燃放鞭炮是中国人的传统习俗,已有2000多年的历史了。过年时放鞭炮,是在祈求来年幸福。《荆楚岁时记》记载,正月初一,鸡叫头一遍时,大家就纷纷起床,在自家院子里放爆竹,来驱退瘟神恶鬼。当时没有火药,没有纸张,人们便用火烧竹子,使之爆裂发声,以驱逐瘟神。 Setting off firecrackers is a traditional Chinese custom that has existed for more than 2,000 years. New Year fireworks, is pray for the coming year happiness. “Jingchu Chronicles” records, the first lunar January, chicken first time, we have to get up, put firecrackers in their own yard, to repel the god of the plague. At that time, there was no gunpowder and no paper. People used fire bamboo to make their bursts of sound burst out to expel the plague god.