Festive tradition makes 'green' effort a damp squib
By Xinhua | China Daily | Updated: 2013-02-25 05:57
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Lighting firecrackers and fireworks in a street in Taiyuan, the capital of North China's Shanxi province. According to the Taiyuan municipal environmental protection bureau, the city saw "serious" or "grave" air pollution for six days during the holiday, which lasted from Feb 9 to 15. Liu Jiang / For China Daily |
Letting off firecrackers and fireworks with his son and grandson has been the best part of this year's Spring Festival, also known as the Lunar New Year, for 75-year-old Li Dongsheng from North China's Shanxi province.
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