Chinese New Year Stories in English

The Chinese New Year story in English is as follows:

According to legend, there was a man-eating wild monster "Nian" with an extremely large mouth, capable of swallowing several people in a single bite.?

This beast appeared in a country village, towards the end of winter when there was nothing to eat it would visit the villages and attack and eat whatever it could. The villagers would live in terror over the winter.

The next year it returned and the same thing happened. So all the villagers would take their old and young deep into the mountains to hide from Nian.

One day, a wise old man passed through the village and told an old woman that she had to go back to her village.

One day, a wise old man passed through the village and told an old woman, "I will teach you how to scare Nian away! were dark except the house in which an old woman lived.

Nian approached the house, licking his lips in anticipation. Suddenly, the deafening noise Suddenly, the deafening noise of firecrackers sounded endlessly.The monster was startled and jumped. Suddenly he realized that the house was covered in red paper.

This scared him even more and it ran off into the mountains. When the villagers returned they saw that the old woman was unharmed!

People later learned that "nian" was afraid of loud noises and the color red, The villagers came together and agreed that when it was time for Nian's annual visit towards the end of winter. annual visit towards the end of winter.

they would start a fire in front of every door and not go to sleep but rather make noise. The following year, the villagers were ready for it. They set off firecrackers, lit all their lamps and decorated their houses in red, they paste red paper on the doors.

Wearing red clothing, hang up red lanterns, they would start a fire in front of every door and not go to sleep but rather make noise. They set off firecrackers, lit all their lamps and decorated their houses in red, they paste red paper on the doors.

wear red clothing, hang up red lanterns. They made loud music, play the gong and drums and they dance and burn the fireworks whenever Nian was about to arrive

Nian had not come down the mountain to cause any trouble thereafter.

Translation:

According to the legend, there was a man who ate the Wild monster "Nian" with a very large mouth, swallowing several people in a single bite. This beast appeared in the countryside, to the end of winter, there is no food, it will go to the village, what can be eaten to eat, so the villagers live in fear throughout the winter.

The next winter, the beast came as expected, the same tragedy happened again, the beast of the strong and very strong people can be defeated, so all the villagers are carrying the whole family to the mountains to hide, in order to avoid becoming the "year" of food. One day, a wise old man passed through the village and told an old woman, "I'll tell you how to scare the year away.

That night, when the year stepped into the village, it saw that all the houses in the village were unlit, except for the old woman's house, which was lit. Nian leaned against the house, licking its lips in anticipation of its dinner. Suddenly, the deafening sound of firecrackers rang in its ears.

Nian jumped up at the sound of the firecrackers, and suddenly realized that the house had red paper on the outside, which scared the beast away, and the villagers returned to the village to find the old woman unharmed.

Later, the villagers learned that the monster called "Nian" was afraid of noise and red color, so the village names agreed that the next time "Nian" "visited" the village, every family should be in the same house, and every family should be in the same house. So the village names agreed that the next time Nian visited the village, every family would light a fire in front of their door to keep the New Year's Eve and make a "noise".

The next year, the village people made all the preparations, they prepared firecrackers, lit all the lamps, decorated their houses in orange and red, put red paper on the doors, wore red clothes and carried red lanterns in their hands. They beat gongs and drums and played and sang loudly and danced, and wherever they went the firecrackers were lit. The year has not dared to come to this village to cause trouble since then.