The origin of firecrackers and the moral of the firecrackers and the moral of the origin of the firecrackers and the moral of the firecrackers and the moral of the firecrackers and the firecrackers

1, the Spring Festival since ancient times has a firecracker tradition, firecrackers, so that the Spring Festival is more lively, with a strong flavor of the year, firecrackers with the old and welcome the new said that the symbol of the new year's good intentions.

2, according to legend, the Spring Festival firecrackers is to drive away the "year", meaning to get rid of the bad luck of the past year; according to legend, in ancient times, there is a ferocious beast called the "year", all year round in the depths of the sea, but at the turn of the new and old years, they will come out to trample on the strong crops, harming people and animals. At the turn of the new year and the old year, it would come out and trample on the crops and hurt people and animals, causing the people to suffer a lot. Once it came to the village to do harm, but was scared away by the red clothes hanging in front of a house. When it reached another place, it was scared by the light again and ran away.

3. So people have mastered the weakness of the "year", which is afraid of sound, red color and firelight. At the end of the year, people will put red couplets, firecrackers, red lanterns in front of their homes, burning firewood in the yard, gather fire, chopping vegetables and meat with kitchen knives, making noise to drive away the year, which has been passed down since then. Firecrackers are derived from the act of driving away ghosts and monsters, but today people set off firecrackers on New Year's Day for the sake of celebration, because the ghosts and monsters are driven away, and the bad luck is also driven away.