What is the significance of the Spring Festival fireworks

Chinese folk "open door cannonball" said. That is, at the dawn of the new year, the first thing that families open the door is to burn firecrackers, to beep and blare the sound of firecrackers to get rid of the old and welcome the new. Firecrackers is a Chinese specialty, also known as "firecrackers", "firecrackers", "firecrackers", "firecrackers".

The origin is very early, on the evolution of firecrackers, "popular arrangement of superior" recorded: "ancient times firecrackers. All with real bamboo fire, so the Tang poetry also known as popping rod. Later people rolled paper for it. Called "firecrackers".

The original purpose of firecrackers is to welcome the gods and expel ghosts and monsters. Later, with its strong festive color development as a symbol of the old and the new. Burning firecrackers creates a festive and lively atmosphere, and is a kind of entertainment for festivals, bringing joy and good fortune to people.

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Customs of the Spring Festival p>Customs of Chinese New Year

Sweeping the dust: according to folklore: because "dust" and "Chen" are homophonic, sweeping the dust in the New Year has the meaning of "getting rid of the old and putting on the new", and the intention is to put all the poor luck and bad luck all together. poor luck, bad luck are swept out.

Vigilance: the night of New Year's Eve, the whole family gathered together, ate New Year's Eve dinner, lit candles or oil lamps, sitting around the fireplace chatting, waiting for the time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, overnight vigil, symbolizing all the evil plagues and epidemics, Zhao ran away, looking forward to a new year of good luck.

New Year's Eve: On the first day of the New Year, people get up early, put on the most beautiful clothes, dressed neatly, go out to visit friends and relatives, pay their respects to each other, wishing good luck in the coming year.

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