At the beginning of the five Powu festival, the citizens prefer health to wealth

At the beginning of the month of five, there are POWU customs, the dawn is set off firecrackers, also known as the collapse of poverty. When Powu customs catch the fog haze days, but also want to not firecrackers collapse poor for money. Reporter visits found that the public is more willing to seek health than to make money.

As in previous years before the beginning of the five crackling firecrackers, this year Duanwu firecrackers sound some sparse. The provincial capital, little Sue, said it was five before the beginning of the month. Five or six o'clock can not sleep, was awakened by the sound of firecrackers. This year everyone in accordance with the requirements of the morning after seven, and set off firecrackers are not many people.

Little Sue: Less than before now, is not put so diligent chant, put fewer people.

The citizen Wang says, Duanwu in the morning home did not have a firecracker, the whole spring festival basically did not put.

Mr. Wang: Others for environmental protection, we do not put Bai, and then one in the building inside it, affect others rest, can not put the chant.

Mr. Wang told reporters, by putting some firecrackers can determine wealth, this is not realistic, we are through the custom map a lively. There are fewer firecrackers, and indeed some years of light flavor.

Mr. Wang: Is not lively Bai, many families in the countryside unwilling to the city of New Year, feel less lively than the village.

But he also said that the environment is more important than the taste of the year. When the Powu festival catches up with the haze, most respondents said they would not set off firecrackers or firecrackers. On the street cleaning sanitation workers Guo Master of this feeling most obvious, she said in previous years a Duanwu, cannon skin are a few cars dozens of car to pull out, this year Duanwu but only a little half car gun skin.

Master Guo: The usual years, all Montreal, that layer of layer, are the cannon skin, ah all a cart a cart. Now less bai, this year light that piece of son put a point, this piece has put, see also not how much.

Shijiazhuang Environmental Monitoring Center deputy Director Zhanglingzhi said, or by the release of firecrackers to reduce the impact of monitoring data shows that the first day Duanwu air quality of the main pollutant concentration than the same period last year decreased by about 50%.

Zhanglingzhi: The concentration of PM10 in this time period is 160 μg/cu m, which is 51% lower than the peak period of last year's Duanwu period; PM2.5, the concentration is 85 micrograms/cu m, 49% lower than the peak period of last year Duanwu.