Fireworks and firecrackers "ban" and "release" (13)|Keep the tradition and celebrate the New Year with low carbon

In the past 2024 Spring Festival, a variety of cultural activities were held in various places. The author is in Linyou's hometown in Shaanxi Province and immersively experiences a Spring Festival with a strong atmosphere. As a part of traditional Chinese culture, fireworks represent people's yearning and celebration of a better life. In recent years, fireworks have become a widely discussed topic.

Setting off fireworks, as a traditional way of celebrating, can indeed add to the festive atmosphere, but it also comes with a series of problems. First of all, the safety issue, the discharge of fireworks and firecrackers can easily cause fires and pose a threat to people's lives and property. The second is environmental problems, such as smoke and noise generated by fireworks and firecrackers, which will cause certain pollution to the environment, and production and packaging will also increase carbon emissions. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of people's lives and the cleanliness of the environment, some cities have chosen to issue a ban on fireworks and firecrackers.

We believe that the question now is not whether to set off fireworks, but how to find traditionpracticeThe balance between the secular and the ecological. We should respect and listen to public opinion, and we should not ban burning because of choking or simply and rudely.

Recently, we have seen that some cities have issued notices of "prohibition and restriction". These warm measures can not only attract tourists, drive consumption, and at the same time maximize the emotional needs of the people for traditional New Year's flavor, but also pose new challenges to local government management.

The author believes that it is possible to distinguish between urban and rural, plain cities and mountainous and hilly urban areas, key air pollution control areas and non-control areas, and then formulate and implement differentiated fireworks management methods based on the environmental capacity of each region. After the policy is promulgated, it is necessary to strengthen multi-party coordination, especially in cross-provincial border areas. For example, the relevant government departments have designated special areas for fireworks and firecrackers, standardized the fireworks and firecrackers sales market, encouraged the use of environmentally friendly and safe fireworks to replace traditional gunpowder fireworks, further tapped the potential and connotation of traditional culture, and created more diversified cultural and entertainment products.

In Linyou, Shaanxi, the author personally felt that the overall amount of fireworks has declined, in addition to watching the Spring Festival Gala, Shehuo and other traditional performances, this year the villages also organized dragon dances, Yangge performances and other rich cultural activities. In addition, some villagers have begun to go out of their homes and start excursions around their homes to the idyllic scenery.

During the spring, the rehearsal of the dragon dance in the countryside of Linyou County, Shaanxi Province / Zhao Liang

Universities, scientific research institutions, environmental protection social organizations, science popularization workers, and new media bloggers can give full play to their respective advantages to disseminate popular science in a down-to-earth and enjoyable way, so as to guide the public to consume green and celebrate the New Year with low carbon. Through "cloud visits" and "cloud planting", increasingly rich and green and low-carbon ways to celebrate the New Year such as visiting museums and visiting ancient villages have also become popular. We noticed that during the Spring Festival, many museums and cultural blocks in Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places were unprecedentedly hot. In Xi'an, Shaanxi, benefiting from the landing of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala sub-venue, the integration of culture + technology, and the recitation of "Will Enter the Wine" by the whole people has become a unique scenery. In Yuncheng, Shanxi, citizens took their children to participate in the Lantern Festival riddle guessing activity, there were dances, songs and other cultural performances, guessing lantern riddles and red envelope rain surprises on the spot, attracting many people to stop and participate, many citizens hiking to the salt lake by the new Internet celebrity point card, feel the ecological beauty of the salt lake wetland.

Near the Yunchengchi Temple, the Lantern Festival lantern riddle guessing activity is very lively Photo/Zhao Liang