How to treat "Spring Festival smog" and ban fireworks and firecrackers?

This year, the custom of setting off fireworks and firecrackers during the Spring Festival, which has lasted for thousands of years, has once again become a hot topic because of a long-lasting and wide-ranging smog. Setting off fireworks and firecrackers is a traditional habit for people to celebrate festivals. However, a large number of fireworks and firecrackers will have great influence and hidden dangers on air quality and personal safety.

Hazy weather has given birth to a new topic: fireworks and firecrackers will not be set off during the Lantern Festival (February 23 -24), and foggy weather will develop in the central and eastern regions. On the day of Lantern Festival (24th), there was fog in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei and Sichuan, and the meteorological conditions were not conducive to the spread of pollutants. Experts suggest reducing the setting off of fireworks. During the Lantern Festival (February 23-24), the smog weather in the central and eastern regions will develop. On the day of Lantern Festival (24th), there was fog in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei and Sichuan, and the meteorological conditions were not conducive to the spread of pollutants. Experts suggest reducing the setting off of fireworks.

Beijing suffered from smog again. Environmental Protection Bureau: Try not to set off fireworks during the Lantern Festival. Today is the Lantern Festival. After today, the Spring Festival will be over. Unfortunately, it is foggy today, and the visibility is only about 1 km. There may be rain and snow in the afternoon, and the highest temperature is 5.

. It's cloudy tonight, too, with thick clouds. It is estimated that the smog will continue, and the illumination, atmospheric transparency and visibility are very poor. The environmental protection department expects that there will be serious pollution today, so it also appeals to the public not to set off fireworks as much as possible. ?

Hazy weather has quietly changed the Millennium custom of setting off fireworks and firecrackers in China. During the Spring Festival, the most solemn traditional festival in China, the custom of setting off fireworks and firecrackers with a history of more than 1000 years was cold. In the past few days, many cities such as Guangzhou, Haikou and Zhengzhou have cancelled fireworks displays, and the action of "shooting less during the Spring Festival" initiated by the people is also like a cloud. This change, to a great extent, stems from the invasion of rare haze weather in many areas of China.

"Sales this year are at least 50% less than in previous years." Liang, who runs fireworks in Zhengzhou, said. Liang is a little sorry for the business being deserted, but he understands that "it may be related to frequent smog weather and people's awareness of environmental protection."

In China, setting off fireworks and firecrackers on holidays has a very long history. Wang Anshi, a famous writer in the Song Dynasty, once wrote a poem describing the scene of setting off firecrackers in the New Year: firecrackers are one year old, and the spring breeze sends warmth into Tu Su. Closely link the Spring Festival with firecrackers.

Hazy weather makes fireworks cold. Setting off fireworks and firecrackers is a traditional custom in the Spring Festival, but in the smoggy weather, large-scale setting off fireworks and firecrackers will make it worse.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, a number of Weibo portals launched the initiative of "No or Less Fireworks", which received positive response from netizens. Zheng, a famous writer, launched a vote on Weibo on "No fireworks and firecrackers during the Spring Festival to prevent smog and air pollution", and more than 85% of netizens voted in favor.

During the Spring Festival, the reporter visited Chongqing and found that the online appeal was responded by the public, and the sales of fireworks in the market dropped significantly compared with last year.

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Discussion on the prohibition of setting off firecrackers in continuous foggy days in Beijing

Netizen hotly debated: The smog continues, should firecrackers be banned?

The smog makes the city "cough".

Support, fireworks should be banned @ Jiangnan Mimi: firecrackers should have been banned long ago. They are noisy, noisy and dangerous. The most important thing is to pollute the air and the ground. People don't have to celebrate the New Year.

@ "Wang Jianwen hits": in favor of banning. It is necessary to put forward the ban on setting off fireworks and firecrackers again. Today's national conditions are very different from the original ban, and the tradition of festivals should also take its essence and discard its dross.

@ "Mountain Rain Pavilion": Heavy pollution, insecurity, money! Let's ban it!

@ "Peng Liang Industry & Trade": Although setting off firecrackers is not the cause of smog weather, setting off firecrackers in large quantities in the case of continuous smog weather will aggravate the harsh environment. It's time to put up with it I hope that the areas affected by smog weather will improve as soon as possible.

