During the traditional Chinese New Year, the firecrackers are the necessary thing to make the festival more enjoyable and exciting. The most spectacle can be seen at 0 o’clock of the 1st day of the lunar January. When the clock strikes 12, it announces the arrival of a new year. Exactly at 0 o’clock—the first moment in the new year, every household will set off firecrackers, almost at the same time.

So what surrounds you is just the huge sound of the firecrackers that nearly make you deaf. One family after one family and even your neighbors have finished, you can still hear the huge sound far away. Chinese people believe that the more huge the sound, the better the start of the new year. Except for firecrackers, fireworks also blossoms during that time, with the huge sound and beautiful and colorful flowers, the sky is filled with happiness. And all the people are praying for a good new year in their hearts. Actually, burning fireworks begins several days before the New Year’s Eve as the children can’t help themselves to enjoy them. Thus, the atmosphere for the new year becomes more and more great and arrives the climate at the New Year’s Eve. This is quite popular in the countryside, however, only some certain places can be allowed to burn firecrackers for the consideration of environment and safety.