Originally Posted by
hensleyrob
Thanks for the advice. We'll be staying at the Grand Hyatt Beijing and unfortunately won't be able to get out of Beijing this trip to see other areas. Do you happen to know the three heavy firework days? I did a quick search but apparently I'm not searching for the right thing. All I'm seeing is one day, Feb. 10th. Thanks again.
Well, the first day (new year's eve) is the worst by far. And, if you do a wiki search for CNY (spring festival), it will surely explain the drill. Basically, if you know when it starts (Feb 9, iirc), you can figure out when the big days are (day 3 comes to mind as one of them, but I could be mistaken).