I returned to my hotel tonight to a barrage of fireworks directly outside the main entrance. These weren’t orderly controlled fireworks, but a bunch of the hotel staff randomly throwing them on the pavement outside—on a busy road—with lots of people walking past! These weren’t your run-of-the-mill garden fireworks, either. They were louder than anything I’ve heard before—my ears are still ringing two hours later (probably didn’t do them any good either)!
I watched for a while, standing strategically behind a group of bystanders outside, and was frankly amazed that nobody lost an eye!
Here’s a short video I took (with my mobile) of some of the standing fireworks. What you don’t see are the crazy huge bangers in long strings that came later! Hopefully, there should be some more around the city as the Spring Festival gets closer next week.
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