Firework References

Fireworks History

Working with fire probably began about half a million years ago when patriarchal cavemen, realized that they felt cold and began rubbing pieces of wood together until the friction caused an ignition.It is only within the last 200 years or so that fire was correctly interpreted as being a form of energy where the flames are defined as regions of luminous View More...

Fireworks Display

The modern display often has to perform to audiences of much greater size than those of the past, which also can restrict choices in the use of some types of firework.View More...

Fireworks and Liuyang

The history of fireworks production in Liuyang spans more than 1300 years. It goes like this: "the earliest fireworks came into being in the Tang Dynasty (7th-] Oth century), and Chinese fireworks manufacture began to flourish during the Song Dynasty; its birthplace is Liuyang" In 1980 Liuyang was named the "Home of Fireworks" by China's Central Government. With its excellent technology and advanced line of production, Liuyang fireworks are well-known at home and abroad View More...

Gunpowder History

The Chinese consider that the properties'of gunpowder were discovered during the period 475--221 BC with the rise of interest in alchemy and the urge to perfect the making of both gold and the elixir of life.During the Han Dynasty (206 BC)alchemy became inereasingly popular, but precise details of the origin of gunpowder are nbt clear because this was not what the alchemists were primarily looking for.View More...