BBC中国新年第三集欢庆 Part 10 花炮始祖让浏阳烟花名满天下

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[00:01.47]Back in Hong Kong, there is still a few hours before one of the world's biggest pyrotechnic performances.回到香港，还有几个小时就到世界上最大的烟火表演。
[00:08.70]I'm here at Victoria Harbour where the crowds are gathering for the fireworks.我在维多利亚港，一大堆人都来等着今晚的烟花表演了，
[00:15.50]The Chinese certainly know how to put on an amazing display,中国人民显然很会进行一场精彩表演。
[00:18.74]which is no coincidence when you consider this country produces 90% of the world's fireworks.很自然而然的，正是这个国家生产了世界上90%的烟花，
[00:24.93]The fireworks for the event tonight have been produced and shipped from one particular part of China.今晚表演所用的烟花乃是来自中国的一个特别的地方，
[00:34.55]In Liuyang, every day starts with a bang，在浏阳，每天都炮声隆隆
[00:38.77]For the people here, 对这里的人来说，
[00:39.69]a day without detonations is a missed opportunity because Liuyang, nestled in the lush landscapes of Hunan Province, 一天都没有爆炸声，那可就怪了，浏阳坐落于湖南省内一个郁郁葱葱的地方。
[00:47.99]is chinese's biggest producer of fireworks.它是中国最大的烟花制造地。
[00:52.28]Over half the world's fireworks are made right here in this region.全世界半数的烟花都是在这里的这个地方做的。
[00:57.97]Fireworks is a way of life for the people here.烟花是当地人民的一种生活方式。
[01:00.92]One fifth of the population, over 300,000 people, worked in the industry.五分之一的人口共30万人都从事烟花制造业。
[01:06.65]The tradition of firework making here goes back more than a thousand years.浏阳制造烟花的传统可追溯到一千多年前。
[01:12.46]A local monk called Li Tian wanted to frighten off evil spirits so he filled pieces of bamboo with gunpowder and blew them up, 当地一名叫李畋的道士，他想吓走邪灵，所以往竹筒里装了些火药然后引爆。
[01:20.35]creating the world's first firecracker.这便是世界最早的爆竹。
[01:25.40]Today Li Tian is still honoured as the inventor of the firework with a temple devoted to him here.今天李畋仍被敬为花炮始祖，浏阳有座道观就是供奉他的。
[01:34.74]You can see there are three statues, on the left is the man who invented paper.这里共有三尊雕像，左边是蔡伦，他发明了纸。
[01:41.28]On the right,Sun Simiao this is the guy that many believe invented gunpowder and in the middle you have the main man, Li Tian.右边是孙思邈，许多人认为是他发明了火药，中间的就是我们的主角李畋。
[01:48.65]You can see He is holding that bit of bamboo shoot.你能看到他拿着一小节竹筒。
[01:51.38]This city owes so much to him coming is held in great esteem,这座城市十分推崇他，他备受尊敬。
[01:55.29]it would be the equivalent of us having a temple or shrine to Isambard Kingdom Brunel.这就相当于在我们英国，给修铁路的布鲁内尔修庙。
[02:01.61]Ancestral worship is an important part of Chinese culture,先祖崇拜是中国文化的重要部分，
[02:05.34]so local firework makers come here to pay their respects to the man who founded the industry.所以当地的烟花师会来这里瞻仰他们的祖师爷。
[02:11.83]The constant background of bangs does not put them offvenerating Li Tian.隆隆炮声也阻挡不了人们对李畋的崇敬。
[02:17.35]So what is it like living with all the those fireworks going off the time ?生活中老是有烟花的爆炸声是什么感觉呢？
[02:40.99]These days, fireworks are big business and there are now over 800 fireworks companies in the Liuyang area.现在的烟花，可是门大生意，浏阳地区现有烟花公司800多家。
[02:48.95]Dancing fireworks is a 20-year-old family run company that now employs 1600 people.东信烟花厂是一家20年的家族企业，现有雇员1600人。
[02:57.89]By far the most popular fireworks the factory makes are known as display shelves.目前东信烟花厂制造的最流行的烟花就是所称的礼花炮。
[03:04.90]These are for huge events like the Beijing Olympics, which Dancing supplied.像北京奥运会这种大活动用的就是东信的礼花炮，
[03:09.39]Display shells like the ones in this wirehouse.got to 300 metres and explode into massive Starbursts.这房子里的这种礼花炮能打上300米高，爆成大片火花。
[03:15.39]And they are largely made by hand.而它们仍然多数采用手工制作，
[03:17.96]in factories like this. 工厂就像这样。
[03:20.60]The workers here produce an extraordinary 2.7 million shells are here, one shell every 12 seconds.东信工厂的工人每年惊人地生产270万花炮，相当于每12秒造一发花炮。
[03:29.27]Each shell is made of the Dome of pressed cardboard, with a time delay fuse stuck in with string and glue.每个花炮都用球状纸板包住，塞进延时引信后再用绳子和胶水封住，
[03:37.16]The dancing factory does not just a simple fireworks, it also comes up with new designs for the global market.东信烟花厂不仅组装烟花，它也会迎合全球市场推出新设计。
[03:45.83]One of the main ingredients used make gunpowders. is a chemical called saltpetre,They used to get it from bat dropping found in caves.制造火药一种主要原料就是一种化学品叫“硝”，以前是要到洞里从蝙蝠粪中提取的。
[03:53.20]Nowadays, it is made synthetically but the principle are about the same.现如今可以靠人工合成了，但背后的原理也差不多。

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BBC中国新年 第三集 欢庆 Part 10 花炮始祖让浏阳烟花名满天下

BBC中国新年第三集欢庆 Part 10 花炮始祖让浏阳烟花名满天下