The Footsteps of the Spring Festival in the Year of the Tiger are getting closer and closer, and many places have introduced regulations prohibiting the setting off of firecrackers. There are those who are skeptical about this. The author believes that whether it is for air quality considerations or personal health and safety, the ban on fireworks and firecrackers is worth advocating.
With the changes of the times and the growing needs of the people for a beautiful ecological environment, the custom of setting off firecrackers is facing a new transformation. More and more people realize that fireworks are prone to safety accidents, waste a lot of paper and gunpowder, and affect air quality.
Fireworks and firecrackers will produce a large amount of harmful gases such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and dust from various metal oxides. When firing in large quantities, if the wind is weak, the temperature inversion occurs, and the humidity is high, these pollutants will continue to accumulate near the ground and undergo chemical reactions, and even form heavy pollution that lasts for many days, affecting human health.
In the process of storing, transporting and setting off fireworks, accidents that cause major property damage and casualties also occur from time to time. At the same time, the large amount of garbage generated by fireworks and firecrackers also increases the burden on sanitation workers.
Fresh air, blue sky and white clouds are people's common hope. In recent years, some places have successively issued "bans" to advocate a more civilized and environmentally friendly way of celebrating festivals, and the people's sense of blue sky happiness and gain is increasing.
In today's rich cultural and entertainment methods, setting off fireworks and firecrackers for fun is not the only choice to add to the festive season. You can choose more safe, environmentally friendly, healthy and other green entertainment methods such as electronic firecrackers, festive music, flowers, etc., and express your yearning for holiday joy and a better life with new content and new forms. Accompanying your family, calming down to read and recharge, and embracing spring and the future with a healthy body and mind is the proper meaning of the Spring Festival holiday. Family affection is the core of the Spring Festival. Family affection is there, the year is there, and the taste of the year is there. Without the sound of firecrackers, the Spring Festival will not only not reduce the taste of the year, but also be more beautiful, more civilized and warmer.
Everyone is a protector, builder and beneficiary of the ecological environment. Only when everyone works together to care for a beautiful environment can we ensure the safety of the public environment and live a safe, peaceful, green and healthy Spring Festival.
Source: China Environment
Editors: Wang Shengyu, Tang Jie
Planners: Shi Yong, Zhang Jian
Review: Chu Fangqiao, Wang Sha
Publisher: Ying Chen