Can the ban on fireworks be lifted for Chinese New Year in 2023?

The ban on fireworks for the Spring Festival in 2023 cannot be lifted.

The "ban" is a ban on fireworks, which has been implemented in more than 282 cities across the country, meaning that fireworks cannot be set off in certain areas and at certain times, even during the Chinese New Year.

Fireworks have long been a traditional custom favored by China's residents, and have continued for millennia since the Northern Song Dynasty. In the past, whenever the New Year's Eve, in addition to the purchase of New Year's goods, families should purchase fireworks, fireworks will be able to add to the festive atmosphere.

However, from 2015 onwards, all parts of China have introduced new regulations, saying that a total ban on fireworks, fireworks and firecrackers, illegal sales of fireworks and firecrackers for people to be punished.

Firecrackers symbol:

Firecrackers in the Spring Festival sends the Han Chinese working people a kind of exorcism, disaster avoidance, pray for good luck. Firecrackers is a traditional Han Chinese folklore, has a history of more than two thousand years, according to legend is to drive away a monster called the year. When the clock strikes midnight, the New Year's bell rings, and the sound of firecrackers reverberates throughout the Chinese land.

In this "year of yuan, the month of yuan, the time of the yuan" of the "three yuan" moment, some places also in the courtyard of the base "Wang Huo", to show that Wang Qi through the sky, prosperous. Around the blazing fire, children set off firecrackers and jumped around happily.

Then, inside the house is bright lights, in front of the court is brilliant sparks, outside the house is the sound of the sky, the New Year's Eve to the climax of the lively atmosphere. The sound of the firecrackers sends the Han Chinese working people a kind of good wishes to get rid of evil spirits, avoid disasters and pray for good luck.

Reference: People's Daily Online - Can you set off fireworks on New Year's Eve this year?