This starts a series of posts about things that I haven't had time to blog about. The first one is Chinese New Years (CNY).
The Chinese New Year celebration in HK is touted as the largest, most extravagant celebration in the world. At first, I was kind of suspicious about this claim...but when ONE BILLION PEOPLE take a week off to celebrate this...I was dumb to think otherwise.
CNY this year was January 26, four days after I landed in HK. Immediately, you could see that
the city was ready to celebrate this event. The skyline was lit up with new years celebrations and there were red lanterns in malls and throughout every street in HK.
There are two main celebratory events: the parade and the fireworks. I missed the parade since I was visiting my grandparents but the fireworks were insaaaaane. This makes the 4th of July show at the Country Club look like amateur.
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the streets of HK to watch the fireworks. People camped out for spots by the water since the morning. They actually closed off TST (downtown HK) so people could watch the show.
Me and a few friends got to the site at around 6, hours before the show began. We found a nice spot by the water and joined the crowd. About 30 minutes before the show began, the entire crowd began to push towards the water to get a better view. I mean, this was the most dangerous thing EVERRRR. I can't imagine how many little babies died during the push. We were literally being squeezed forward.
Anyway, the show lasted about 20 minutes of continuous awesomeness. The fireworks were synchronized with music so it was pretty sweet. The Locals even sang along with some of the songs. The pictures I took with my camera and phone did no justice so here's a professional photo.
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