The Legend and Origin of the New Year

There is a story about the origin of the New Year in China. In ancient China, there was a monster called Nian, with a long and sharp head, which was extremely fierce. Nian lived on the bottom of the sea for many years, and climbed ashore every New Year's Eve to devour livestock and kill people. Therefore, every New Year's Eve, people in the village help the elderly and take care of the young, and flee to the mountains to avoid the injury of the year.

When the beast was ready to break into the village and wreak havoc as usual, suddenly there was firecrackers from the white-haired old man. Nian beast trembled and never dared to move forward. It turns out that Nian beast is most afraid of red, fire and explosion. When Daimon Masaru opened it, he saw an old man in a red robe laughing in the hospital. The year of the beast was frightened to disgrace and fled in haste.

The New Year, that is, the first day of the year, is a popular holiday in most countries in the world. All countries in the world, especially in ancient times, have different dates for the New Year. Most countries in the modern world set the calendar year as 1. 1. Modern China calls New Year's Day "Gregorian New Year" and Spring Festival "Lunar New Year".