Bang Bang Bang Means One Thing
The Year of the Rat is here, and that can only mean one thing: two weeks af constant firecrackers crackling outside my window. China once banned fireworks in the big cities, but now they are back with a venegence. Kids fire them off, and so do adults. It’s a constant barrage.
Outside of stadiums people set up stands to send to sell the firecrackers, and they have to put up giant signs telling people not to smoke cigarettes in the vicinity. The noise doesn’t bother me as much as it used to, and I even have a foreign friend who insists she is unusually happy the two weeks they are going off: no matter what’s going on she has renao around her.
All I know is that my father, who hates being in NY around July 4th because of the smattering of firecrackers, would absolutely hate Spring Festival in China.
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Richard responds:
Posted: February 10th, 2008 at 10:25 pm →
That’s ALL you know????
Josh responds:
Posted: February 11th, 2008 at 8:57 pm →
A joker in every crowd.