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Why should fireworks be set off during the Spring Festival? What is the origin of setting off fireworks?

1. the origin of fireworks

The Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of a year and a traditional "festival". Commonly known as Spring Festival, New Year, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and so on. It is also known verbally as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve. The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year in ancient times. Everything is based on the sky, and people are based on their ancestors. It is also the opposite to pray for the ancestors who worship the sky. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations, and it carries rich historical and cultural connotations in its inheritance and development.

During the Spring Festival, all kinds of activities to celebrate the Spring Festival will be held all over the country, with a lively and festive atmosphere. These activities are mainly to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, worship ancestors and pray for a bumper harvest. They are rich in forms and have strong regional characteristics, which embodies the cultural essence of Chinese civilization.

2. Why should fireworks be set off during the Spring Festival?

Fireworks are set off because, according to legend, a long time ago, a monster named "Xi" came out to hurt people at the end of each year, and even the kitchen god could do nothing to protect the people, so the kitchen god invited a prodigy named "Nian" to kill the monster with red silk and bamboo poles crackling in the fire. This day happens to be the last day of the twelfth lunar month, and people think

People hope that every household has red silk and firecrackers, so the red silk and bamboo poles burned in the fire gradually evolved into red couplets and firecrackers that every household has in the New Year. This legend about the year can be said to be clear and orderly.

Fireworks, also known as fireworks, fireworks and firecrackers, were invented earlier by working people in China and are often used in grand ceremonies or performances. However, the only activity that can set off fireworks on the same day in modern China and even the world is New Year's Eve.

3. Eye protection measures should be taken to set off firecrackers in the New Year.

The sound of firecrackers bid farewell to the old year, and setting off firecrackers should be the most popular activity for children during the Spring Festival. However, it is not uncommon to see the news that firecrackers hurt your eyes and hands every Spring Festival. Therefore, Bian Xiao reminds readers that eye protection measures must be taken when setting off firecrackers for children.