The game is played during the first full moon of the year in the lunar calendar, which is a national holiday in Korea.

It is played during the time when fires are started on farmlands to exterminate harmful insects and rats by burning away their habitat.

[citation needed] A boy's game of lighting fires on the banks of rice fields to scare away rats on New Year's Day.

The game creates a sense of community and burns dead grass, pests and germs, thus, aiding a fruitful harvest.

In other words, it was naturally combined with Jwibulnori while various kinds of canned food among the military materials that were airlifted during the war were used as amusement tools.

At that point, the can is tossed into the air, letting the embers fall out and glitter the sky.

Depending on the province, people use kindling made of mugwort or Bulkkangtong (불깡통, meaning: fire-cans).

Another custom warns against displaying a divination sign on the day of the mouse, and another avoids starching clothes.

[11] Bulnori (불놀이, mean: Displaying fireworks) on the 15th day of the New Year is derived from the idea of Sunghwa (숭화; 崇火) which reveres fire.

In China, a hunchung (훈충; 燻蟲) event called Yongdaedu (용대두; 龍擡頭) takes place on February 2.