@ 姗姗姗: I have always disapproved of keeping the custom of setting off fireworks and firecrackers in the Spring Festival. In the past, the city was small and there were no tall buildings, so the fireworks residue was easy to spread. Nowadays, high-rise buildings in cities are dense, which not only makes it difficult to spread, but also produces huge noise pollution and personal injury.

@ Muzirong 63 1: The continuous smog has made people suffocate. For the health of China people and the blue sky of dreams, we need you to make practical efforts to reduce fireworks and firecrackers.

@ 中中中中中: One of the reasons why I hate the Spring Festival is shooting! Want to watch the program, can't hear clearly, can't sleep, want to exercise, air pollution, want to walk the children. There are hidden dangers everywhere. While the smog is cured, the old customs should be completely abolished.

@ 丫丫丫丫丫丫: The Spring Festival is once a year. Can it be called Chinese New Year without setting off firecrackers? The big deal is to wear a mask.

@bluedd: It should not be banned, but it should be controlled. Firecrackers are a national tradition and should not be banned simply and rudely.

@ Jiangnan Mimi: Firecrackers should have been banned long ago. They are noisy, noisy and dangerous. The most important thing is to pollute the air and the ground. Didn't it increase the burden on sanitation workers? Don't people have to celebrate the New Year?

@ Xiao Qiang the Great: Suggest compromise. The official fireworks display point will not be dispersed by the public, but will be set up for the public to watch the ceremony, and it can be set off for a few minutes on New Year's Eve. The rest of the time is forbidden.

Objection, fireworks should not be banned @ "smelly Mimi": What's the point of not setting off firecrackers in the New Year? It is better to focus more on how to deal with a series of problems brought by urban population, such as the construction of low-rise buildings; A large number of automobile exhaust emissions; Factories without environmental protection measures; Low-level heating system and so on.

@ "Liu Qing": Spring Festival is held once a year. Can it be called Chinese New Year without setting off firecrackers? The big deal is to wear a mask.

@ "Fisherman _ Damascus": Do you have time to take care of gasoline? That thing can burn for 365 days. How many days can firecrackers ring? How many patterns does gasoline have?

@ "Darren _ Zhang": I think people should be given the right to choose. It's not good to ban it hard, but we can call for less fireworks. At the critical moment, most people still have this kind of consciousness, not letting go or letting go less.

@ "bluedd": It should not be banned, but it should be controlled. Firecrackers are a national tradition and should not be banned simply and rudely. But it can't be discharged without limit, making noise, polluting the environment and endangering safety. Why not ban it or detonate it indefinitely? Why can't we find a compromise?

@Vicky_Lew: The air pollution is serious. No one suggested driving less. There are only a few days of shooting a year, so it is necessary to take this as an operation. Now if we don't set off some firecrackers during the Spring Festival, there will be no flavor of the year. I don't believe that two days of shooting can pollute half a month. Isn't it the same if no one shoots every day?

@ Jingjing Jingjing: There is little factor in shooting in air pollution, and not shooting can only reduce fire hazards. If we really want to solve the air pollution problem, we should start from the source, not these details.

@Fsbear: I object to setting off fewer firecrackers during the Spring Festival. In fact, firecrackers have been much less in recent years than when I was young, and the taste of the year is getting weaker and weaker. If there were no more firecrackers, I really don't know the difference between the Spring Festival and other ordinary days.

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Britain: the world's first clean air law

1952, the "London Smoke Incident" broke out in London, England. In just four days, the death toll from air pollution in London reached more than 4,000. From 65438 to 0956, Britain promulgated the world's first air pollution prevention law, the Clean Air Law, which stipulated that cities and towns should use smokeless fuel, promote electricity and natural gas, adopt central heating in winter, and move power plants and heavy industrial facilities to suburbs.

United States: setting up atmospheric PM2.5 standard

1952 and 1955, serious photochemical smog events occurred in Los Angeles, USA. In response, the US Congress passed the Regulations on Air Quality Management and Control in July 1955. 1963, the national assembly adopted a more comprehensive air quality management method, and formulated different air parameter indexes according to the terrain and meteorological characteristics of different regions. 1997 according to the clean air act, the us environmental protection agency has set a standard specifically for the content of atmospheric PM2.5.