Please join us to light off firecrackers.

让我们一起来燃放爆竹除旧岁。

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Why do we light firecrackers on Chinese New Year?

为什么中国过新年要放鞭炮？

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In one shot, they wear traditional garb, the bride pretending to light a string of firecrackers. Mr. Zhou mugs a grimace, hands to his ears.

还有一张是他们都穿着传统服装，新娘假装点燃一连串鞭炮，周先生则用手捂住了耳朵，表现出害怕的样子。

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Beijing News reports an appeal from environmental groups for residents to light fewer firecrackers and fireworks - an important tradition - in order to keep the air clean.

BBC: China morning round-up: Lunar New Year

Even those setting off the firecrackers would dart out into the road, light the fuse and then rush back into a doorway to take shelter from the downpour.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Asia Buzz: Firecracker Freedom