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What are the historical records of fireworks?

Fireworks are also called fireworks, fireworks and fireworks. Setting off fireworks in festivals has a long history and tradition in China. During the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival or every major festival, all kinds of fireworks will be set off, such as flamingos, silver flowers and dragons dancing at night.

The earliest record of fireworks in the world belongs to the saying in Huai Nan Zi of the Western Han Dynasty that "a thousand people are born with the skill of spitting fire with thunder". This is the embryonic form of fireworks later. This kind of fireworks has little gunpowder, but it is enough to show off the illusion.

In the Sui Dynasty, the production method of fireworks became more complicated and became a new thing for emperors' entertainment. Later, Gao Cheng, a Song Dynasty man, thought in Ji Yuan, "The gunpowder play began in Yang Di."