What are the legends of the New Year (short)?

1. In ancient times, there was a monster called Nian, which was the body image of a dog. Every time it's Lunar New Year's Eve, come out and make trouble. Many people suffer from it, and people are very scared at this time of year.

However, with the passage of time, people later discovered that Nian was afraid of the sound of firecrackers exploding, so every time it came out, people set off firecrackers to scare it and told it not to go down the mountain to hurt people. Therefore, people can spend this time safely. Therefore, this period is called "China New Year".

It is said that there was a young man named Wanli in ancient times. He felt that the festival at that time was chaotic and wanted to create a punctual and accurate method. When Wanli went up the mountain to cut firewood, he was inspired by the shadow of trees and the dripping spring on the cliff, and created a coffin for measuring the shadow of the sun to determine the time and a five-story clepsydra for calculating the time.

Wanli knew that Zu Ti, the monarch at that time, was worried because of the uncertain weather, so he volunteered. Zu Ti stayed after hearing the method of Wanli, hoping that Wanli could calculate the exact time in the morning and evening, and create a calendar to benefit all the people.

A few years later, Zu Ti visited Wanli, and when he saw the poems about the weather burned on the altar of Sun and Moon, he knew that legislation had been made. Wan Nian pointed to the astronomical phenomena and said to Zu Ti, "The Spring Festival is about to begin again. Please make a festival for your majesty. " Zu Ti said, "Spring is the beginning of a year, so it is called the Spring Festival." It is said that this is the origin of the Spring Festival.