Why should firecrackers be set off during the Spring Festival? The origin of setting off firecrackers in the Spring Festival.

Setting off firecrackers is said to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year, which means a beautiful yearning for the new year.

According to legend, in ancient times, there was a fierce monster called Nian, which was in the deep sea all the year round, but at the turn of the old and the new, it came out to trample on crops and hurt people and animals, and the people complained bitterly. Once it went to the village to do evil again and was scared away by the red clothes hanging at the door. When I arrived at another place, I was scared by the lights and ran around.

So people have mastered the weakness of Nian's fear of sound, red and fire. At the end of each year, people put up red couplets at home, set off firecrackers and hang red lights, burn firewood in the yard, and chop vegetables and meat with kitchen knives, making a noise. So everyone should set off firecrackers during the Spring Festival.

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Other customs of the Spring Festival:

1, Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures?

Both Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures originated from the ancient custom of exorcising ghosts. During the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, every household stood in front of the door to draw Shen Tu and Lei Yu to exorcise ghosts during the Spring Festival. Later, it developed into a door god New Year picture. Woodblock New Year pictures became popular in Song Dynasty, and the content of New Year pictures also expanded. Simitu, which is still preserved today, is the New Year picture at that time.

Spring Festival couplets appeared in the Tang Dynasty. Writing Spring Festival couplets was more popular in the Song Dynasty. Spring Festival couplets posted in the Ming Dynasty have spread all over the country. Spring Festival couplets are a unique language art form and calligraphy art form in China, and spread to South Korea and other places. Spring Festival couplets not only express people's wishes, but also add a festive atmosphere. ?

Step 2 start a fire

When the New Year comes, a torch, brazier or charcoal basin is lit in the yard, which was called "Tingliao", "Burning brazier" and "Wangxiang" in ancient times and "Huowanghuo" or "Dianfa Baochai" in modern folks. The ancient court meteors were used to exorcise evil spirits or to worship gods and ancestors. Later, Wanghuo has developed into a symbol of family prosperity and an expression of good hope.

1738, Lang Shining painted a picture of Li Hong's Snow Scene, showing the scene of Emperor Qianlong and his children celebrating the New Year. There was a brazier in front of Emperor Qianlong, and a little prince was in the brazier, which was called "burning pine basin" at that time.

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