Every New Year's Eve and Lantern Festival in Shuozhou area, a tower should be built in front of every family's yard. The villagers called it Wanghuo, representing good luck, and congratulated it on its prosperity throughout the year. Put firewood inside, put colorful flowers outside, and put a red note on it, writing the words "flourishing" Just wait until midnight, when the firecrackers are ringing, and light the fire. After being ignited, the flame spouted from countless small holes, just like a floating picture, which is both warm and spectacular. Adults and children gather in a circle, some play games, some set off firecrackers, and men, women and children will come to keep warm in order to "soar". Children can also walk around the street, watching and commenting on the size of the fire. Whoever has a big fire and is prosperous will have a strong spirit.
After liberation, especially since the reform and opening up, the custom of flourishing in Shuozhou has developed. Not only during the Chinese New Year, but also at weddings, funerals and major festivals on weekdays. Some people have a strong fire to keep warm in winter, such as singing opera outdoors in winter or in the first month, so that the audience can bake a strong fire; Some people are lucky in summer. For example, when rural people get married, there is a prosperous fire, and the bride turns around it, similar to the "jumping brazier" in the south. In Shuozhou, Wang Huo is large in scale and exquisite in shape, with Huairen Wang Huo as the most important. It has four characteristics: first, excellent coal preparation. Pre-select high-quality raw coal before the Lantern Festival and carefully cut it into neat squares; Second, the shape is beautiful. Master Gao Ming must be hired to turn Wanghuo into a vase with a small bottom and a big belly, a top and an empty inside. Only in this way can it burn thoroughly and not collapse. Third, it is increasing year by year. In order to achieve a better metaphor year after year, it is required to make a fire higher every year than the previous year. The specific increase depends on the expectations of the owner. Fourth, the scale is huge. Fifty or sixty huge fires are built in the streets and alleys of Huairen County every year, and the largest fire is made of 80 tons of coal, which is more than 10 meters high, which can be described as huge. At the beginning of the Lantern Festival, these flourishing fires spit out long tongues and lick the sky of the earth. The red light is dazzling and brilliant, like a flying dragon swallowing clouds, swimming in the splendid world, bringing people the omen of "good luck", "getting rich" and "all the best". Therefore, hundreds of people in Fiona Fang will come to watch Wanghuo, and some people will turn around the biggest Wanghuo three times and turn it upside down three times, so as to achieve all the best, peace and good luck and all their wishes in the coming year. Shuozhou is a folk custom, just like the developing Shuozhou economy, it is thriving every year!