Holiday Ayo - New Year's Eve is synonymous with fireworks, right? There will be firecrackers everywhere, but do you know where fireworks come from?

Firecrackers will emit beautiful colorful lights and are liked by many people because the sky will glow instantly, even though the firecrackers in the form of explosive powder packaged in this object are not dangerous because they have low explosive power.

If we look at the history of Firecrackers, Firecrackers not only serve as a celebration, in ancient times, Firecrackers were originally used to ward off evil spirits.

Firecrackers were first discovered in 200 BC Han Dynasty in China. at that time firecrackers using bamboo are thrown into the fire called baouzhu. The explosion was carried out to ward off a mountain creature named Nian who every year interferes with New Year's celebrations.

During the Sung Dynasty in 960-1279, Li Tian discovered gunpowder.
Then In 1292 Marcopolo brought firecrackers from China to Italy. At that time every celebration in Italy was always colored with firecracker explosions. Not only firecrackers, gunpowder in firecrackers is also used to make rifles and cannons. Therefore, Italy became the first country in Europe to produce firecrackers and firework.

Then the fireworks trade spread to England and the explosion of fireworks was favored by Queen Elizabeth. Firecrackers were then known by many countries and now have many types, from small explosions to large explosions in the sky displayed by various countries.

And now every year you can see cool fireworks in various countries such as Dubai, Australia, America and several other countries.