This was an interesting display for several reasons. Firstly, there were quite a lot of shells which exploded far too low, throwing burning stars to the ground. Secondly, there were colors produced which I haven’t seen before. Particularly unusual were the very strong violets and purples and the deepest blues I have ever seen.
As with Spain, China also used shells which burst into many dozen smaller shells first. Also interesting were the “shaped” bursts which produced “bow” like effects. In common with many of the entrants this year, single circle bursts were produced, though seemingly with a much smaller bursting charge than some companies required.
The finale was incredible with more shells being fired in the final minute than the whole of the rest of the (30 minute) display put together.
If it wasn’t for quite a significant number of shells exploding too low, then China would probably be in a strong position to win the competition.