Discharging fireworks during the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations is a deep-rooted custom in China. In this paper, we analyze the effect of this cultural activity on PM 2.5 concentration using both ground observations and satellite data. As throngs around the world celebrate the Chinese New Year, fireworks in Beijing make pollution skyrocket. The Chinese, or “Lunar,” New Year—celebrated throughout China and expatriate populations This study investigates the impact of firework displays during the Spring Festival holiday on air pollution levels, using data from 335 Chinese cities from 2015 to 2017. A regression discontinuity design is employed to isolate this causal effect. This study examines air pollution from fireworks across a time of increasingly stringent bans as a time series from 2014–2021 using a random forest (decision-tree) model to explore the effect of year-to-year weather changes on pollutant concentrations at Chinese New Year. Record-breaking, toxic smog struck Shanghai in December and appears to have dramatically changed minds here. More than 85 percent of citizens say they won't buy fireworks during this holiday, Fireworks used in both public and private displays can cause brief, but extraordinarily high levels of airborne particulate matter. New Year festivities in China, have for many years led to sharp spikes in air pollution just after midnight. This study investigates the influence of the Chinese New Year (CNY) celebrations on local air quality in Beijing from 2013 through 2019. CNY celebrations include burning of fireworks and firecrackers, which consequently has a significant short-term impact on local air quality. Discharging fireworks during the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations is a deep-rooted custom in China. In this paper, we analyze the effect of this cultural activity on PM2.5 concentration using both ground observations and satellite data. Time-resolved single-particle measurements were conducted during Chinese New Year in Nanning, China. Firework displays resulted in a burst of SO 2, coarse mode, and accumulation mode (100–500 nm) particles. Here we investigated the characteristics of firework episodes in a megacity in Northeast China, based on field campaigns conducted in four successive winters during 2018–2022. Although prohibited, the firework influences remained evident during the Chinese New Year periods, as suggested by the enhancements of water-soluble potassium (K +). In Time-resolved single-particle measurements were conducted during Chinese New Year in Nanning, China. Firework displays resulted in a burst of SO<sub>2</sub>, coarse mode, and accumulation mode (100-500nm) particles. Through single particle mass spectrometry analysis, five different types of particle Chinese New Year has traditionally been welcomed with fireworks, but this has meant this holiday can experience intense peaks of pollutants, particularly as particulate matter. Such environmental issues add to other risks (e.g., accident, fire, and ecological and health threats) posed by firework displays, but cultural reasons encourage such celebrations. This study examines air pollution from For instance, it is estimated that 56 tons of used fireworks were collected from Beijing's streets during Chinese New Year in 2011, and 50,000 tons of fireworks were exploded during Diwali in India in 2017. 1 Intensive use of fireworks can trigger hazardous levels of air pollution (Moreno et al., 2007). 1. Introduction. Discharging fireworks during the Chinese Lunar New Year is a custom that has continued for thousands of years. As early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420–589 AD), a book called “The Chronicle of Jingchu” had already recorded this custom []. From NetEase:. Business owners throughout the country set off firecrackers hoping for a good year. January 29th, the first day of work and 7th day of the new year following the Spring Festival long holiday, business owners and shop owners one after another lit fireworks and firecrackers when opening their doors for business in hopes of good fortune in the new year. Chinese New Year (CNY), which is also called Spring Festival, is an important Chinese festival celebrated with intensive firework displays all over the China both in megacities and in rural areas. CNY celebrations traditionally start from Chinese New Year's Eve (NYE) and last for 7 or 15 days. Chinese government reported that more than Chinese New Year has been the basis of much research over many years [16][17][18][19], with the focus on the pollution within northeast China, where there is a high population density and gross Air quality. The average PM 10 concentration from 27–30 December was 29 μg/m 3 (Table 1) and slightly decreased (Fig. 2) over the years.PM 10 concentrations increased during the first hour of the New Year on average in the less densely populated Dutch municipalities by 143 μg/m 3 (range, 35–255 μg/m 3), and in the densely populated municipalities by 598 μg/m 3 (range, 335–1132 μg/m 3). The global tradition of fireworks at festivals causes significant environmental harm, including air, water, noise and light pollution, and impacts on human health. Diwali and the Chinese New Year fireworks can spike the Air Quality Index and elevate particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations in capitals during and after celebrations. The contribution of fireworks to the particulate load was calculated by the subtraction. The Chinese New Year is set by the lunar calendar as: 10 Feb 2013, 31 Jan 2014, 19 Feb 2015, 8 Feb 2016, 28 Jan 2017, 16 Feb 2018, 5 Feb 2019 and 25 Jan 2020. However, the statutory holiday period in Mainland China starts on the Eve of Chinese New Year and
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