Happy Chinese New Year!

By Shay • Jan 29th, 2006 • Category: China, More, Videos, news     

Yes, today is January, 29th 2006 and it’s officially the “Year of the Dog” according to the Chinese calender.

This is the New Years celebration comes after the 12-year ban on fireworks in Beijing was lifted. In the spirit of the new year, here’s a video of Chinese people in the streets celebrating with fireworks:



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2 Responses »

  1. 5thape on January 29th, 2006 at 12:55 pm:

    Cool vid. I love the smell of fireworks.

  2. Dan tdaxp on January 29th, 2006 at 9:31 pm:

    I went to my university’s CNY celebration. Quite a good time. The first song was rather spooky-nationalist, but most of the acts were really fun, and the last was even done by kids from the local Taiwanese Chinese school.

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