Spring Festival is the perfect time to see Beijing at its best. Not only that, you can see Beijing when it is the least crowded. Many of the workers who live in Beijing have gone home to visit their families, roads are not crowded and the city is full of life. Fireworks boom, temple fairs can be found all over the city, great food is everywhere, and all the traditional sights visitors wish to see are open. Now is the time to experience Beijing like a local, and not a tourist.
Starting well before the actual first day of Spring Festival, the city starts to add more and more lanterns and traditional decorations. Fireworks begin to be heard each night. A not to be missed, and actually an impossible to be missed event are the fireworks. They are at their noisiest and best Spring Festival Eve. The best display is exactly at midnight. Spring Festival lasts for 15 days. If you should miss the first day, you will have plenty of other opportunities to see and hear them. Day 5 of Spring Festival, and Lantern Festival on Day 15 are great also.
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