Firecrackers on New Year's Day

Firecrackers on New Year's Day

Firecrackers on New Year's Day, we all know that in the Spring Festival has a lot of customs, so you know what is the significance of firecrackers on New Year's Day, the following look at the significance of the New Year's Day firecrackers, as well as some of the matters that need to be taken into account, I hope to be able to help you.

Why firecrackers on New Year's Day

Firecrackers have the old and welcome the new said, implying the new year's good intentions. Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a ferocious beast called "year", all year round in the deep sea, but at the turn of the new year and the old year, it will come out to trample on the crops, harming people and animals, the people complained of endless suffering. Once it came to the village to do harm, but was scared away by the big red clothes hanging in front of a house. When it came to another place, it was scared by the light and ran away. So people have learned that the "year" is afraid of sound, red color and firelight. At the end of the year, people will stick red couplets, firecrackers, hanging red lanterns in front of their homes, burning firewood in the yard, together with the fire, chopping vegetables and meat with kitchen knives, making noise. So everyone has to set off firecrackers on New Year's Day.

What is the significance of firecrackers on Chinese New Year

Firecrackers on Chinese New Year puts a Han Chinese working people to get rid of evil spirits, avoid disasters, pray for good luck. Firecrackers is a traditional Han Chinese folklore, has a history of more than two thousand years, according to legend is to drive away a monster called the year. When the clock strikes midnight, the New Year's bell rings, and the sound of firecrackers reverberates throughout the Chinese land. In this "year of yuan, the month of yuan, the time of yuan" of the "three yuan" moment, some places also in the courtyard base "Wang Huo", in order to show that Wang Qi through the sky, prosperity. In the blazing fire around the fire, the children set off firecrackers, joyfully jumping around, at this time, the house is bright lights, in front of the court is brilliant sparks, outside the house is the sound of the sky, the New Year's Eve atmosphere pushed to the climax of the bustling. The sound of firecrackers sends the Han Chinese working people a kind of evil, avoid disaster, pray for good luck.

Firecrackers

Although firecrackers are a traditional New Year's custom, every year there are injuries or fires caused by firecrackers. Therefore, people should strictly abide by the local law, in the place where the firecrackers are allowed to put only, do not allow firecrackers in the place resolutely do not put. Also pay attention to the following precautions.

1, the child must be under the care of parents to set off firecrackers. Parents should pay attention to, too young children should not firecrackers, and older children should be put under the supervision of elders to prevent accidents. Some children are afraid of firecrackers and other sounds, parents in the firecrackers, you should also hold the child away from the source of the sound, to prevent the firecracker explosion sound scared children.

2, away from explosive substances. Firecrackers should be away from flammable and explosive substances, such as woodpile, gas canisters, etc., once the consequences of the danger will be unimaginable.

3, the crowd away. Firecrackers, people should try to stay away from, not because of curiosity and close. If the sound of firecrackers is too loud, you should also cover your ears with your hands.

4, placed securely before burning. In the firecrackers, firecrackers should be hung high or placed in a safe open space. At the same time to pay attention to whether there are people around, if someone must not put. When setting off firecrackers, must not be held in the hand to put, otherwise the firecrackers in a very short period of time content easy to burst, the consequences are unimaginable. Firecrackers are usually lit with incense sticks, rarely lit with a lighter, matches, the use of open flames should pay special attention.

5, after a while and then approach. After the firecrackers ignited there may be temporarily unexploded firecrackers, to approach after a while, do not approach immediately, it is best to approach after 15 minutes to check the situation.

6, buy regular manufacturers of firecrackers. In the purchase of products to choose the inspection of qualified regular factory production of firecracker products. When setting off firecrackers, it is necessary to strictly follow the instructions on the burning rules. As firecrackers will bring serious pollution to the air, including air pollution as well as noise pollution, to a certain extent, it will also affect people's hearing, affect sleep, cause fatigue, make people feel irritable, impatient and so on. Therefore, people should put less or no firecrackers.

Chinese New Year children firecrackers taboo

Firecrackers can not be put in fragile containers

Children in the process of playing, do not let their firecrackers put in fragile containers, if the firecrackers will be put in fragile containers, it is likely that firecrackers will be due to firecracker explosion will be the container burst!

Firecrackers should not be put into dry wood

Firecrackers are put into dry wood after the firecracker explosion is likely to cause the wood on fire, if the wood area is large, then the harm caused by the fire is quite serious.

Don't touch the dumb cannon

Own or other people set off firecrackers, there must be a few did not explode "dumb cannon", do not let the children to pick up! Because some of the "dumb cannon" is just the fuse burning too slow, and often when the child to pick up when the explosion will occur.

