Zing naan quai lur. That's happy new years in mandarin (my own spelling).
China is one big party at new years. Last night we kept hearing fireworks but couldn't see them from any of our hotel windows. We had a few beers and a few glasses of wine and then went to the beach for midnight. The city of Zhuhai doesn't put on any fireworks, but the locals were all over it. There were so many fireworks shooting up at once and we sat and watched for what seemed like a couple of hours. They were being lit all around us and at one point the ash from some of them were falling directly ontop of us. There were also people lighting sparklers and planting them in the sand.
One type that they lit was really neat. There was fuel in what looked like one of those red chinese lanterns. They would light the fuel and hold it for a moment and then let it go and it would fly away. There were tons of these floating accross the sky. The fireworks that were lit really were like what a big city would use (High caliber stuff).
I don't think the fireworks have really ended yet as I keep hearing a few still going off and it is already 11 am!
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