thejadeteaspoon > Lantern blossoms as the sunlight wanes...
thejadeteaspoon > Paper lanterns blossom on this winter-bare tree during the Chinese Spring Festival, their New Year (7-Feb).
thejadeteaspoon > Fireworks light up the Beijing night sky.
thejadeteaspoon > Fireworks!
thejadeteaspoon > One of a million... billion? explosions... It looks so much smaller here than it did that night...
thejadeteaspoon > The Beijing Xijiao Hotel West Gate; the hotel being located just north of my campus.
thejadeteaspoon > Leaving the front desk and approaching the West Gate - to where all the action was happening. All I had to do was follow where my ears and eyes led... and quickly found the nearest [loudest] location.
thejadeteaspoon > Walking towards the center of action, this is part of the Xijiao Hotel complex next to the building I stayed in my first night in Beijing.
thejadeteaspoon > The cook accepted my request for a foto... he most modestly took a puff as he awaited the flash. Notice that his name tag sports an employee number; they almost never display their name.
Lantern blossoms as the sunlight wanes...
thejadeteaspoon > Lantern blossoms as the sunlight wanes...
Lantern blossoms as the sunlight wanes...
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