This year was my 3rd Chinese New Year in Beijing. Last year was crazy, it was the first time in 12 years that the Chinese were legally able to celebrate with fireworks. Jiao Jiao believes that the reason that Christmas and other holidays began to become so popular was that there was no ability to really celebrate the Chinese New Year.
This year, I anticipated that the festival would be even more wild and noisy. The first night was no bigger than last year, how could it be. The environment was torched, just like last year. But, the number of days the fireworks went off was much longer this year, legally. The last night was actually, last night-Sunday 3-4-07.
I made a video last year about the fireworks that was pretty wild, you can look back on that video here.
That video was made using my little old Mac. I have not used the Mac for a while because it is outdated and the effects are not that good, although it still has some great features. Back when I made that movie, no one would allow you to upload much size, so I had to make it small and I have never gotten around to making it any better.
This year, Jiao Jiao and I got home at about 10:30, just in time to start watching the events unfold in the window in front of us. It was a fantastic evening of fireworks that continued well into the next day without a break. We were only able to push the limits to about 1:00 am before we both fell asleep. Here is the New Year 2007 video.
Stay tuned for the next videos and posts to come sooner than later. As long as we can get ready for Hong Kong in time. Does anyone know if you can connect directly to the MTR from KCR (Inter-city train)?
Oh, and do not let me forget to thank all of you who commented on the last post. Stephen, not sure about the next Love and Loss. But, it will come!!!
March 4 this year was actually the Chinese Lantern Festival instead of the Chinese New Year (Feb 19 2007) :) Your blog about China is very interesting. Keep it up please.
Posted by: Stephen | March 06, 2007 at 04:14 AM
did the city burn down with all those fireworks being shot into the sky? Oh wait, this is Beijing, there is no wood or trees to be burned.
Posted by: Andy 美國土子 | March 06, 2007 at 03:39 PM
hey are you ever going to finish up your stories about your first trip to korea ... been looking forward to chapter 2 for a while now ... interesting reads, but how about the story of how it all happened ... what happened after the airport ... i think its about time you start to write chapter 2 ... dont cha think jake?
Posted by: justin | March 07, 2007 at 02:21 AM