When you think about fireworks you probably think of a launching tube, a fuse, and some gunpowder all in one. But, to tell you the truth, fireworks are so much more than that. The history of fireworks is where it all began. Fireworks were created in Ancient China by a cook that found a mixture of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal that was very flammable and would explode if put in a miniature amount of space. The first job of the firework was for entertainment. The Chinese found that once the recipe for black powder was perfected, it could easily be used as rocket fuel. The rockets were hand made in the shape of a dragon, and shot powered arrows out of the mouth. This is the type of weapon the Chinese used against the mongol invaders of 1279, and is still the principle in the rocket powered fireworks we use today.