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Originally Posted by johnny

Actually, while gunpowder was a tool of war and gunpowder is used in fireworks, fireworks themselves were a tool of superstition.

The Chinese thought the bright lights and noise scared away evil spirits and ill-will in the New Year.

(Thus ends today's session of "Stuff johnny's Humanities of Asia Professor Would Teach When the Overhead Projector Malfunctioned." Tune in next time!)

And thus hopefully ends the "johnny schools Gozed and makes him feel stupid." :P I at least know it was used in war.