The meaning of closed-door cannon

Closing-door firecrackers

"Closing-door firecrackers" as the name suggests means starting to set off firecrackers when the door is closed. Of course, the cannons here are by no means military weapons, but the Wenzhou people’s custom of setting off firecrackers. In the past, Wenzhou people mostly held New Year's celebrations on the eve of the Lunar New Year (and they were held at home). After the whole family had the New Year's Eve celebrations, they had to move all the items they used outside the door into the house to celebrate the New Year (even the New Year celebrations). Brooms are no exception), which means not letting the feng shui flow out. Then set off firecrackers to show that you are ready to close the business. Each firecracker must hear double sounds (called double happiness), and three must be set off in a row (called Sanyang Kaitai), and one firecracker must have six sounds (called Liuliu Dashun). If there is When a firecracker makes only one sound, immediately set off a double firecracker to make a total of seven sounds (which means making a fortune). However, after the closing cannon is fired, you cannot open the door or go out tonight, otherwise the feng shui will escape. The opening gun is held in the morning of the next day (the first day of the first lunar month), after the whole family gets up and opens the middle door to usher in the first light of the New Year (called opening the door to good luck). The same three blasts are played, up to six times. However, in recent years, on New Year's Eve, since more than half of the country's people are watching CCTV's live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala at home, the "closed fire" time is getting later and later, and the "opening fire" time is getting later and later. "Let it go at just midnight. This follows the custom of "closing the door is the latest to keep the feng shui" and "opening the door is the earliest, so it is better to travel far away." I remember there is a poem in Wenzhou about the first lunar month activities, "Folk Custom Monthly Meeting Bamboo Branch Ci", which includes The sentence "The cannons ring with double sounds of joy when the door opens, and thousands of households renew themselves to welcome the Spring Festival" is a description of the celebration customs of closing the door and opening the door.