The origin of the story of the year

The origin of the story of the year

The origin of the story of the year1

According to legend, in ancient China, there was a monster called Xi, which often destroyed houses and hurt people. People went up into the mountains to escape from the harm that Xi brought them.

On the day of the Spring Festival, when the people of Peach Blossom Village went up to the mountains to escape from the monster, there was a child called Nian, who said to an old woman, "I have a good way to get rid of Xiu. The old woman didn't care what he said and went straight up the mountain.

Not long after the people went up the mountain, Xi came to the Peach Blossom Village to cause havoc. Xi saw the old lady's house, the lights were bright, Xi went over to the old lady's house, only to see the red Spring Festival couplets on the door of the old lady's house, and the windows were plastered with various shapes of red windowpane.

Suddenly, Xi saw a child wearing a red robe laughing, and that child was Nian. Xi jumped up in fear, at this time, Nian picked up a match and lit the firecrackers and fireworks in the yard, just after this moment the yard crackled, but Nian had fun, while Xi, the monster, was scared and ran away.

Peach blossom village people came back to see the village safe and sound feel very strange, they saw the year smiling, it must be the year to drive away the sunset, are grateful to him. But they didn't know that Nian was supposed to be guarding them.

This is the origin of the New Year's Eve worship.

This is a long story! A long time ago, there was a monster called "year", it is very fierce, long strange appearance: its eyes, big and red, inside the flash of evil light; its mouth with snow-white teeth, very sharp, the tongue is blue; its fur, long, the color of flowers green; its limbs, thick and short, palms and paws with a particularly sharp, sharp, green, green, green, green. and paws were covered with particularly sharp claws; it made a sharp and noisy noise when it yelled; and it had a long tail covered with turquoise fish scales. Therefore, people were afraid of its appearance. People found that "Nian" has a habit, usually, "Nian" hides in the water to sleep, every year on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, "Nian" will climb out of the water, come to the land to harm the people!

This time of the year will come again, the villagers are beginning to panic to pack up their belongings, with their families, in groups to the cave. At this time, a gray-haired old grandfather, leaning on his crutches, unhurriedly toward the cave, when he passed by an old woman's house, the old grandfather said to the old woman: "Let me stay here overnight, you help me do some meals!" The kind old woman was shocked and advised the old grandfather with fear and trembling, "Oh, you can't stay here alone. You don't know, in recent years, there is a 'year' monster in the village, it is fierce and specializes in eating the people, if you stay here, you will be eaten by the 'year'! It's really like hitting a stone with an egg!" Hearing this, the old grandfather was not nervous at all, but responded as if nothing had happened: "It's okay, it's okay, you don't have to worry, I have my own preparations. You only need to focus on cooking, I'll handle the 'year'." Listening to the old grandfather so sure, the old woman had to busy herself.

It was now nighttime, and the Year crawled out of the water, shook off the drops, and swung toward the village, ready to destroy the houses and plague the people. "The footsteps of Nian were so heavy and deafening that a small cloud of dust rose up around them, and the whole place became a haze. When the old woman heard Nian's footsteps, she was frightened and her heart was pounding. "Year" strutting over, suddenly, only to see an old man jumped out, the old man wearing a red shirt, red pants, smiling, he took the cane pointed, the cane immediately turned into a letter of firecrackers, "crackling" sound. "Year" heard the sound of firecrackers, held his head and fled. Hiding in the cave of the villagers did not hear the movement, they boldly came down the mountain, a look at the two old people are well, "year" also fled, people look at the old grandfather, the old grandfather laughed loudly, transformed into a fairy, the fairy smiled and said: "I'm the Jade Emperor sent to drive away the 'year'! 'Year' fairy, it's getting late now, I have to go back too." The fairy said, and disappeared in a flash. People finally realized that "Nian" was afraid of red color, fire and loud noise.

From then on, every December 30th of the lunar calendar, people hang red couplets on the door, wear red clothes, light red lanterns, beat up the gongs and drums, firecrackers and fireworks. At night, all-night vigil. And so the next morning, congratulate each other on the good news, so that generations down, forming a unique traditional customs in our country.

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Legend has it that in ancient China, there was a monster called "year", it has a long head with sharp horns, fierce and unusual. It lived at the bottom of the sea for many years. Every New Year's Eve, it climbed up to the shore to devour livestock and hurt human beings. Therefore, every New Year's Eve, villages and cottages of people are fled to the mountains to avoid the "year" of harm.

