What is the traditional meaning of firecrackers?

The origin of firecrackers: whether it is Chinese New Year holidays, marriage, promotion, building completion, store opening, etc. People are used to setting off firecrackers to celebrate. This custom has a history of more than 2,000 years in China. The Chronicle of Jingchu Years Old once recorded that on the first day of the first month, chickens set off firecrackers 1.

At the first call, everyone got up and set off firecrackers in their yard to drive away the evil spirits of the plague. At that time, there was no gunpowder or paper, so people burned bamboo, let it burst and made a sound to drive away the plague. This is of course superstition, but it reflects the ancient working people's beautiful desire for Aetna. In the Tang dynasty, firecrackers were also called "blasting poles", which probably burned a long bamboo pole one by one. Nanchang poet Lai Hu's poem "Early Spring": "The new calendar is only half open, and the pavilion is still bursting with bamboo ashes. Described the scene of burning bamboo poles during the Spring Festival. Later, after constant chemical experiments, alchemists found that saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal together could cause combustion and explosion, so they invented gunpowder. Some people put gunpowder in bamboo tubes and then detonate it loudly. There have been paper-wrapped fireworks, which are divided into single ring and double ring. It was renamed "Blasting War" and later "Firecrackers". Li Wan, the founder of Fireworks, lives in Mashi Village, Shangli, Pingxiang, Jiangxi. Tang Yuanhe was born on April 18th in the 15th year (AD 820). It is said that the former teacher had devoted himself to the study of glauber's salt firecrackers, which was created for the first time. The magical firecrackers and fireworks with a long history have created endless wealth and eternal civilization for the world. Li Yi, the ancestor, is well known for his contributions and blessings in the future.

Firecrackers (English: bracket) have a history of more than 2,000 years. The terms of firecrackers are different in different historical periods, from "firecrackers", "exploding sticks" and "firecrackers" to "firecrackers". In Pingxiang, Jiangxi, the hometown of firecrackers and fireworks, people still call firecrackers "firecrackers". Firecrackers were mainly used at first.