The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
FTRVCRACEERS IN CHINA
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from thirty o. Hfty feet ing
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light hemp tWins icing woven in 18th ths
fuses ~ that m. string sont fali ~ -
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u 10 fa-tsn~d at intervals Ia a roT-s whirh
runs throuxr . pulley AZ tbs topof ih- poh'
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sr- tho rof-s 10 gradually b.t 'ioSn AMI az
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pole - a. a. na'-e a graceful curve ot The
string Nh.n tlte-s long strings have
finally eaten themselves up th.rs are has
kstful. 70 fragments on tbs ground which
ar. first wettsd do wn't guard A<Ain-, fire
and then swept up or allowed To hlow a~ay
The Chinese have many names for the
different varieties they make FIRST COW
the ordinary whip guns or Whips -
calls,i because the sound - their sSplo-
sion IL like the swapping % a whip There
are small Whips about an .nch lonG.
made especially for the lt9- children 20
Use without danger Gsr one American
cent you could buy w. % the~-
Newt larger than the whip guns are
the bursting bAmboOa.- which are said
Co have taken their name from the fact
that in es<-y times bamboo WAS used
a. the tubes for these crackers. Even
still more powe rful are the hemp thun.
d..rerz Bearing a close similarity IN
power IN cannon crackers. these have been
known at times to break the second story
paper windows in a small compound
They play an important part IN the
worshipping or propitiating Of the gods
in our courtyard. writes Mr.. Pomeroy.
-inasmuch a. II IL considsrei good form
Ia set them of at intervals ~ lille the whip
guns. which my teacher ASSURES me do
not require any watching. are keeping
M their unbroken stream Of praise and
prayer They may be considered as
good l,isty amens throughout tho service.
slightly different In form are the
double noises. which are nothing more q r
less than our boosters that go on first
on the ground and again up in the AR.
To intersperse these throughout the eT-
plosions Of the whips during any special
demonstration - also considered COOL
form. Then allei to these We find another
booster, which when IL expiodss on the
ground drives ten others up into the air
To become the flying in heaven ten sounds
with the Chinese.
These are only for play. and that
chiefly IN the homes from the 18th to the.
eth day Of the INST moon of the year
With the lamp flower exploders. that is.
orr fower-pot. the list ~ the most com
mon forms 81 crackers and fireworks
bscomes exhausted, although the Chimes.
have several other less usual species.
together with many alternative names for
10th these and the ones ! have mentioned.
The time when the Chinese receive
most crackers IL AZ the New Year season.
when. among the well-to-do families 81
Tientsin and Pskin. u Is customary tn
give a boy the equivalent Of our - cents
for his purchases In Pekin the shops
issue special red notes. like our old shin
plasters in value. for this one USE at the
New Year
In giving the cracker money to the
hoys the parents often make smaller
presents TO the girls. who are wont 20 buy
paper flowers with their pennies. IN proof