The 2025 Chinese New Year Fireworks Display will light up the sky over Victoria Harbour on Thursday (January 30), the second day of the Chinese New Year, at 8pm to celebrate the festival with members of the public and visitors in Hong Kong.
The event is co-ordinated by the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, and is sponsored by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. A total of 23 888 firing shells will be discharged from three barges in an approximately 23-minute extravaganza.
This year's fireworks display, in celebration of the Year of the Snake, will be divided into nine scenes with various highlights and characteristics. The lucky red number "8" and "gold ingots" will appear in the first scene "A Brand New Beginning" and the second scene "Blossoming Prosperity" respectively, wishing prosperity and abundance to all. The main theme of the eighth scene "Double Luck and Goodness" will feature giant panda images against a backdrop of green lighting representing bamboo and decorative silver illumination. Six adorable "panda head" images representing "An An", "Ke Ke", "Ying Ying" and "Le Le", and the newborn twins "Elder Sister" and "Little Brother" will illuminate the sky signifying reunion and happiness. The fireworks display will reach its climax in the final act, "Harvesting Year of the Snake". The vibrant scene will feature wandering star pattern fireworks which dance against the powerful gongs and drums of the background music "Golden Snake Dance", wishing continued prosperity for the nation and peaceful lives for people.
In addition to the dazzling fireworks display, the facades of the HSBC Main Building in Central and the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai will present an LED light show to complement the fireworks.
The display can be seen from many vantage points on both sides of the harbour including Tsim Sha Tsui, Mid-Levels, Central, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, the East Coast Park Precinct and the Hung Hom Bypass.
To watch the fireworks display in a more enjoyable way, viewers are invited to tune into Radio Television Hong Kong Radio 4 (FM 97.6 to 98.9) for synchronised music.
Citizens are urged to help keep public areas clean and to show respect for public property. They are also urged to show consideration to others to make the event a safe one.
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