When it comes to fireworks, firecrackers, firecrackers, it comes down to three different objects. - the firecrackers are burning bamboo, the firecrackers are one blow, the firecrackers are a string of firecrackers that don't match each other。
That sounds like something, but it is the “different growth patterns of the same thing” that is mistaken for “three unrelated things”。
In fact, firecrackers, cannons, firecrackers, are the same folklore, with different names at different stages of history — the core of which is “fire sounds” — all for the purpose of “exorcising evil for good”, but with the development of times, technological advances, changing names, changing shapes, and never changing the essence。
Let's follow the time line today, starting with its originality, and look at these three names。
The origin of “crackers” dates back to the time of the qin era, when there was no clear name for “crackers”, but the practice of “crackers exorcises” already existed. "how's the night? Even though the night is not bright, the light of the court is not clear about “crackers”, but the logic behind “fire to drive away bad things” is the same as the subsequent fireworks。
The most important one is east han's customary principles, which quotes the sage of god: “there are people in the west mountains who are long, long, strong, sexual, and the culprits are warm and famous. When a man sets fire with bamboo, the sound of the fire is full of shame." this was the earliest record of “cracker exorcism” and it was clear that the fireworks at that time were set on fire, frightened by the “cracking” of the bamboo, without a complex process, the core was “cracker sound” — the first act of firecrackers and artillery。
During the tang dynamite period, the gunpowder was developed with an additional name — artillery, which changed from “pure firecracker” to “powder + gunpowder”, but was single。
In the medium term, the prototype of gunpowder (the early pyrotechnics are derived from the potion, which is slightly different from the black powder used in the military during the period of north song) could radically change the logic of “crackers”. The fire powder now makes it more loud and convenient, and the “crackers” began slowly to shift from “burning bamboo” to “fire powder”, but because the technology is not yet mature, the “linking” has not yet appeared, and it has been set alone, at a time when a new name has been given to it — the blast。
Don, "at the time of his majesty, wang qian is the master of chinese books, tastes of secret calls, candles at night, words and politics." 琚曰: ‘ please use the word "blast" as the word "blaster" and "blaster" as the word "blaster." here's the “blast war”, which is clearly “fired”, i. E. The sound of gunpowder, which is not the burning of bamboo, but it's still used to “fright away the bad things”, just like the firecrackers before, except that the material has changed, the name has changed, and the substance has not changed。
As recorded in tang zongbao's calendar year (825), “the emperor's proclamation of the political palace, the monks only set up a fast, plays the song of the yuen yuen, and gives the church a dance of the brahmin to the people”. What does that mean? It means that the “blast war” has entered the palace from the folk's customs and became part of the court's entertainment, but the material is still dominated by “pants plus gunpowder” and does not depart from the core logic of the “bracket” — the sound of the fire, the excitement and the evil. To put it simply, a war is an “upgrading firecracker”, with a new name, new material or the same thing。
By song dynasty, it had the most common name — a firecracker — and it had become our familiar “string money”, but it was a continuation of the same concept。
Structural innovation first. Song dynasty is particularly well developed in handicrafts, especially papermaking and gunpowder production, which makes it possible to “pack paper-package gunpowder” and no longer rely on bamboo. "on the eve of the fifteenth day of the month, from winter to winter, otaki opened the palace's hangout house, and zheng de building, and the travelers were gathered, under the two halls of tokyo's street, the power of magic, singing and dancing, singing and dancing, singing and singing, and singing for more than a decade. Among them is the `blast war', which is wrapped in white paper, and which is loud, which is called the `cracker'.”
It was clearly written — the former war was a single, bamboo-plus gunpowder, which is now a “white-paper-covered” chain structure that ignites and then explodes in turn, making a series of noises, so people gave it a more visible name — a firecracker。
But it has escalated from the “blast war” and from the “bracket” to the same purpose, which is the festivities of the night festival, and the meaning of exorcism and prayer has not changed, but it has become easier and more popular。
In song dynasty's literature, the term “crackers” has been widely used and sometimes mixed with “blastering war”, which also proves that they are the same thing. For example, in the old war of the new year and the new year: "a woman wears beads, moths, jade, willows, buddha's leaves, lightballs, gold-soldiers, cuffs, paps, and clothes are white, as is appropriate for the month of the month. My son and daughter, they all follow the style of the kyoshi. Firecrackers, fireworks, and so forth. The combination of “crackers” and “pyrotechnics” indicates that it has become a separate holiday object and that its name has been completely defined, but it is connected with the previous fireworks, the war, and so forth。
From dawn to the modern age, it has gone into civil society, with three names occasionally mixed, but the core is the same concept。
In the light of the dawn period, firecrackers have become increasingly sophisticated, moving slowly from court to civil society, becoming an essential part of the festival, whether in new year, at night or in marriage. At this time, its technology has become more technological and popular, but it is still the object of the “fire sound” and the same thing in essence as the firecrackers of qin and tang dynasty。
The process of making firecrackers is well documented in mingdai's artworks book 15 fireworks: “when a firecracker is made, it is made of paper, and the powder is wrapped in it, and every layer must be covered with paste, so as to make it strong. Scrambled, tied with a line, each set in ten. Lines are drawn with cotton paper and inserted into each gunpowder cartridge, with the end of the line attached.” at this point, the “linking structure” of the firecrackers has been standardized, and the number of “each” (e. G. The “hundred” “thousands”) has become an indicator of the specifications, but the logic of making it is “packaged powder, sparking sound” and the core logic of tang dynasty's battle, handai's fireworks。
In kiyo dynasty's "christ, vol. I, moon", it says, "as of age, open the door three times, and the clouds `exorcise'; and sacrifice, family members sit in soup groups, which is called `joining home'." by this time, the function of firecrackers (i. E., former fireworks, exorcism) has been extended from the very beginning to “defunct”, to “gift for good” and to become a regular ritual of the “pharaoh” (at the beginning of the month)。
But, no matter how it changes, it's still the object that carries people's longings and the sound of fire that never turns into another thing。
First qin to handy - “bums”, with the sound of bamboo, is a simple practice of exorcism
Tang dynasty - upgraded to a “blast war” with gunpowder, turned into a single flame and entered the palace
Song dynasty - turned into a “cracker” with a chain structure, with a fixed name, which became more popular
It has become popular in recent times, with a more sophisticated technology and a richer sense, but the core hasn’t changed from scratch – with a “fire sound” – and with chinese exorcism and desire for good folk。
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