Firecrackers and Fireworks

爆竹与鞭炮

Firecrackers and fireworks have been one of the essential parts of Chinese festival culture. Firecrackers is a small explosive charge and a fuse in a heavy paper casing，exploded to make noise, as at celebrations. Fireworks refer to a device consisting of a combination of explosives and combustibles, set off to generate colored lights,smoke, and noise for amusement.Fireworks are primarily known for colorful sparks while firecrackers for loud sound.

鞭竹和烟花是中国节日文化的重要部分之一。鞭竹是一个小型炸药，并在重磅纸外壳装有保险丝，爆炸时制造出声音，是一种庆祝活动。烟花是指由爆炸物和可燃物结合而成的，可以产生产生彩色灯光，烟雾，和娱乐声的装置。烟花主要是以丰富多彩的火花著名，而爆竹则以声巨响而著名。

Firecrackers are of various kinds. They are generally subdivided² into three categories ：single-bang firecrackers, double-bang firecrackers (or cannon³ crackers¹) ,and cannonade crackers.

鞭竹是各种各样的。它们通常细分为三类：单一声鞭竹，双响（或大爆竹），和炮响爆竹。

There are also various kinds of fireworks. In terms of the way of setting off,they are generally divided into ground fireworks,hand fireworks,hanging fireworks,sky fireworks,water fireworks，etc. Each of them can be further classified to nearly a hundred subcategories.

也有各种各样的烟花。根据其装置，它们一般分为地面礼花，手烟花，挂烟花，天空烟花，水烟花等。这几种中的每一种都可以进一步分为近百个类别。