Why Spring Festival

The Chinese New Year is the "New Year Festival", now known as the "Spring Festival". The main content of the Spring Festival is to get rid of the old and bring in the new, pay homage to the gods and ancestors, drive away evil spirits and disasters, and pray for the New Year, which is colorful, lively and festive, with a strong taste of the New Year, and cohesive with the traditional cultural essence of Chinese civilization.

The origin of the New Year in ancient China called "year" of the beast, head long sharp horns, fierce and unusual, "year" beasts live deep under the sea for many years, every New Year's Eve, climbed ashore to devour livestock hurt people, so every New Year's Eve, villages and cottages of people! So every New Year's Eve, people in villages and hamlets, old and young, fled to the mountains to avoid the harm of the "year". This year's New Year's Eve, folks are busy packing up things to escape to the mountains, when the east end of the village came to a white-haired old man to a family of old women said that as long as he let him live in her house for a night, he will be able to "year" beasts away. The people do not believe that the old woman advised him to go to the mountains to avoid the good, the old man insisted on staying, the people see that he could not persuade him, they have to go to the mountains to avoid the go. When the "year" beast as in previous years, ready to break into the village rampage, suddenly came the white-haired old man lit the sound of firecrackers, "the year" beast trembling, no longer dare to come forward, the original "year! "The beast is most afraid of red, fire and explosions. At this time the door was wide open, only to see the courtyard of an old man wearing a red robe laughed loudly, "the year" beast was shocked, fled in fear. The next day, when people from the mountains back to the village, found that the village is safe and sound, it suddenly realized that the original white-haired old man is to help everyone expel the "New Year" beast of the gods, people also found the white-haired old man to expel the "New Year" beast of the three pieces of magic. From then on, every year on New Year's Eve, every family is sticking red couplets, firecrackers, household lights are brightly lit, to keep the night. This custom is more and more widely spread, and has become the most solemn traditional Chinese folk festival.