Another year of New Year's Eve, the townspeople as in previous years are busy packing things ready to escape to the mountains, this time the east end of the village came to a white-haired old man. The white-haired old man told an old woman that if she stayed with him for one night, he would be able to drive away the "year". The people didn't believe him, and the old woman advised the old man to go to the mountains to hide, but the old man insisted on staying. But the white-haired old man insisted on staying. The crowd had no choice but to leave him behind, and the rest of the people went to the mountains to hide.

When the "year" as in previous years, ready to break into the village rampage, suddenly came the sound of firecrackers, "year" beast trembling, no longer dare to come forward. It turned out that the beast was afraid of red color, fire and explosions. At this time, the door is wide open, only to see an old man wearing a red robe in the courtyard laughing, the "year" beast was shocked, and fled in a hurry.

The next day, people from the mountains back to the village, found that the village is safe and sound, which believe the white-haired old man, but also found the white-haired old man to expel the "year" beast of the three treasures. From then on, every year on New Year's Eve, every family put up red couplets, firecrackers, household lights, to keep the year. This custom is more and more widely spread, it has become the most important traditional Chinese folk festival - the Spring Festival.

Now, the Spring Festival is the festival of our people, symbolizing unity and prosperity, but also the hope of the new year.

In most northern regions, the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year is known as the "Little Year", which means the end of the year. In the south, it is usually celebrated on the 24th day of the Lunar New Year. On the small year of this time difference, may be related to the past "official three people four Taoist monks and five", that is to say, all the family has a Xiu Cai above the merit of the small year in the waxing moon on the 23rd, the people are 24th, Taoist monks and monks is the 25th.

The main folkloric activity of the New Year is the "resignation of the stove", that is, "sacrificing the king of the stove". The king of the stove is also called "Zaojun", folk called "Zao Wangzhi".

Legend has it that Zaowang was originally a rich kid named Zhang Shan, once married a wise woman Guo Dingxiang as his wife, and then body abandoned to marry Li Haitang. Li's lazy, soon the Zhang family property squandered, remarried. Zhang single family lost, and suffered a fire, blindness. Reduced to beggar. One day, he begged to a family, the owner gave him hot soup and hot rice, and later found that the almsgiver is his repudiated wife Guo Dingxiang, ashamed, touched the death of the stove in front of, was Jiang Taigong sealed as the king of the stove.

At first, King Zao was only in charge of fire, but later he was appointed by the Emperor of Heaven to be the guardian deity in charge of a family, and was named the head of the family. He had a lot of power, but he didn't even have a temple the size of a land temple, but only a picture (a wood-printed annual picture) pasted on the wall of the stove. On both sides of the sticker, "good things to say in heaven, back to the Palace of descending good luck" or "East Kitchen Sifu Lord, the South Fire Emperor Jun" couplets, the banner is "the head of the family". Zaozao should be placed on the date and sugar melons and other fruits, sugar melons are made of fermented barley saccharine food, it is said that the king of Zaozao ate sweet mouth, some say that in order to deceive his mouth, so that he went to the sky light to say good things not to say bad things. After burning incense and worship, the old Zaojun statue will be uncovered and incinerated. Replaced with a new image, even if you send Zaowang master to heaven to find the king king to report to the emperor.

Stove worship also offer a bowl of noodle soup (noodles), as the saying goes: "Zaowangjiajie this name Zhang, a year a miscellaneous noodle soup." The noodle soup is made of a mixture of white noodles, bean noodles and groundnut noodles, which shows the status of Zaowang in people's mind.

Zao Wang went to heaven on the 23rd day of the lunar month, and came back on the first day of the fifth night, even if he had completed his reporting task, and blessed the family with good luck for a peaceful life.

Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer people sacrificing to Zao Wang, but the custom of eating sugar melons in the Lunar New Year is still prevalent in the folklore.

After the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year, people began to clean their courtyards and apartments, remove the accumulated dirt, buy New Year's goods, make festive food, and stay busy until New Year's Eve.

On Thursday afternoon, my teacher assigned us to collect folk tales. I returned home and asked my mother to tell, my mother answered with a full heart, and then my mother asked: "Do you know the grandest and most lively traditional festivals in our country?" I answered in one breath, "It is the New Year." Mom then asked, "Do you know the origin of "New Year"?" I said no.

Then I will tell it, in the legend of ancient times there is a kind of monster called "year", head with sharp horns, look very terrible, the nature of the abnormal ferocity. It lived deep under the sea for many years, and every New Year's Eve, it would climb up and devour livestock and hurt people. In order to avoid the "year", every Lunar New Year's Eve, people will help the old and young, leading livestock, hiding in the mountains, then, suddenly appeared an old man, he said: "You all go, let me in your village in-laws home to stay a night!

