Firecrackers and Fireworks
1 min readThe Atmosphere Made by Firecrackers
When the Chinese New Year arrives，the sky is illuminated with fireworks and strings of lights to send off the old and ring in the new year.Fireworks and firecrackers，known as yanhua and baozhu，were originally made of real bamboo and were traditionally set off to frighten the legendary monster，Nian.You can hear or see fireworks and firecrackers everywhere，which usually lasts for a few hours.Some people will continue to set off fireworks periodically throughout the first half of the first lunar month.
Firecrackers and Fireworks
Firecrackers and fireworks have been one of the essential parts of Chinese festival culture.Firecrackers is a small explosive charge and a fuse in a heavy paper casing，exploded to make noise，as at celebrations.Fireworks refer to a device consisting of a combination of explosives and combustibles，set off to generatecolored lights，smoke，and noise for amusement.Fireworks are primarily known for colorful sparks while firecrackers for loud sound.
Firecrackers are of various kinds.They are generally subdivided into three categories:single-bang firecrackers，double-bang firecrackers（or cannon crackers），and cannonade crackers. There are also various kinds of fireworks.In terms of the way of setting off，they are generally divided into ground fireworks，hand fireworks，hanging fireworks，sky fireworks，water fireworks，etc.Each of them can be further classified to nearly a hundred subcategories.
