The meaning of setting off firecrackers is: a beautiful yearning for the new year.

Setting off firecrackers is said to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. It is a representative traditional form in New Year culture. It expresses people's beautiful yearning for the new year. People often burn firecrackers during the Chinese New Year, and firecrackers have the meaning of exorcising evil spirits, warding off evil spirits, and eliminating disasters.

So in later legends, "Nian" gradually evolved into a kind of demon, and the sound of firecrackers in every household was to drive away monsters like "Nian".

Introduction to setting off firecrackers:

In the Spring and Autumn Period, lighting firecrackers became a custom. During the reign of Duke Wen of Jin Dynasty, Jie Zitui took his old mother to hide in the mountains, but Chong'er chose to burn firecrackers in order to get him out of the mountains. Mountain, there are bamboos growing on the mountain. When the mountain is burned, the bamboo crackles. Later, the firecrackers are lit to commemorate Jie Zitui.

The familiar firecrackers with gunpowder, or firecrackers, appeared in the Song Dynasty. Minerals such as mirabilite and sulfur were made into gunpowder according to a certain proportion, and the gunpowder was wrapped in paper or bamboo leaves. , it became a firecracker.

Although the form has changed, the sound is very similar. Lighting firecrackers during the New Year also has the mood to pray for good luck, prosperous life and express the joy of the New Year. Since then, the practice of setting off firecrackers has continued from the Chinese New Year to other occasions, such as weddings and funerals. In addition to setting off firecrackers, there is also the custom of drinking Tusu wine, which is drunk on the first day of the first lunar month.