The next day, when the people returned from the deep mountains, they were astonished to find the village safe and sound. They crowded into the old woman's house and asked the old man what spells he had used to drive the "monster" away. The old man smiled and said: "I do not have any spells, I only know that the "monster" this thing, the most afraid of red, bright lights and loud noises, so I put a big red paper on the door, lighted red candles in the house, firecrackers in the time it comes, so that "monster" will be scared away! "So I put a big red paper on the door, lit red candles in the house, and set off firecrackers when it came. Next year, you will use the same method to drive it away.

From then on, every year on New Year's Eve, every family posted red couplets, firecrackers, house lights, all night long, the family reunion together to observe the New Year. This custom was spread more and more widely, and finally formed the Chinese folk the most grand traditional festival "New Year".

When I finished listening to this story, I felt that the folk tales were like a cup of fragrant tea, which made me savor the memories.

The origin of the story of the New Year6

According to legend, in ancient China, there was a monster called "Nian", which had a long, sharp horn and was ferocious.

"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 help the old and the young, fled to the mountains to avoid the harm of the "year".

This year's New Year's Eve, folks were busy packing up and fleeing to the mountains.

At this time, a white-haired old man came to the east of the village and said to an old woman that if she let him stay at her house for one night, he would be able to drive away the beast.

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.

When the "New Year" beast as in previous years, ready to break into the village rampage, suddenly came the white-haired old man Rang sound of firecrackers, "New Year" beast trembling, no longer dare to come forward.

It turns out that the beast is most afraid of red, fire and explosions.

At this time, the door was wide open, only to see an old man wearing a red robe in the courtyard, laughing, "year" beast was shocked, and fled in fear.

The next day, when people from the mountains will come to the village, found that the village is safe and sound.

It was then realized that the white-haired old man was a fairy who helped expel the "New Year" beast.

At the same time, the people also found the white-haired old man to expel the "year" beast of the three magic weapons.

From then on, every year on New Year's Eve, every family puts up red couplets, burns firecrackers, and keeps the lights on, waiting for the New Year.

This custom has become more and more widespread, and has become the most important traditional Chinese folk festival, "New Year".

The origin of the story of the year 7

According to legend: in ancient China, there was a monster called "year", head with sharp horns, fierce and unusual, "year" beasts live deep under the sea for many years, and every New Year's Eve, climbed ashore to devour livestock to harm human life, so every New Year's Eve, people in villages and cottages to help the old man to live in the sea, and the people of the country to live in the sea. Villages and villages of people help the old and the young, fled to the mountains to avoid the "year" of harm.

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 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 "New 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 hide.

When the "year" beast as in previous years, ready to break into the village rampage, suddenly came the white-haired old man Ran sound of firecrackers, "the year" beast trembling, and no longer dare to come forward, the original "year" beast is most afraid of red, red, red, red, red, red, red. "The beast is most afraid of red, fire and explosions. At this time, the door is wide open, only to see the courtyard of an old man wearing a red robe laughing, "year" beast was shocked, fleeing in fear.

The next day, when people from the mountains will be to the village, found that the village is safe and sound, it suddenly realized that the original white-haired old man is to help us expel the "year" of the beast of the gods, people also found the white-haired old man to expel the "year" of the beast of the three! The people also discovered the three treasures of the white-haired old man to expel the "New Year" beast. From then on, every year on New Year's Eve, every family is sticking red couplets, firecrackers, household lights are brightly lit, to keep watch for the New Year. This custom is more and more widely spread, into the Chinese folk the most solemn traditional festival "New Year".

The story of the origin of the year 8

The origin of the year the origin of the year students, you know the origin of the New Year? Legend has it that every New Year's Eve, a monster called "Nian" would crawl out of the sea. Nian has a pair of horns, and it hurts humans and animals. On the 30th day of the Chinese New Year, some villagers were packing up their clothes, some were closing the windows and doors. At that time, an old grandfather said, "I am full of bones, I will not be short of life even if I am swallowed by Nian, so I will not run away, I will simply drive Nian away." Everyone told him to escape, but he did not escape. The villagers had no choice but to go to the Kunlun Mountains to escape first. Old Grandpa bought red paper, cut bamboo, put on a red coat and waited for the arrival of the year beast.

