chinese new years fell on february 7th, welcome to the year of the rat! this whole country gets insane! there have been non stop fireworks for the last 3 nights, and it really sometimes sounds like there's a war going on just outside. you can hear the POW!s and crackles from explosions echoing over all parts of beijing for many, many hours every night until the sun rises. this is rumored to continue for the next few nights.
silvia bought some sparklers, and we had our own fun....
the character on the right is 人 (pron. ren in a rising tone like you're askinga question, e as in men), which means people or person
this character is 中 (pron. chong in a high tone, o as in show) which means middle or center. this is the first character in 中国 which is the name for china in mandarin
and in other news, sylvia's friend kristy got here a few nights ago and tomorrow we're flying to shanghai! i'm not sure whether to expect the same new years craziness in shanghai but it's sure to be awesome. it's about 20 degrees warmer in shanghai than here in beijing so it'll be nice to feel less freezing air, that's awesome in itself. man i miss summer...
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