How many centimeters in diameter are traditional flower cannons

Traditional flower cannons are iron rings, about 5 centimeters in diameter.

The iron ring is wrapped with red cloth or red silk, and during the competition the flower cannon is placed on the cannon feeder. The sender is filled with gunpowder, which is ignited, and then the firecracker is blasted into the sky. When the firecracker hits the ground, the contestant grabs the firecracker and sends it to the designated area to score points and win. According to traditional folklore, the firecrackers are only set off three times, and those who snatch the first one symbolize prosperity, those who snatch the second one symbolize abundant harvests, and those who snatch the third one symbolize all the best, reflecting people's desire for a better life.

The site is usually located on the riverbank or hillside, no certain boundaries, all the mountains are the scope of activities. For this reason, the people who grab the firecrackers must have a strong physique, tenacious willpower and agile reflexes. Once the cannons clear the winner, suddenly suona sound, blowing calls, firecrackers sound into a piece, the winner becomes the lucky one in people's minds.

Introduction of Robbing Firecrackers

Robbing Firecrackers is a folk traditional sports activity with strong national characteristics popular among Dong, Zhuang, Mulao and other ethnic groups, popular among the compatriots of ethnic minorities, and it is a brave man's sport with a history of more than five hundred years. On the third day of the first month, the second day of the second month and the third day of the third month, the Dong, Zhuang and Mulao ethnic groups hold a traditional festival, the "Flower Cannon Festival".

The festival is held on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar or after the fall harvest. This poem is popular in the Dong countryside: "The Dong countryside is beautiful in March, and the sky is good to grab the firecrackers; if you want to get the love of the Dong girls, you can call yourself a hero in the firecracker field."