist that Beijing only let off 800 tons of fireworks on New Years Eve compared to 1000 tons in Shanghai. There are some good videos of the Shanghai fireworks, which show just how popular it is in China. I wanted to take a video this weekend of Beijing but unfortunately I will be in Hong Kong so will miss the last day of fireworks in China.