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100 Chinese cities lift 10-year firework ban

www.chinanews.cn 2005-02-13 11:06:34

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Fireworks light up the sky over Victoria harbour in Hong Kong.

Fireworks light up the sky over Victoria harbour in Hong Kong.

Over 100 Chinese cities have lifted a 10-year ban on fireworks for the
Lunar New Year holidays, China's most important holiday.
More than 200 cities banned fireworks -- considered dangerous, noisy and
polluting -- in 1995, ending the cacophony that traditionally erupted
nationwide at midnight on Lunar New Year's Eve.
But 106 have lifted the ban to bring more "atmosphere" to the holiday,
the state's Southern Daily said Friday.
Fireworks were widely used on New Year's Day on Wednesday and
intermittently during the week-long holiday in major cities like Nanjing,
Jinan, Beijing, Taiyuan and Lanzhou, the report said.
In Beijing nearly 300 people were injured and one killed in fireworks
accidents alone Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, state press reports
said.
Setting off fireworks is a long-standing tradition in China during the
Lunar New Year holiday and based on the belief that the noise keeps evil
spirits from passing over into the new year.

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