Chinese New Year evening

[hanxue]

I got to BNU a couple of days ago and I was wondering where would it be best to spend the evening of the Chinese New Year? Are there going to be any special events taking place in Beijing that I shouldn't miss? (I'm talking about traditional Chinese stuff)

[gougou]

Chinese New Year Activities:

Watch classic TV show with us: 编辑部的故事

Join us änd watch the Spring Festival Gala LIVE ONLINE! (Evening of 13th Feb' date=' Beijing time)

Eat dumplings (you're on your own for that one)[/quote']Turns out the best place is a kitchen with Internet access.

[imron]

Chinese New Year in China is like Christmas in the west. Everything shuts down, and everyone goes home. If you don't have a Chinese family to spend it with there's really not a lot to see except random, non-stop fireworks.

[cui ruide]

the biggest amateur fireworks show of your life coming to the street near you.

but if you want traditional--it's stay at home and watch the gala on tv then go blow s up. best bet is getting some friends together, grabbing some beers and fireworks and watch the gala in the dorm

[hanxue]

I see. Thanks for the heads up guys, just wanted to make sure that I wouldn't be missing anything if I stayed at home and watched the CCTV program.

[gato]

You could organize a Chinese-forums dumpling stuffing and CCTV watching extravaganza.

[roddy]

You could head out for a drink. It's not a big going out night for Chinese folk but you'll find plenty of foreigners in the same boat. Thebeijinger.com had a write-up on a few places to go, one of which - Obiwan - is walking distance from BNU. Alternatively, there are no doubt a few other half-lost foreigners wandering around BNU dorms - gather a few of them together to watch the show and go take a walk in the fireworks. If you take a walk around residential bits (the apartment blocks at the north side of BNU maybe) and look friendly you can probably get chatting to some fireworks fans.

[hanxue]

Haha, nah I'll be at Wangfujing with a couple of friends...