{"id":7896,"date":"2012-01-22T22:56:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T14:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=7896"},"modified":"2012-01-23T00:22:38","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T16:22:38","slug":"here-comes-the-chinese-new-year-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/here-comes-the-chinese-new-year-2012","title":{"rendered":"Here Comes the Chinese New Year 2012!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">With the deafening blasts of fireworks and firecrackers all surrounding me, here comes the Chinese new year 2012, the year of dragon. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/china-tours\/\">China<\/a><\/span><\/strong> has a long tradition of playing firecrakers and fireworks in\u00a0a hope to wipe off the bad luck from the past year and ushers in good fortune and prosperity in the new year.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Tonight is the new year&#8217;s eve when people in <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beijingpage.com\/\">Beijing<\/a><\/span><\/strong> can set off firecrackers all night. But from Tomorrow till Lantern Festival (Feb 06, 2012), Setting off of firecrackers is\u00a0only allowed till\u00a0midnight. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">I feel this new year has seen a bit less fireworks and firecrackers letting off, partly due to the hardened sense of environment protection as well as the efforts made by environment protction organizations advocating a green spring festival. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">But the common consensus is that without fireworks or firecrackers there will little festival atmosphere. So\u00a0very often we cannot\u00a0go extreme, either no fireworks or no limited letting off of fireworks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7910\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7910\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/here-comes-the-chinese-new-year-2012\/attachment\/fireworks-a1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7910\" title=\"Fireworks A1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fireworks-A1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fireworks-A1.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fireworks-A1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks A1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7911\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7911\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/here-comes-the-chinese-new-year-2012\/attachment\/fireworks-a2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7911\" title=\"Fireworks A2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fireworks-A2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fireworks-A2.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fireworks-A2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks A2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7912\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7912\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/here-comes-the-chinese-new-year-2012\/attachment\/fireworks-a3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7912\" title=\"Fireworks A3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fireworks-A3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fireworks-A3.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fireworks-A3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks A3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7898\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7898\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/here-comes-the-chinese-new-year-2012\/attachment\/fireworks-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7898\" title=\"fireworks 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-2.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7899\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7899\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/here-comes-the-chinese-new-year-2012\/attachment\/fireworks-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7899\" title=\"fireworks 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-3.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fireworks 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7900\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7900\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/here-comes-the-chinese-new-year-2012\/attachment\/fireworks-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7900\" title=\"fireworks 4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-4.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-4-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fireworks 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7901\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7901\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/here-comes-the-chinese-new-year-2012\/attachment\/fireworks-5\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7901\" title=\"fireworks 5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-5.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-5-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fireworks 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7902\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7902\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/here-comes-the-chinese-new-year-2012\/attachment\/fireworks-6\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7902\" title=\"fireworks 6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-6.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-6-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fireworks 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7904\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7904\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/here-comes-the-chinese-new-year-2012\/attachment\/lit-lanterns-in-our-community-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7904\" title=\"Lit lanterns in our community\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lit-lanterns-in-our-community1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lit-lanterns-in-our-community1.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lit-lanterns-in-our-community1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lit lanterns in our community<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">Festively Decorated Entrance to our unit of the apartment building.<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7905\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7905\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/here-comes-the-chinese-new-year-2012\/attachment\/festively-decorated-entrance-to-our-unit-of-the-apartment-building\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7905\" title=\"Festively Decorated Entrance to our unit of the apartment building\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Festively-Decorated-Entrance-to-our-unit-of-the-apartment-building.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Festively-Decorated-Entrance-to-our-unit-of-the-apartment-building.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Festively-Decorated-Entrance-to-our-unit-of-the-apartment-building-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Festively Decorated Entrance to our unit of the apartment building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7903\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/here-comes-the-chinese-new-year-2012\/attachment\/lit-lanterns-in-our-community\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7897\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7897\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/here-comes-the-chinese-new-year-2012\/attachment\/fireworks-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7897\" title=\"fireworks 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-1.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireworks-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 With the deafening blasts of fireworks and firecrackers all surrounding me, here comes the Chinese new year 2012, the year of dragon. China has a long tradition of playing firecrakers and fireworks in\u00a0a hope to wipe off the bad luck from the past year and ushers in good fortune and prosperity in the new&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[610],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-new-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7896"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7909,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7896\/revisions\/7909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}