Exercise 2: Write a 450-word composition about the customs of Jieyang Rongcheng Spring Festival.

Why do we set off firecrackers and put up Spring Festival couplets during the Spring Festival?

It turns out that a long time ago, there was a monster named Nian who climbed ashore every New Year's Eve to eat innocent people. Therefore, whenever New Year's Eve comes, people run to other places to avoid the attack of' Nian'.

One year, an old man came to the village. An old woman saw that he was so pitiful, so she gave him some food and said, "Old man, go and hide somewhere else, or you will be eaten in the next year." The old man said, "As long as you let me stay here for one night, I will help you drive Nian away." In this way, the old woman left the old man behind.

In the evening, there was a roar in the distance. "ah! Ah! " The old woman said, "Old man, it's the end of the year. What should we do? " The old man said slowly, "Don't worry, look at me." As the old man spoke, he asked the old woman to cook. Then there was a scratching sound in the kitchen hall, which reached Nian's ears. Nian was a little scared. Looking back on 2008, I saw the fire in the kitchen hall and heard the laughter of the old man. I fled back to the mountains in fear. Only then did the old woman know that "Nian is afraid of noise, fire and red".

Since then, every household in China has set off firecrackers, pasted red paper and prepared food during the Spring Festival.

Sticking red paper is too monotonous. Some people just draw something on red paper and write some words. Slowly, everyone wrote all kinds of heartfelt wishes on red paper, wishing everyone peace and health, and gradually formed the present Spring Festival couplets.