The historical origin of the fireworks in Qinghai

The historical origins of social fire in Qinghai are as follows:

The custom of sacrificing to the land on the day of the social festival has been inherited since its appearance in the pre-Qin Dynasty. Extended from the social god there are social fire activities. Zhang Daimin in the "social theater in the social theater," said: the ancient Shaoxing festival society, for the line order to do poetry. Spring festival is said to be the spring festival is to pray for the sacrifice of agriculture, the autumn festival is said to be the autumn festival, when the harvest of the farm has been completed, set up a festival, is to reward the gods of the earth.

Later developed into a theater to sacrifice the community. Everywhere there are social fire activities, just different places have different titles and content. The content of the social fire is very much, the scale of the activity is also very large, the ancient hundred plays, miscellaneous plays, etc., are the program in the social fire. Social fire not only refers to traditional festivals held in the folk amusement activities, but also used as a general term for all the activities of folk festivals, in the northern region, the traditional festivals, temple fairs, and other folk activities organized by the collectively referred to as the performance of social fire.

Local social fire

China's local distribution of folk social fire activities: Shaanxi social fire, Shanxi social fire, Weixian social fire, Zhengning social fire, Henan scolding social fire, Jinzhong social fire, Longxian social fire, Chiyang social fire, Jingchuan social fire, Qinghai social fire, Yongjing social fire, Dabaiyang social fire, Yangxian social fire, Liangzhou social fire, Gulang social fire, Benxi social fire, Songxian social fire, Baoxian social fire, and the social fire. Songxian Shehuo, Baoji Shehuo, Qingyang Shehuo, Joon County Shehuo, Taiyuan Shehuo, Zhouzhi County Paper Shehuo, Zhangye Shehuo, Qingcheng Shehuo, Xining Shehuo, Ping'an County Shehuo, and Dangchangdi Shehuo.

In Shaanxi, social fire is a common name for cores, stilts, bamboo horses, dry boats, lions, dragon lanterns and so on. Qishan social fire has developed into a form of cultural exchange in the region, and every year social fire meetings will be held in each region. Social fire will be a folk spontaneous organization to carry out cultural and entertainment activities of the mass groups. Shanxi's folk fire, rich in content, diverse forms. The province has about 200 kinds, according to its form can be divided into gongs and drums, rice-planting songs, car, boat and sedan chair, stilts, lamps and lanterns, simulation of beasts and animals, simulation of ghosts and gods, martial arts and so on.