At night, a gust of wind blew, the beast came, it looked around, saw a grandfather sitting in front of the door, thought he could eat. When he went over to take a closer look, he saw the red paper on the door and took a few steps back. But the beast was not satisfied, so it pounced on him. Unexpectedly, "crackling" popping sound after popping sound. Frightened, the beast quickly ran back to the sea. The next day, the villagers came back one after another, everyone between the village is safe and sound, see everything is intact, they are dumbfounded. At that moment they remembered the old man who had stayed behind. Everyone went to see the old grandfather, the old grandfather is actually cooking. When he saw everyone outside the house, he came out and told them how he drove away the New Year's beast last night, and the people cheered and ran away. Since then, this custom has become a traditional Chinese festival.

The origin of the story of the year 9

There are two main folklore, one theory: according to legend, in ancient China, there is a monster called "year", head long tentacles, ferocious and abnormal. "It lived at the bottom of the sea for many years, and only climbed up to the shore on New Year's Eve, devouring livestock and harming human lives. Therefore, every New Year's Eve, the people of villages and hamlets, old and young, fled to the mountains to avoid the harm of the "year" beast. New Year's Eve this year, the people of Peach Blossom Village is helping the old and young to take refuge in the mountains, from outside the village came to a begging old man, see his hand on crutches, arm with a bag, silver beard flowing, as if the star of the eye. Folks have sealed the windows and locked the door, some packing, some cattle and sheep, everywhere people shouting and horse neighing, a scene of panic in a hurry. The first thing I want to do is to get the money to pay for it.

Only the east end of the village, an old woman gave the old man some food, and advised him to quickly go to the mountains to avoid the "New Year" beasts, the old man stroked his beard and laughed: Granny, if you let me stay at home for a night, I must be "New Year" beasts out of the way. The old woman looked closely, see his hair, hale and hearty, extraordinary. But she still continue to persuade, begging the old man smiled but did not say. Granny had no choice but to leave her home behind and go up the mountain to take refuge. In the middle of the night, the "New Year" beast broke into the village. It found that the atmosphere in the village is different from previous years: at the east end of the village, the old woman's house, the door is covered with red paper, and the house is brightly lit. "The beast shivered and gave a strange cry. "Nian" stared angrily at the old lady's house for a moment, and then pounced on her with a wild cry. Near the door, the yard suddenly came "bang bang pop" sound of explosions, "year" trembling, no longer dare to come forward. It turns out that Nian is afraid of the color red, fire and explosions. At this time, the mother-in-law's door is wide open, only to see the courtyard of an old man wearing a red robe in the laugh.

"Nian" was terrified and fled in a panic. The next day is the first day of the first month, the refuge back to the people see the village safe and sound very surprised. It was then that the old woman realized that the old man's promise of begging had been told to the townspeople. Folks flocked to the old lady's house, only to see the old lady's house door with red paper, a pile of unburned bamboo in the yard is still in the "snap" explosion, a few red candles inside the house is still glowing afterglow. Ecstatic villagers to celebrate the arrival of good luck, have changed into new clothes wearing new hats, to friends and relatives to say hello. This incident soon spread in the surrounding villages, people know the way to drive the beast. From then on every New Year's Eve, home red couplets, firecrackers; Household candlelight, keep the night. Early in the morning on the first day, but also to go to friends and relatives to say hello. This custom is more and more widely spread, and has become the grandest traditional Chinese folk festival. Another theory is that China's ancient character book put the "year" character in the Wo Department, to show that the wind and rain, the five grains of abundance. As grains and cereals are usually ripe once a year, the Chinese character "年" is used to indicate a good weather and a good harvest. So "year" has been extended to the name of the year.

The story of the origin of the year 10

Children love the New Year, do you know the origin of the year? Let me tell you.

Once upon a time, every New Year's Eve, a monster called 'Nian' would come out of the water to eat people. Whenever this happened, people would flee to the top of the mountain to avoid 'Nian'.

On the morning of New Year's Eve, people were packing their bags to go to the mountain to avoid the New Year as they did in the past years, and a white-bearded old grandfather said, "You go ahead! I have a big age, even if I climbed to the mountain also left half life, might as well stay to fight a New Year's beast, is eaten by the New Year's beast is not a short life." The villagers how to persuade also useless, had to let the old man stay.

The old grandfather went to buy a lot of red paper, candles, chopped wood. When night fell, the old grandfather lit the firewood in the stove to cook, lit candles on the stovetop, and also put red paper on the doorway, and just sat at home calmly waiting for the 'New Year' to come. A gust of wind blew, the year beast came out of the sea, it looked around, only the old grandpa's house was lit, so it went straight there. Once at the door of the old man's home, see the door on the red, it was shocked, but it is not willing, hard rushed into the door, and in the stove saw candles, it started to shake, but the old man is sitting in front of the stove, just want to go up to the hard to eat a bite, suddenly, from the stove came a crackling sound, scared the beast of the year turned around and ran away, and never dare to come back.

