The origin of setting off firecrackers in the Spring Festival.

In folklore, it is the oldest and most solemn traditional festival, and every household should set off firecrackers on New Year's Eve. Do you know why firecrackers are set off during the Spring Festival? Let me share the origin of setting off firecrackers in the Spring Festival. Let's have a look at it with interested friends.

The origin of setting off firecrackers-the legend of driving away Nian. Long, long ago, there was a very fierce beast called Nian in the forest. Every year on New Year's Eve of the twelfth lunar month, it would come out and shout and eat people and livestock. No one could subdue it at that time. In order to avoid the disaster of "Nian", people should kill pigs and sheep to worship Nian on New Year's Eve, so as to make it complete, so as not to hurt people and animals.

On New Year's Eve in December of the lunar calendar, people forget to kill pigs and sheep to commemorate the New Year. Over the years, they shouted to eat people. People had no choice but to close the gate and climb to the bamboo building to hide. Walking from house to house, wandering around looking for something to eat. When he saw nothing in the empty place, he couldn't help howling angrily. At this time, a nearby bamboo building caught fire, and the fire was so strong that the bamboo crackled. I heard a sudden sound and fled back to the forest in fear.

People hiding upstairs discovered the secret. Every Spring Festival, they cut a lot of bamboo to burn. Nian was scared away when the bamboo crackled. At the same time, people also found that Nian was bright red, so they dyed red boards and hung them on both sides of the gate. This is the symbol of peach. With gunpowder, people put gunpowder into bamboo tubes to make firecrackers, and then make paper tubes, also known as firecrackers or firecrackers.

In modern times, people don't believe in young animals, but they are still used to setting off firecrackers in the Spring Festival to celebrate the festival. So from the night of New Year's Eve to the early morning of New Year's Eve, firecrackers are always on.

The customs of the Spring Festival

1, paste Spring Festival couplets

Sticking Spring Festival couplets is one of the necessary customs. The red color of Spring Festival couplets represents happiness, and the words of Spring Festival couplets express people's good wishes for the new year. Sticking Spring Festival couplets is to render the lively atmosphere of the New Year and resist the attack of Nian beast.

2. stick grilles window grilles are also a festive atmosphere for Chinese New Year, and they are also bright red, but different from Spring Festival couplets, the window grilles are colorful in style and novel in theme, which shows the changes of our times and the exquisite skills of China craftsmen.

3. The New Year's Eve is for dinner. This is a family reunion dinner. Being together on this day is the embodiment of happiness and the ardent hope of parents. Therefore, the New Year's Eve dinner is very important in a year, with a variety of dishes, showing your success in the old year and your beautiful expectations for the new year.

This is the origin of setting off firecrackers in the Spring Festival. Friends, what other legends do you know?