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Why should fireworks be set off during the Spring Festival? What is the origin of setting off fireworks?

1. the origin of fireworks

The Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of a year, which is a traditional "festival". Commonly known as Spring Festival, New Year, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve and so on. It is also known verbally as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve. The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year in ancient times. Everything is based on the sky, and people are based on their ancestors. Praying for the ancestors of heaven is also the opposite. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations, and it carries rich historical and cultural connotations in its inheritance and development.

During the Spring Festival, various activities to celebrate the Spring Festival are held all over the country, which are full of lively and festive atmosphere. These activities are mainly to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, to worship ancestors and to pray for a bumper harvest. They are rich in forms and have strong regional characteristics, which embodies the cultural essence of Chinese civilization.

2. Why should fireworks be set off during the Spring Festival?

Fireworks are set off because, according to legend, a long time ago, there was a monster named "Xi", which would come out at the end of each year to hurt people. Even the kitchen god who protected people could do nothing, so the kitchen god invited a prodigy named "Nian" to kill the beast with red silk and bamboo poles that crackled in the fire. This day happens to be the last day of December in the lunar calendar, and people think

People want every household to have red silk and firecrackers, so the red silk and bamboo poles burning in the fire gradually evolved into red couplets and firecrackers that every household has during the New Year. This legend about Nian can be said to be clear and orderly.

Fireworks, also known as fireworks, fireworks and firecrackers, were invented earlier by the working people in China, and are often used for grand ceremonies or performances. The only event in modern China and the world where fireworks can be set off on the same day is New Year's Eve.

3. Eye protection measures should be taken to set off firecrackers in the New Year.

The sound of firecrackers bid farewell to the old year, and setting off firecrackers should be the most popular activity for children during the Spring Festival. However, it is not uncommon to see the news that firecrackers are set off during the Spring Festival every year, resulting in eye and hand injuries. Therefore, Bian Xiao reminds readers that when setting off firecrackers for children, they must take eye protection measures.