Did you see the fireworks on New Year's Eve 2024? It was beautiful, wasn't it, where they exploded into each other above the sky? According to legend in China, the tradition of setting off fireworks dates back to the reign of the Han Dynasty in 200 BC, long before the invention of gunpowder. It is related to the name of the mountain creature Nian. Nian comes out of the mountain every Chinese new year, disrupting the new year celebrations. It will eat them! Then the people made explosive sounds from bamboo, which they called baouzhu, to drive the Nian away. From then on, firecrackers were used in every Chinese festival and celebration, such as Chinese New Year.
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