Why should firecrackers be set off during the Spring Festival?

According to legend, in ancient times, there was a fierce monster called Nian, which was in the deep sea all the year round, but at the turn of the old and the new, it came out to trample on crops and hurt people and animals, and the people complained bitterly. Once it went to the village to do evil again and was scared away by the red clothes hanging at the door. When I arrived at another place, I was scared by the lights and ran around.

So people have mastered the weakness of Nian's fear of sound, red and fire. At the end of each year, people put up red couplets at home, set off firecrackers and hang red lights, burn firewood in the yard, and chop vegetables and meat with kitchen knives, making a noise. So everyone should set off firecrackers during the Spring Festival.

The Spring Festival has a tradition of setting off firecrackers since ancient times. Setting off firecrackers makes the Spring Festival more lively, has a strong flavor of the year, and also symbolizes people's beautiful yearning for the New Year. Setting off firecrackers is said to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year, which means a beautiful yearning for the new year.

Around the blazing fire, the children set off firecrackers and danced happily. At this time, the bright lights in the house, the sparks in front of the court and the deafening noise outside the house pushed the lively atmosphere of New Year's Eve to a climax. Firecrackers pinned the good wishes of the working people of the Han nationality to avoid disasters and pray for blessings.