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If there is one word to describe China, it’s unsupervised. Unsupervised children crossing busy streets. Unsupervised dogs that have never seen a leash. Unsupervised toddlers pooping in the gutters. Unsupervised restaurant kitchens who have never heard of a health inspector. Unsupervised drivers honking their horns while speeding down the sidewalk. But nothing is more unsupervised than Chinese New Year.
Imagine a firework display going on from 7:30 pm to 3 am in the morning. Not just any firework display, but Disneyland’s on Steroids. Non-stop, sounding like a popcorn popper filled with M80s turned up a gazillion decibels.
Our apartment gave us a panoramic view of the spectacle including displays across Lake Dianchu, across the city, to across our residential complex. There was so much light from the fireworks, you could read a book.
Jeff was tempted to put on sun block.
While the skyline was crazy…the sounds—must were like a warzone. Kabooms of multicolor fireworks blossoming in the sky punctuated by car alarms, nervous dogs whining and whistling sounds of missiles.
The show wasn’t done by pryo-fessionals with city permits. The fireworks were launched by unsupervised everyone, including neighbors, kids and old ladies.
About 3:30 am, the sky show was over. But at 6 am, the firecrackers began, probably by annoyed neighbors who couldn’t sleep. It was unbelievable. The firecrackers are continuing today.
The smell of gunpowder fills the air like Lysol in a public john.
Our eardrums will never be the same.