The Historical Origin of Liuyang Firecrackers

The manufacture of firecrackers is mainly to meet the needs of the official celebrations. Legend has it that when Emperor Yongzheng ascended to the throne in 1678, in order to change the Yuan Shouxuo, to be in the first year of the Lantern Festival firecrackers, firecrackers, firecrackers, decreeing the firecracker industry, to innovate the flowers on the Beijing. Liuyang officials at the time in fear, posted notices around, wide range of talent, and directive firecracker Li Tai deadline to create a new flower into the tribute, resulting in Li Tai sleep and food insecurity. One day, he passed by the blacksmith store, see the hammer under the star fire, there are long and short, red and white, thick and thin, there are particles and silk, suddenly inspired. Then Li Tai swept some iron filings, returned home to the hammer to crush, and then mixed with gunpowder and rice soup stirred together. Iron sand, gunpowder mixed with the size and thickness, and then black nitrate for power, installed at the bottom of the fuse, so, they created a jet flower color and shape, or plum or chrysanthemum flowers to. To be Li Tai's new flowers in the Bauhinia City over the high rise drill sky, falling colorful flower rain, Yongzheng see dazzled. Since then, Liuyang will enjoy the reputation of the hometown of flowers and cannons.