Chéngshì de yānhuā dōngfēngyèfànghuāqiānshù, mǎntiān xuànlàn.
The city's fireworks 'bloom a thousand trees of flowers,' filling the sky with splendor.
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history
Opening line of 辛弃疾《青玉案·元夕》 (Xin Qiji, Southern Song dynasty), a ci about Lantern Festival night: 东风夜放花千树，更吹落、星如雨 (The east wind by night blooms a thousand trees of flowers; and blows down stars like rain). The 'flowers' are lantern-lights, the 'stars like rain' are fireworks. The poem's closing line 众里寻他千百度，蓦然回首，那人却在，灯火阑珊处 is one of the most quoted couplets in Chinese literature.
usage
放 here = 'to release, to make bloom' (as of fireworks/lanterns lighting up), not 'to put.' Often cited when describing spectacular night lighting — Spring Festival galas, Lantern Festival, fireworks.
