In my hometown of Shaanxi, every year in the first month, every village holds a social fire party to celebrate the new year. If you want to ask me what a social fire is, I heard it from my grandmother. Folk social fire is a self-entertainment activity during the Spring Festival, which comes from the worship of ancient land and fire. Society, the land god; Fire, the ancestor of fire, is the legendary Vulcan. In the middle of agricultural culture, land is the foundation of people's foothold, which lays a material foundation for human survival and development. Fire is the source of cooked food and heating, and it is also an indispensable condition for human survival and development. Ancient people believed that fire also had "spirit" with primitive thinking. Regard it as a sacred object with special meaning and worship it, thus forming the concept of respecting fire.

Today, my grandma took me to see the Shehuo. There were a sea of people there, and there were quite a few people watching the Shehuo. When we went to the place where we played social fire, we only saw drummers, dancers and jugglers. People on the social fire team were all painted with various faces and played various roles. They were performing programs for Vulcan and making Vulcan happy. In this way, Vulcan would bring people good luck in the new year. That's interesting.