Lunar New Year 2010 – Flowers versus Firecrackers

Audio-Visual Vox — By Lily Lee on March 13, 2010 at 12:07 am

Chongqing — Burning paper offerings and setting off firecrackers to honour ancestors has been a tradition in China for thousands of years. But environmental concerns are leading some younger people to consider flowers in place of pyrotechnics.  See why.

Lily Lee reports from Changshou, Chongqing in southwestern China.

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