So you think that you have seen an awesome fireworks display in the US, right?  Well guess again..

Stadium of Fire eat your heart out.  Beijing and the rest of China seems to lose all sense of sanity when it comes to pyrotechnics.  Everyone is buying fireworks – and no, these aren’t these little dinky spinners or bottle rocket guys that we used to get in Wyoming.  These are boxes that you have to lift with both arms, with a massive fuse, that when lit, sends a sequence of MANY fireworks a hundred feet in the air. And EVERYBODY is doing it.  Not just in open places, but in the middle of the street with the exploding sparks hitting the apartment building on both sides.  Nothing like this could be seen in the US, because it would never be allowed.

But it is absolutely something to experience.  These videos can’t capture what we experienced on the night of February 2, 2011 (Chinese Lunar New Year Eve), but it might give you a taste of what we saw…