Why set off firecrackers on the eighth day of the first month? What is the custom of the eighth day of the first month?

1. The reason why firecrackers are constantly set off on the eighth day of the first lunar month is because many businesses set off firecrackers on the auspicious day of the eighth day (to be sent), hoping to win a "good omen" for the year.

There is a "release" activity on the eighth day of the first month, that is, some fish and birds raised at home are taken outside and released into the wild.

3. In the Ming Dynasty, Liu Dong recorded in "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital": "On the eighth day of the first month, fish and shrimp were released in birdcages and snails and mussels were released in baskets. Luo tang qian, monks speak Sanskrit, and thousands of people look at each other. Their feathers fly in the air, and evil falls on the house, but when they move, they leave. Water and the like are thrown into the net of the Jinshui River in the imperial city. Birds eat grains and rob people of their harvest, so we should release birds and fish on this day to express the virtue of living well and bribe them to be merciful. There is another reason for choosing to release the animals, that is, the eighth day is the day when the stars are on the right track, so that the stars can see their good deeds.