中英雙語話中國民風民俗 第151期:爆竹與鞭炮

Firecrackers and Fireworks

爆竹與鞭炮

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 works are primarily known for colorful sparks while firecrackers for loud sound.

鞭竹和煙花是中國節日文化的重要部分之一。鞭竹是一個小型炸藥，並在重磅紙外殼裝有保險絲，爆炸時製造出聲音，是一種慶祝活動。煙花是指由爆炸物和可燃物結合而成的，可以產生產生彩色燈光，煙霧，和娛樂聲的裝置。煙花主要是以豐富多彩的火花著名，而爆竹則以聲巨響而著名。

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

鞭竹是各種各樣的。它們通常細分爲三類：單一聲鞭竹，雙響（或大爆竹），和炮響爆竹。

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.

也有各種各樣的煙花。根據其裝置，它們一般分爲地面禮花，手煙花，掛煙花，天空煙花，水煙花等。這幾種中的每一種都可以進一步分爲近百個類別。