Fire in the Sky
Be sure and let your two-year old hold the fireworks. Cause that's really safe.
You would have to see it to believe it, and even then you probably wouldn't believe it. Words literally CANNOT describe the phenomenon of fireworks on Chinese New Year's Eve. I took pictures and video, but it would do no justice to the event to show them to you. It was so overwhelming I wanted to crawl on the floor and cry.
They started at dark, roughly 6 p.m. Popping firecrackers were to be heard, but people shoot off those huge glorious flower bombs in the sky like they were as cheap as drops of water. Obviously fireworks here are as cheap as water. I think some Chinese families set off as many as some entire towns in East Texas set off for the 4th of July. And there are six million people in this city, and all of them were in on it. I AM NOT KIDDING! This happens all over China at the exact same time. If the astronauts were awake and paying attention, I'm sure they had to see this going on from space.
In most places in the world, the government has a fireworks display. Everyone turns their attention to a central location and watches. But here, it is a 360 degree panoramic view of fireworks that goes on all night long. At midnight, the smoke was so thick that I couldn't tell it had started snowing.
Oh, why did I even try to explain this. You cannot possibly imagine this thing. It is huge, and Mimi is having mental problems today.
This event defines the word "overkill."
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