Chinese New Year ends with a bang

1 of 24 Lantern Festival/Chinese New Year [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/china__002.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] Revelers closed the Lunar New Year, 15 days after it began, with the Beehive Rockets Festival and Lantern Festival over the weekend. Folks marveled at pretty lights, launched bottle rockets and set off fireworks to mark the end of the festivities. Reuters 2 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/527089799.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] China AFP/Getty Images 3 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/china-lantern-festival_002.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] China AP 4 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/china-lantern-fair_001.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] China EPA 5 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/527100124.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=873] China AFP/Getty Images 6 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/china-lantern-fair.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] China EPA 7 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/527099620.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=838] China AFP/Getty Images 8 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/china-lantern-festival.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] China AP 9 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/taiwan__003.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] Taiwan Reuters 10 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/527100131.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=868] China AFP/Getty Images 11 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/china__004.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=849] China Reuters 12 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/china-lantern-festival_004.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] China AP 13 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/china_4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] China Reuters 14 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/malaysia_1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] Malaysia Reuters 15 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/malaysia__001.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] Malaysia Reuters 16 of 24 China [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/ap203305444222_0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] China AP 17 of 24 Malaysia [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/ap336195548123_2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] Malaysia AP 18 of 24 Malaysia [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/ap22689277175_1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] Malaysia AP 19 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/taiwan__001.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] People are hit by firecrackers during Beehive Rockets Festival in Taiwan. Locals believe bad luck will go away after one is bombed with beehive firecrackers, or bottle rockets, a tradition that has evolved into a huge tourist attraction. Reuters 20 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/taiwan__002.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] Taiwan Reuters 21 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/china__0011.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] China Reuters 22 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/527100388.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] China AFP/Getty Images 23 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/china__003.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] China Reuters 24 of 24 Chinese New Year Ends [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/20140215_zaf_x99_032.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=878] China Zumapress.com