Pingxiang Fireworks

Pingxiang Fireworks

　　The production of Pingxiang fireworks began in the 1960s and has developed rapidly. There are now over 600 varieties of fireworks, which are exported to more than 30 countries and regions including Japan, the United States, Hong Kong, France, Germany, and Thailand. Pingxiang fireworks are divided into nine major categories: high-altitude rockets, ground spinners, ground display fireworks, ground shells, novelty toys, spiked wheel suspensions, handheld types, leaf-bead types, and parsley-flower types. When ignited, they display a wide variety of shapes and dazzling colors that overwhelm the senses. Over twenty export varieties, such as "Colorful Plate Flowers," "Chrysanthemum Full Bloom," and "Milky Way," have received provincial or ministerial-level quality honors. The "Colorful Plate Flowers" produced by Shangli Export Fireworks Factory were rated as first-class products by the International Fireworks Association, while the "Monkeys Frolicking in the Sky" created by Luxi Export Fireworks Factory won first prize at an international high-altitude fireworks exhibition, earning the factory the overseas reputation as the "Hometown of Rockets."