Who has information about welcoming the New Year

Legend has it that in ancient China, there was a monster called "Nian", with a long tentacled head that was ferocious and unusual. "It lived at the bottom of the sea for many years, and only climbed ashore on New Year's Eve to devour livestock and hurt people.

Therefore, every New Year's Eve, people from villages and hamlets fled to the mountains to avoid the harm of the Nian beast.

This New Year's Eve, Peach Blossom Village, the people are supporting the old and young to take refuge in the mountains, from the village came a begging old man, see his hand on crutches, arm with a bag, silver beard flowing, eyes like a star.

The townspeople have sealed the windows and locked the door, some packing, some cattle and sheep, everywhere people shouted and hissed, a scene of panic in a hurry. The first thing I'd like to say is that I don't want to be a part of it, but I'd like to be a part of it.

Only an old woman at the east end of the village gave the old man some food and advised him to 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'm sure to "New Year" beasts out of the way.

The old woman looked at him with astonished eyes, and saw that he had hair, hale and hearty, extraordinary. But she still continue to persuade, begging the old man smiled but did not say. The old woman had no choice but to leave her home behind and take refuge in the mountains.

In the middle of the night, the "New Year" beast broke into the village. It found that the atmosphere in the village was different from that of previous years: the old lady's house at the east end of the village had a big red paper on the door, and the house was ablaze with fire. "The beast shuddered and gave a strange cry.

"The year" stared angrily at the grandmother's house for a moment, then screamed furiously and pounced on her. Close to the door, the yard suddenly came "bang, bang, bang, bang," the sound of explosions, "year" trembling, and do not dare to come forward. It turns out that Nian is afraid of the color red, fire and explosions. At this time, the door of the mother-in-law's house was wide open, only to see an old man wearing a red robe in the yard laughing. The "Nian" was shocked and fled in a panic.

The next day was the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, and the people who had returned from their refuge were very surprised to see that the village was safe and sound. It was then that the old woman realized what had happened, and rushed to the townspeople to tell them about the old man's promise.

The townspeople 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 wax candles inside the house is still glowing with the remaining light ......

The ecstatic townspeople in order to celebrate the The right auspicious arrival, have to change new clothes and wear new hats, to friends and relatives to say goodbye. The story spread quickly in the surrounding villages, and people knew the way to drive away the "New Year" beasts.

From then on, every year on New Year's Eve, every family puts up red couplets and sets off firecrackers; every household keeps the candles burning brightly and keeps watch for the new year. Early in the morning on the first day, but also to go to friends and relatives to say goodbye.

This custom has become more and more widespread, and has become the grandest traditional festival in Chinese folklore.

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Another way of saying it is:

China's ancient character book puts the word "year" in the Wo section. " character in the Wo section to indicate favorable winds and rains and a good harvest of grains. As the grains and harvests are usually cooked once a year. The word "year" was then extended to the name of the year.

China's ancient folk although there has long been the custom of the New Year, but then it is not called the Spring Festival. Because then the Spring Festival, refers to the twenty-four seasons in the "spring".

North and South Dynasties, the Spring Festival refers to the entire spring. It is said that it was after the Xinhai Revolution that the Lunar New Year was officially named the Spring Festival. Because of the change to the solar calendar, in order to distinguish between the two seasons, so the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar had to be renamed "Spring Festival".