Chinese New Year

Holy crap! The Chinese really know how to celebrate the coming of a new year. They beat us hands down...it's not even a competition. They have a bit of an obsession with firecrackers at all times but all restraint has gone out the window this week. I've seriously had moments where I thought Jilin was under attack. This morning I woke up to the tintinabulation of explosions outside my window at 7am and they didn't stop until 10am. Not even for a moment...it was constant explosions. Even now at 3:45p the explosions are still going. New Years Day was 4 days ago! I'm in awe.