Salute originated in the British navy. At that time, Britain's largest warship was equipped with 2/kloc-0 cannons, and emptying them all was the highest etiquette. This is the origin of 2 1 salute. Secondly, 19 cannon, 19 sounds a bit rude. 1875, Americans learned this method from Britain and formally adopted the etiquette of setting off salute, which later became popular all over the world and continues to this day.

China officially stopped firing salutes for many years from June 196 1. Since March 1984, a welcoming ceremony has been held for foreign heads of state and government, and the salute has been resumed.

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Salute function uses:

(1), state guest salutes.

Salute is mainly used for national large-scale celebrations and various folk celebrations. 1949, founding ceremony used a 28-gun salute, which meant that after 28 years of hard struggle, the people of China finally became masters of their own house. 1999, 50-gun salute was fired to symbolize the 50th anniversary of the founding of New China and 60th anniversary of the founding of New China in 2009, and 56-gun salute was fired to symbolize that 56 ethnic groups in China celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China.

On diplomatic occasions, 265,438+0 salutes were fired when welcoming heads of state, 65,438+09 for heads of government and 65,438+07 for deputy heads of government. Before the First World War, monarchs also saluted when they received their children. At ordinary times, Wang Ming salutes 10 1, and the princess rings 2 1. With the exception of the Russian Empire, Wang Ziming fired a 300-gun salute and the princess (Grand Duchess) fired 10 1.

(2), naval salute

In naval exchanges, heads of state and government enjoy 2 1 salute, Admiral of the fleet enjoys 19 salute, Admiral or officials at the same level enjoys 17 salute, vice admiral enjoys 15 salute, Major General enjoys 13 salute, and Commodore enjoys/kloc-.

(3), folk salute

Salute is used in various folk celebrations, and generally consists of gun tubes and fireworks. Gun barrels are generally metal, and fireworks are generally paper products, which are controlled by current switches. Therefore, folk celebration salute is usually called "electric salute". Mainly used for relatively large-scale activities.

(4), electronic fireworks

Electronic fireworks, also known as electronic salute, are paper products. It can be divided into two types: hand-held fireworks and barrel firing. Handheld fireworks are widely used in weddings and can be set off by twisting or pressing. Barrel firing is to insert fireworks into the barrel and shoot them out.

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