My first Chun Jie here in China many people told me how loud it would be on the Chinese New Year Eve.  I set my expectations pretty low knowing that sometimes a lot of fireworks to some one won’t be too impressive to another person.  At 12 ‘oh’ clock my expectations were blown away!  This year, I told myself “Last year I just came to China and was easily impressed, the fireworks are probably not as impressive as I remember.”, but Oh ho! Low and behold, from 11:30 to 12pm and after you couldn’t hear the person next to you if you didn’t shout!  Tons of firecrackers were POP POPPING and On every side of the house, whichever window you looked out had a wonderful view of  hundreds of fireworks painting the sky green, red, orange, etc.  Each one fanning out in beautiful arrangements of colors. Some would cackle at the ends and others would fall like rain when exploded, still others would create perfect circles (however that works out!)!  I felt like every family in Tianjin must be setting off fireworks!  Even now, on “Chun Jie Yi” as the Chinese call it meaning the day after the new year began, I am watching large green and red fireworks unfold in the night sky.

Here are my favorite type of fireworks; they pop and crackle when they explode.

I especially like the colors in this firework!

This is one of the many beautiful fireworks we viewed on Chun Jie Eve!