Essay About Firecrackers

Noisemaking and firecrackers are believed to have originated in ancient times. It is believed that noise and fire drive away bad spirits and bring blessings for God. The Chinese are credited for making firecrackers. Exploding them has become a tradition during the New Year
Back when I was eleven, fire crackers were already widely used. New Year always started with a bang or sometimes multiple explosions. It was indeed a noisy New Year for every single family and neighborhood went out to light their “piccolo” or “triangle”. If you’re lucky enough (or unlucky if you get hit) they light up the powerful “Goodbye Philippines”. And after midnight, the streets are covered with smoke
This year when the hand reaches to twelve, the use of firecrackers has been lessened, due to the

When it involves evil spirits, bad luck, and blessings then you can count the Filipinos applying this tradition in their lives.
At some point between 600 and 900 A.D., Chinese alchemists—perhaps hoping to discover an elixir for immortality—mixed together saltpeter (potassium nitrate, then a common kitchen seasoning), charcoal, sulfur and other ingredients, unwittingly yielding an early form of gunpowder. The Chinese began stuffing the volatile substance into bamboo shoots that were then thrown into the fire to produce a loud blast. The first fireworks were born.
(http://www.history.com/news/fireworks-vibrant-history)
The creation of the fireworks is what you call a fortunate accident since it was originally intended to make an elixir for immortality, instead we got thing that somehow explodes which is I guess is pretty much opposite of immortality. But because of such accident we are able to make the most exciting thing on new year. every new year we await these beautiful explosions to fill the streets and