From then on, people know how to deal with the beast of the year, every year on New Year's Eve, they will stick couplets, hanging lanterns, firecrackers to get rid of the old and welcome the new.

The origin of the story of the year 11

Xiao Nian is a traditional Han Chinese festival, also known as Xie Zao, Zao Festival, Zao Wang Festival, Zao Festival. In different places on different dates, in the lunar calendar to celebrate the small year of the food stove twenty-three or twenty-four or twenty-five Lunar New Year (folklore experts say that in ancient times, the small year of the "official three people four boat five" tradition, that is, the official family of the small year of the Lunar New Year is Lunar New Year twenty-three, the people's home is Lunar New Year twenty-four, and the people on the water is the Lunar New Year twenty-five. Like the north, before the Southern Song Dynasty, it was the political center, which was heavily influenced by the official atmosphere, so the Lunar New Year was mostly on the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year; on the contrary, the south was far away from the political center, so the Lunar New Year was on the 24th day of the Lunar New Year; while the residents along the lakes, such as the Poyang Lake, retained the tradition of the boat families, and the Lunar New Year was set on the 25th day of the Lunar New Year, "No matter which day to have the Lunar New Year, the people's desire of resigning from the old year and welcoming the new year is the same! ".) (Sichuan and Guizhou and other parts of the Lunar New Year on the thirtieth day of the Lunar New Year, the fifteenth day of the first month of the Lunar New Year), in some parts of Shandong, the small year for the twenty-second day of the Lunar New Year. Xiao Nian is regarded as the beginning of the New Year.

The Qing Dynasty emperor from the Yongzheng years, every year, the 23rd day of the lunar month in the Kunning Palace worship God, in order to save money, the emperor by the way, the king of the stove also worship. After the royal family, Baylor followed suit, on the twenty-third day of the lunar month to sacrifice the stove, and since then began to have the people and the government in different days of the small New Year's division.

The story of the year came 12

Do you understand how the year came? If you are not sure, I have to tell the guys about it! Legend has it that the year is a kind of head with a one-horned monster, a huge belly, hips behind a long, thin tail, we brand image called it the year, the year has a growth habit, usually do not come out, but every Lunar New Year's thirty night race to send out, but all the items into their mouths Chinese food and appetite is shocking, look around, the people suffered from the coarseness of life. Therefore, on the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, everyone will reinforce the house structure and prepare the ingredients. The first time, we will close the door, will be prepared in advance of the best is the ingredients out of the table and sit around the table, a side of eating and drinking, a side of fear waiting for the year past.

One year on the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, a poor family of others structurally reinforced the old house, the family only a little bit of wheat flour with water, the few vegetables and fruits mixed with a little bit of meat scraps chopped up the filling, wrapped into a flat stone shape that is currently eaten by the dumplings, prepared ahead of time with water to eat and the rich others are indeed chicken, duck, fish and meat, sauerkraut and fish hot pot good wine. The day gradually darkened, the year competed to send out, fanfare kill, every family encountered the life and death of the grind. Suddenly a year with one horn smashed the poor family door frame, viciously pounced on squatting in the charcoal pot side of the little girl, the little girl was scared to the ground, kicked over the side of the copper pot, the pot of water poured to the bonfire, the fire was lit by the fire of the bamboo splitting straight, the year was shocked, flopping pouncing to the kitchen stove, the pot of real cooking releases the smell of dumplings, the hunger of the year will be hungry and put his mouth into the pot, boiling water will be the year of scalding the Oo Ao straight scream, frightened by the year jumped around, collapsed the house, the house is made of bamboo, unlike rich people are made of earth bricks. Scattered bamboo was ignited by the fire, cracking loudly as a group, some run to the air before bursting, has ignited the bamboo fall and ignited other poor people's houses, houses are made of bamboo, all the village into a sound, fireworks flying all over the sky, colorful. Already swept all the year side has seen this battle, competing to escape to the mountains and forests. From now on, the year from now on afraid of the world. Why, because everyone found a way to deal with the year, that is, every Lunar New Year's night firecrackers, fireworks, until the first month of the fifteenth, the first month of the fifteenth day of the Dragon Lantern Dance, singing opera, to celebrate the victory. From now on, the New Year becomes a joyous day.

Now we understand, why in the past, we called the New Year as the New Year (or year-end) why thirty-one over the race to go out to worship the New Year to each other safe, why New Year's Day to eat rice dumplings and do not eat rice dumplings is equivalent to no New Year and difficult to let go.