Fireworks sale in Beijing
(newsphoto)
Updated: 2006-01-23 06:16

Consumers buy fireworks Sunday at an authorized store in Beijing's Daxing District to prepare for Spring Festival, which falls on January 29. Beijing lifted the 12-year ban on the sale of fireworks in the Chinese capital in response to residents' fondness for fireworks when celebrating China's lunar new year. [newsphoto]