Firecrackers were well in evidence during the Sung dynasty (960-1279), and some researchers see evidence for their existence as early as the Era of Warring States (403-222 B.C.).
然而，煙火的生產卻不像其燃放那般普遍，大致只有中、美、日，及少數歐洲國家製造，巴西最近也開始嘗試。