One, why firecrackers on New Year's Day

On the origin of the year, there is a legend. It is said that in ancient times, our ancestors were threatened by one of the fiercest beasts. This beast is called "Nian", it hunts all kinds of beasts for food, in winter, the mountain food shortage, will also break into the village, prey on people and livestock, the people are afraid of the whole day. After many years of fighting with Nian, people found that Nian was afraid of three things: red color, fire and loud noise. So in winter, people hung red-colored mahogany boards on their doors, burned fires in front of their doors, and stayed up all night banging and clanging. On this night, "Nian" broke into the village, saw the red color and fire in every house, and heard the loud noise, and ran back to the mountains, never daring to come out again. When the night was over, people congratulated each other and celebrated the victory with lanterns, wine and banquets.

In order to commemorate this victory, after this time every winter, every household will paste red paper couplets on the door, electric lanterns, gongs and drums, firecrackers and fireworks; night, all-night vigil; the next day, early in the morning to congratulate each other on the good news. This has been passed down from generation to generation, and it has become "New Year's Eve".

The climax of New Year's Eve is the New Year's dinner, when the elders give out "New Year's money". Then the spring scrolls and door gods are put up, and the doors are closed. On the morning of the first day of the year, the door is opened to receive the God of Fortune. The next step is for the whole family to observe the New Year's Eve until the wee hours of the morning.

On New Year's Eve, the lights stay on all night, commonly known as the "light year".

New Year's Eve customs are generally the same everywhere, but some places have very distinctive customs, such as Suzhou, Beijing, Taiwan and so on.

Second, what is the symbolism of the New Year's firecrackers

With the passage of time, the application of firecrackers is more and more widely used, the variety of colors is also increasingly numerous. Hunan Liuyang, Guangdong Foshan and Dongyao, Jiangxi Yichun and Pingxiang and Zhejiang Wenzhou and other places is China's famous "hometown of firecrackers", the production of firecrackers are not only sold throughout the country, but also exported to other countries and regions of the world. Firecrackers have become a recreational activities with Han Chinese national characteristics. Han and ethnic minority festivals and entertainment to firecrackers to celebrate, popular throughout the country. People in addition to the old and new in the Spring Festival firecrackers, every major festivals and celebrations, such as the Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and marriage, building, business, food into the barn, the examination of merit, etc., but also to set off firecrackers to show their congratulations.

By the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the plague rose, a man called Li Tian, nitrate in a bamboo tube, ignited to make it emit a greater sound and more intense smoke, the results dispersed the mountain miasma, stop the epidemic. This is the earliest prototype of nitrate firecrackers. After the emergence of gunpowder, people will be saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, etc. filled with bamboo tubes burning, resulting in "firecrackers". To the Song Dynasty, the Han Chinese folk began to commonly use paper tubes and hemp stems wrapped in gunpowder woven into strings made of "braided cannon" (i.e., firecrackers). On the evolution of firecrackers, "popular arrangement of excellent" recorded: "Ancient firecrackers. All with real bamboo fire, so the Tang poetry also known as popping rod. Later people rolled paper for it. Called "firecrackers". Ming and Qing dynasties into one of the Han folk entertainment.

Third, the New Year's firecrackers notes

1, the correct choice of discharge location.

Fireworks are not allowed to burn indoors, not allowed to people, things to burn, should choose the outdoor, open and flat, no obstacles to the place to burn. Strictly prohibited in the market, theater, busy streets and other public **** place and ancient buildings, mountains, forests, power facilities underneath and close to the flammable and explosive substances in the place of discharge. Fireworks should be set off in accordance with the relevant safety regulations of the local government.

2, pay attention to the characteristics of fireworks, master burning method.

(1) Spit beads fireworks, fireworks should be fixed on the ground or 75-90 degrees angle to the air burning, is strictly prohibited to hold each other shot, so as not to injure or cause a fire.

(2) fireworks combination, fireworks should be placed on the ground upright and flat, clamped around and fixed to prevent tilting or tipping due to vibration.

(3) fire incense handheld hanging fireworks, should be flat to lift the head of the line or use a small bamboo pole hanging cotton thread, lit, hand forward, do not close to the body.

(4) fire rotating air and ground rotating fireworks, must pay attention to the surrounding environment, placed on a flat surface, ignite the fuse, and then leave the ornamental.

(5) fireworks nail hanging rotating type of fireworks, fireworks should be nailed to the wall or board, turn the fireworks with their hands, can rotate freely, before lighting the fuse to leave the view.

(6) Hand-held fireworks shall not be discharged in the direction of the ground.

(7) firecrackers should be hung in the open space outside the house, do not put the firecrackers in the hands after ignition, "double firecrackers" should be erected on the ground, shall not be placed horizontally.