Last night was the end of the Lunar New Year, and here in Wuxi it was definitely time for fireworks. Actually there have been fireworks going off sporadically day and night for weeks, but last night it was the grand finale. Everyone was out there lighting fireworks and enjoying everyone else's display. We wandered the streets, stopping here and there to avoid the kind that shoot small missiles, or just to watch.
In one narrow street there was a group letting off fireworks on the sidewalk - just small ones. Then they decided it was time for a bigger one, so they placed a carton in the street - this was a box about a 60cm cube. Someone lit a fuse and then stood back as it shot round after round into the air; there were at least 100 firework tubes in the one box. As the smake drifted away they brought out a bigger box, this one about a metre cube. As they took the top wrapping off we could see that there were not as many tubes in the box, maybe only about 60, but they were much bigger. They lit the fuse of this one, and this time the fireworks were shooting so high in the air that we had to step right out into the street to see up into the sky where they were bursting.
I am sure they let off big fire-works in Perth. But we are not allowed anywhere near it. It is so much more fun being close - even if the loud bangs are a bit deafening.
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