Chinese New Year 2025 was celebrated on the 25^th of January as the people welcomed the Year of the Snake with a dazzling and beautiful display of fireworks which lighted up the sky with colors all across Asia. The New Year is to hope for a good year ahead and bring wealth. Moreover, fireworks are the best way to welcome a New Year.

The tradition

Fireworks are being used since a very long times for Chinese New Year by people. Initially, during old times, bamboo sticks were usually used to produce a huge sound, and this was known as “explosion of the bamboo” by the people who practiced it. However, when Gun powder was invented fireworks came into being and were used by people all over the world to celebrate their events. The fireworks represent joy and welcomes a new year.

Celebrations across the globe: A breakthrough

Many countries celebrate Chinese New Year differently. Here’s how some countries celebrate it:

• Hong Kong’

Hong Kong hosts a spectacular 12-minute show over Victoria Harbour, featuring fireworks, music, and live performances.

• Vietnam

Vietnam welcomes the New Year with a dazzling display of fireworks. Thousands of people gather to welcome a good future ahead.

• San Francisco

San Francisco hosts a parade for the Chinese New Year also having a Dragon as part of their parade where many people come to visit and enjoy!

• Singapore

Singapore hosts fireworks display every year for the New Year. This years show included music shows as well.

• Sydney

Sydney is a large country and and the 2025 New Year included fireworks, lion dances and people even flew lanterns.

Environmental impact

Fireworks do promote joy and are a symbol of excitement and fun but they promote air pollution and noise pollution. However, now fireworks come as environmental friendly and totally quiet fireworks! Who wouldn’t want that?

Importance of Chinese New Year Fireworks

The New Year fireworks hold a great importance which is above joy. These fireworks represent a new start with a new hope. People also launch lanterns all across china as it is part of their tradition. It marks the end of an era and the beginning of a new year with great promises and happy things ahead.

Fireworks in China

Fireworks in highly developed areas such as Beijing and Shanghai have certain restrictions regarding fireworks due to fire hazards. But people host public fireworks display for all with environmental friendly fireworks. However, in rural areas, people usually go with small scale celebration such as the use of firecrackers to celebrate the New Year with a charming display.

Chinese New Year 2025: Chinese doubts

The Chinese hold several beliefs such as:

• They believe that the fireworks should be started as soon as the clock strikes twelve, since it is the start of a new day and it will remove all of the bad events from the previous year.
• They usually believe that fireworks should be started in a way that it is outward which, according to them removes and bad events from their lives in the previous years.
• Many chinese people believe in ghosts and that fireworks should not be started during such times to avoid any spirits.

An overview

• The Chinese New Year is celebrated on January 29
• The animal representing it is a “snake”. Why? As it represents experience.
• The largest and the best show is hosted in Hong Kong. Where? At the Victoria Harbour!

How to prioritise safety?

Your safety should be your ultimate priority. Here are a few points to keep in mind!

• Only host a fireworks display if you’re certified, have a license in your hands and have experience in using fireworks.
• Teenagers below the age of eighteen years are not recommended to use fireworks.
• Host a fireworks display in a safe area where there is a huge space too!
• Keep children and pets away from the display.

China and fireworks

Research says that above 70 percent of the fireworks are made in China! Moreover, since the vast usage of eco-friendly and quiet fireworks, there has been an increase  in their sales and are widely used by people all over the world. Moreover, the beautiful shows in China and Hong Kong promoted great tourism across the globe. Hong Kong had around 1.2 million visitors in the month of January. Furthermore, Beijing also started historical fireworks which promotes more tourism as well!

Fireworks, especially for the Chinese New Year attracts children, teenagers and adults all across the globe because of the beautiful, vibrant, shiny and colorful display loved by all people remembering the previous year and welcoming the New Year with a new hope, a start of something big!

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