Firecrackers

Japanese: 爆竹 - ばくちく

〘Noun〙 Gunpowder is packed into small bamboo or paper tubes, which are strung together. When lit, they explode one by one, making a loud noise. It began as an event in ancient China on New Year's Day, when green bamboo was burned over a fire and the sound of it expelling drove away evil spirits said to live in the mountains. It is now widely held on national holidays as well, to express congratulations and lift spirits. In Japan, it is often confused with the Sagicho fires lit on the 15th of the New Year. [Season: New Year] *Hokaku Shinku Zenshiroku (1346) Qian/Seichin "The color of the bells is beating and the sound of the drums is rousing, and _two firecrackers are _set off as spring approaches in the cold valley" [Jingchu Saijiki]

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Japanese:

〘名〙小さい竹筒や紙筒に火薬をつめ、それをたくさんつないだもの。火をつけると順々に爆発して激しい音をたてる。昔、中国で、元旦に青竹を火にあぶってその破裂音で、山中に住むという悪鬼を追い払った行事が初め。広く、祝日にも祝意を表わし、景気をつけるために行なう。日本では、正月一五日に焚(た)く左義長の火と混同されて用いられることが多い。《季・新年》※宝覚真空禅師録（1346）乾・節辰「鐘色纔動鼓声催、寒谷春随_二爆竹_一回」〔荊楚歳時記〕

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