ing beijing due to fire and personal casualty caused by burning firecrackers. however, some chinese thought that a spring festival without firecrackers was not lively enough and they burned firecrackers by stealth. so in recent years, the ban was canceled again. this shows that burning firecrackers is a very important activity during the spring festival.
sweeping the dust扫尘的英语介绍中英对照：
“dust” is homophonic with “chen”（尘）in chinese, which means old and past. in this way, “sweeping the dust” before the spring festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. this custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life. in a word, just before the spring festival comes, every household will give a thorough cleaning to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new.
“dust”与“尘”是谐音（尘在汉语中的意思是旧的和过去的）。这样，“在春节前扫尘”是指彻