Idioms and allusions related to New Year's Eve

Legend has it that there was a monster named Nian in ancient China. Its head was long, sharp and fierce. I lived at the bottom of the sea for many years in. Every New Year's Eve, it crawls ashore 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.

On New Year's Eve this year, the villagers were busy packing their bags and fled to the deep mountains. At this time, a white-haired old man came from the east of the village. He was on crutches, with a bag on his arm, an elegant silver beard, and his eyes were fixed on Matthew Starr. I told an old woman that as long as she stayed at her house for one night, Nian beast could be driven away. Nobody believes me. The old woman advised him to go up the mountain to avoid. The old man insisted on staying, but when they saw that he couldn't stay, they went up the mountain to hide.

At midnight, Nian beast broke into the village. It found that the atmosphere in the village was different from previous years: the old woman's house at the east end of the village had red paper on the door and a fire lit in the house. The beast Nian trembled and let out a long whistle.

Suddenly came the firecrackers of the white-haired old man. Nian beast trembled and never dared to move forward again. The original Nian beast was most afraid of red, fire and explosion. At this moment, Daimon Masaru opened the door and saw an old man in a red robe laughing in the hospital. Nian beast was frightened to disgrace and fled in haste.

The next day, when people came to the village from the mountains, they found the village safe and sound. It suddenly dawned on me that the white-haired old man was a fairy who helped everyone drive away the Nian beast. At the same time, people also found three magic weapons for the white-haired old man to drive away the Nian beast. Since then, every year on New Year's Eve, every family has posted red couplets and set off firecrackers to keep the lights on. This custom has become the most popular among the people of China.

Since then, every Spring Festival, people put up red couplets, wear red clothes, set off firecrackers, turn on the lights all night, and the whole family get together for adoption.