Hunan Province has one of the largest firework factories in China and they seem to enjoy demonstrating that fact FREQUENTLY and not just during the night. When they open a new store, a baby is born, a floor is finished on a new building, a birthday or just because, they will set off huge rolls or boxes of firecrackers. With all the building that is going on in China – you generally can hear them hourly.
There is an island and river dividing the city of Changsha. Every Saturday night, if it is not raining, they have fireworks. The college students on the other side of the river (and where Cynthia parents live) line the riverbanks to watch. After an afternoon of shopping and eating in town we joined them for the 8 o’clock show. It puts our 4th of July SSI fireworks to shame. They had 5 stations set up along about ¼ mile stretch of the island. I just kept clicking away on my camera figuring the law of averages would work for me. I just love digital cameras.
Side Note – on the long narrow island is a park and a HUGE sculpture of Mao’s head – it sort of looks like the sphinx from far away. Taking and posting a picture of that is one of my goals.
