First, the bamboo burning period
The so-called bamboo burning period is to burn bamboo and make a noise, which is called "firecrackers". China's "firecrackers" originated very early. In the book Tao Zhugong, Fan Li, a politician in the late Spring and Autumn Period, said: "It is auspicious to set off firecrackers in the pot at night and watch the fire according to the silkworms in the field." Record. (Zhonghua Book Company, Bashu Book Company Edition "Ancient and Modern Book Integration" Almanac Compilation Yearbook 95 Volume "New Year's Eve Miscellanies" 267 1 page.
About 300 years later, in the Western Han Dynasty, the writer Dong Fangshuo (65438 BC+054 BC-93 BC) described a story of firecrackers driving away mandrills in his "Strange Books", saying: "There was a man on the Western Hills, who was more than a foot long. He caught shrimps and crabs naked and was not afraid of people. They stop at night when they meet people, and cook shrimps and crabs at dusk according to their fire. When people are not here, they steal salt and eat shrimp and crabs. I cried when I heard his voice in the mountains. When people try to light a fire with bamboo, the fire will explode (bamboo will explode, and dryness (mandrill) will be frightened ... "(See" Old Novels "in Wan You Library).
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties (502-557 AD), Zonggu also recorded in the Chronicle of Jingchu: "On the first day of the first month ... chickens crowed and firecrackers were set off in front of the court to stop evil spirits." In the Song Dynasty, Li Miao also recorded a story of setting off firecrackers to drive away ghosts in his Luwen: "Li Qi lived next door to his house and was worshipped by the mandrill, which made dozens of bamboos gather in the court on New Year's Eve and burned it until dawn." (See page 2670 of the New Year's Eve of Ancient and Modern Book Integration. ) The above records show that China has used bamboo to burn and explode firecrackers for more than 2,000 years, and the custom of using firecrackers to exorcise evil spirits on New Year's Day or New Year's Eve has existed since ancient times.
There were many poems about firecrackers in Tang and Song Dynasties. For example, in a poem written by Liu Yuxi in the Tang Dynasty (772-842 AD), she said, "Looking at the pond, looking for old dumplings, firecrackers shocked Shan Gui." Sentence; Xue Ti (in the first year of Huichang, Tang Wuzong-84 1 year, Jinshi wrote two works and watched the battle in front of the Yuanri Building; Lei Hu's poem "Early Spring" said: "The new calendar is only half-opened, and the small court is still gathering." The language.
In the Song Dynasty, more poets chanted about it. For example, Wang Anshi said, "In addition to firecrackers, the spring breeze warms Tu Su." Famous sentences; Su Dongpo said: "firecrackers scare neighbors and drive away children." Language; Yang Wanli has: "Plum blossoms are three years old, and firecrackers are reported in dreams." Wait a minute.
Three Mountains Record also records Zhang Jun (1097-1164 Minister of Song Dynasty, 1 135 Prime Minister) and Zheng Qiao (1103-.