On New Year's Eve, in addition to eating New Year's Eve dinner and guarding the year, we also need to set off firecrackers. Do you know why we need to set off firecrackers on New Year's Eve? What's the time of setting off firecrackers, and what's the emphasis? Here's a brief introduction to many things about setting off firecrackers on New Year's Eve.
When will the firecrackers start on New Year's Eve: 12 midnight
On New Year's Eve, firecrackers usually start at midnight and end at breakfast the next day, because midnight is the beginning of the new year. Firecrackers are used to bang away bad luck, welcome good luck and start a new year.
What's the point of setting off firecrackers in the Spring Festival
1. Firecrackers are fired before the reunion dinner to symbolize the reunion: the firecrackers are fired before the reunion dinner, which is actually a long-standing old folk custom. In addition to the sun, there are more peaches, spring couplets, ribbon, firecrackers, gold drums, Dendrobium, Holly and plum flowers. It is the night to worship the internal and external gods, and to say the new year's rites in a short time. "The sound of firecrackers is actually an expression of people's joy after the end of the year.
2. After closing the wealth gate and setting off firecrackers, closing the gate implies that wealth will not flow out: in addition to having reunion dinner, there is a time on New Year's Eve for people to keep the tradition of setting off firecrackers, that is, the custom of "closing the wealth gate" at 12:00 p.m. But this custom has evolved into people's pursuit of a better life, hoping to attract money and treasure, and have the guarantee or enjoyment of rich material life.
3. After "closing the door of wealth", it corresponds to "opening the door of wealth" on the first day of the new year. On the first day of the new year, every family opens its door. When the new year comes, the first thing for every family to open the door is to set off firecrackers to remove the old and welcome the new. In the past, the most senior male host opened the door by burning incense and setting off firecrackers, which was called "going out of heaven", or "opening the door of wealth".
The legend of setting off firecrackers on New Year's Eve
The appearance of the monster "Xi"
It is said that in ancient times, there was a terrible monster named Xi, who lived in seclusion in the mountains. But on the 30th day of the lunar month, he would run out and eat animals and people in the nearby villages. People tried many ways to subdue the night, but they didn't work. Year after year, animals are eaten away and people are gradually scarce. Later, the common people couldn't bear it, so they had to ask for the kitchen god.
"Kitchen God" moves the soldiers
Lord Zao knew that Xi was powerful and knew that he was not Xi's opponent, so he decided to take the opportunity to report back to Tiangong on the 23rd of the lunar month to move the soldiers to Tianting. But the Jade Emperor didn't want to take care of it, and the gods nearby were lazy. The kitchen god tried to please the Jade Emperor, because he didn't bring any gifts, only a few sugar melons (we all know that the Kitchen God likes to eat sugar melons), he took them out to the Jade Emperor to eat, saying it was a human specialty. Don't look at the delicacies of the jade emperor all day long. He hasn't eaten such a primitive folk snack. As a result, his teeth are stuck when he eats it. The Jade Emperor is in a hurry. He wants to get down the melon on his teeth and swallow it. At this time, the kitchen king told the jade emperor about moving and saving the soldiers. At this time, the Jade Emperor was in no mood to take care of this matter. No matter what the kitchen king said, he nodded. You don't think he can speak with his teeth stuck. He nodded, which means you can say anything. It's true to get this thing down to me. As soon as the Kitchen God saw that the Jade Emperor nodded, he quickly brought a cup of hot tea to the Jade Emperor, and took the opportunity to ask: 'since you promised to send soldiers, who do you want to send?' the Jade Emperor drank the hot tea and melted the sugar melon, and finally opened his mouth, saying one word at a time: 'sticky! So sticky!' those immortals beside him were afraid that the Jade Emperor would order himself to go on this errand. Once they heard that and took the bad one, they took the opportunity Catch the words and say: 'the jade emperor has a purpose to send the year with the kitchen king on New Year's Eve. '
'year' except 'Night'
As soon as the kitchen Lord saw it, the youngest son of 'Nian' Shennong, who was still a little baby (that is, the 'Nian baby') was not happy. It was the mule that was pulled out by mazan to walk. The kitchen god had no choice but to take Nian back to the world. Before leaving, I brought two toys this year, a piece of red silk and a bamboo tube. On the thirtieth night, Xi came to make trouble again. There was a big battle between Nian and Xi. In, he took out red silk and bamboo tubes. It turns out that this is not ordinary red silk or bamboo tube. He was a good friend with the third prince Nezha, the son of King li of tota, when he was in the sky in, and these two magic weapons were borrowed from Nezha. The red silk was Nezha's mixed Tianling, and the bamboo tube was changed from the fire point gun, which could spray fire. In, Xi was driven away with these two magic weapons.
The magic weapon of 'year'
In order to prevent himself from doing evil again in the evening after he left, he cut the red silk into many small strips and posted them on the gate. As like as two peas, the fire is also lit by the people. From then on, I was so scared that I never dared to come to the village again. In order to commemorate this event, people call the day of the 30th lunar month the new year's Eve, which means that the eve is removed, and the first day of the first lunar month is called the new year. That's why firecrackers are set off every new year's Eve.
Precautions for setting off firecrackers in Spring Festival
1. When buying firecrackers, pay attention to the product description on the package. Do not buy illegal or inferior firecrackers. Be careful not to cause accidents when setting them off. If you buy a firecracker with a short fuse, you'd better give up setting it off.
2. Do not set off firecrackers indoors, in or near public places with concentrated personnel, storage warehouses, chemical plants, densely wired, green belts, underground inspection wells, sewers, septic tanks, etc. Try to choose an open place with few people, few buildings and no inflammables and explosives. When in the wild, do not take the firecrackers as inflammable and explosive materials to the car, or set off firecrackers in the forest area, so as not to cause a mountain fire. Especially in dry areas.
3. Don't let children and those with poor psychological quality burn off alone, to avoid the group's panic and panic during the process of setting off firecrackers and accidents caused by wrong setting off.
4. Do not set off firecrackers in your hands or throw them out to cause firecrackers flying, which may cause fire or people injury.
5. Don't set off firecrackers near livestock, especially dogs. They are very afraid of the sound of firecrackers. They are easy to lose their sense and bite people after a loud noise. Large animals, such as Buffalo, are more difficult to control after they go mad, which will pose a great threat to people and property.
6. The firecrackers shall be stored in a safe place with low temperature and dry, far away from the fire source and power supply. And properly keep, do not smash, twist, to prevent its spontaneous combustion of firecrackers.
7. In case of any abnormal situation during the setting off, such as Squibs, do not immediately close to the product, etc. for clear reasons, wait for a period of time before handling, and do not set off the failed firecrackers again.
8. After the firecrackers are set off, the residual fire shall be put out in time to avoid the wind blowing the embers into the inflammable and explosive places.
9. When setting off jet fireworks, do not aim at 90 DEG; aim at the top of the head, do not stand at the position where the fireworks fall, to avoid soiling or hurting yourself. When holding the fire, you can only hold the end of the cylinder with your fingers, and do not face the palm at the bottom. After the fire is ignited, extend your arms straight, with the fireworks mouth facing up, the tail facing the ground, and launch into the air. Do not let off fireworks with deformation and blockage of spray pipe, so as to avoid explosion.
10. People with long hair and wearing sweaters should wear hats and loose coats to prevent burning.
11. Do not place firecrackers in bottles, soil, etc., so that once the firecrackers are ignited, these containers with closed space will become small-scale earth bombs, with the hazard increasing rapidly and the consequences unimaginable.