BEIJING, Dec. 31, 2010year – RIA Novosti, Maria Chaplygin. New Year’s Night will be held in Beijing without fireworks, is available to local authorities to publish a site on Thursday the newspaper Renmin Ribao.
“In the New Year’s Eve December 31 to January 1 launch of fireworks is prohibited within the fifth ring of the transport of the capital, for the fifth ring of fireworks can run, but subject to the relevant safety regulations,” – said in a statement.
About what kind of punishment can threaten violators of this decision, not reported.
To protect residents from possible fires and other troubles in the New Year’s Eve, starting from 18 pm Thursday and until Jan. 2 fire departments of the city will work in emergency mode. New Year’s firefighters will meet in Beijing, the second level of combat readiness, “the report reads.
Beijing is now encircled by six transport rings. The historical center is the second of them, and the fifth can be compared with Moscow Moscow Ring Road, after it actually starts the suburban zone, where the cottage villages and enterprises.
China is the birthplace of fireworks, and residents of the country’s passionate fans of this fiery fun. In the interest of safety and public safety in recent years in the big cities to let fireworks are allowed only during the celebration of the new year on the lunar calendar. During the celebration of Chinese new year, the capital of China literally explodes from the thunder of fireworks. New Year Calendar Chinese themselves meet quiet enough – without past midnight feasts and noisy guests.
However, as the influence of Western culture and the increasing number of foreigners in the country, New Year, as the Catholic Christmas, are becoming more prominent festivals in the Celestial Empire, where a little family celebration complete without fireworks. This year the joy of starting fire crackers wrapped in tragedy. According to official figures, only this year when you use or manufacture of fireworks production in China killed more than 160 people.
