Legends, stories, customs and people's feelings about the Spring Festival.

According to legend, a long time ago, there was a young man named Wannian who was a woodcutter. He saw that the festival was in chaos and decided to set it right. One day, he went up the mountain to collect firewood and was suddenly inspired by the moving shadow of the tree. After returning home, he designed a sundial to measure the length of the shadow. But what if it's rainy and foggy? Later, he saw the spring dripping rhythmically on the cliff and had a brainwave. He made a five-layer leaky pot and timed it by leaking water. Slowly, he found that every 365 days, the length of the day would be repeated, and the shortest day was in the winter solstice.

Wan nian brought the emperor a self-made sundial instrument and water leakage device, and explained the winter solstice and the sun-moon cycle. After hearing this, the son of heaven felt that Wannian was very reasonable, so he made Wannian a calendar, built a sundial instrument and a leaking place in front of the Temple of Heaven.

After a while, the son of heaven sent a seasonal official, A Heng, to learn about the perpetual calendar. Wannian took out his own calendar and said, "Sunrise and sunset are 360, so start all over again. The vegetation is divided into four seasons and there are twelve laps a year. " Ah Heng was jealous of Wan Nian's talent, and fearing that Wan Nian would be reused by the emperor, he bought an assassin and stabbed Wan Nian to death. When the son of heaven knew this, he was furious, executed Ah Heng, and personally visited Wan Nian. Wan Nian pointed to Shen Xing and said, "Now Shen Xing has caught up with the silkworm and the Xingjia family has recovered. The old year passed and spring began again. I hope that the son of heaven will set a festival. " "Spring is the beginning of a year, just for the Spring Festival." The son of heaven said. Since then, the custom of the Spring Festival has been passed down to this day.

Besides, people call celebrating the Spring Festival "China New Year".

Legend has it that Nian is a kind of "firstborn unicorn, fierce and abnormal" beast. On the last day of the twelfth lunar month, Nian comes out to hunt people, threatening people's lives. But in the long-term practice, people found that this beast has "three fears"-fear of sound, fear of light and fear of red. In order to drive it away, people cut mahogany into signs and hung them at the door, calling them "peach symbols" There are also chopped bamboos, which emit crackling "sound" and "light" when burning. After seeing Nian, we will run away. The next morning, everyone was safe and sound, and congratulated each other, from which came "Happy New Year".