Why do you want to set off firecrackers and post Spring Festival couplets during the Spring Festival?

First, the reason for setting off firecrackers in the Spring Festival:

The custom of setting off firecrackers in the Spring Festival began in the Han Dynasty. In ancient times, firecrackers were set off by burning bamboo in a fire. Because the air in bamboo expands due to heat, it makes a crackling sound to ward off evil spirits, hoping for good luck and happiness in the coming year. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, firecrackers made of gunpowder came into being.

Second, the reasons for posting Spring Festival couplets during the Spring Festival:

Spring Festival couplets evolved from "peach stalks" in the Warring States period more than two thousand years ago. According to Huainanzi, peach characters (peach stalks) are carved from peach wood. It is engraved with a spell that destroys happiness, and it changes every year. Meng Changjun, the Emperor of Shu after the Five Dynasties, had a whim during the Spring Festival and asked people to slice peach trees. He wrote a pair of couplets on it: "Qing Yu in the New Year and Changchun in the Festival", which is the earliest Spring Festival couplets in China.

As for the official birth of the name Spring Festival couplets, it was in the Ming Dynasty. After Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, made Jinling his capital, he issued a decree on New Year's Eve to write two pairs of Spring Festival couplets for the families of officials, officials and literati to show the New Year. Since then, Spring Festival couplets have become popular, and every household should post Spring Festival couplets during the New Year.

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Customs of the Spring Festival:

China is a multi-ethnic country, and each ethnic group has different ways to celebrate the New Year. The customs and habits of the Han nationality, Manchu nationality and Korean nationality for the Spring Festival are similar. The family is reunited. People eat rice cakes, jiaozi and various sumptuous meals, set off firecrackers and wish each other well. Celebrations during the Spring Festival are extremely colorful, including lion dance and dragon dance, as well as walking on stilts and running dry boats.

In some areas, people follow the activities of worshipping ancestors and gods in the past and pray for good weather, peace and good harvest in the new year. Ancient Mongols called the Spring Festival "White Festival" and the first month was Bai Yue, which means good luck. Tibetans celebrate the Tibetan calendar year. Hui, Uygur, Kazak, etc. Celebrate Eid al-Adha. The Spring Festival is also a grand festival for Miao, Yi and Yao people.

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