The Spring Festival is a traditional festival for people of all ethnic groups in China. The origin of the Spring Festival there is a legend, China in ancient times there is a called "nian" monster, head long tentacles, unusually fierce.
"Year" years deep in the seabed, every New Year's eve to climb ashore, devouring livestock injury. Therefore, every New Year's eve this day, villages and villages of the people fled to the mountains, to avoid the "nian" beast injury.
One New Year's eve, a begging old man came from the village. Villagers in a hurry panic scene, only the village head of an old woman gave the old man some food, and advised him to run up the mountain to avoid "nian" beast, the old man stroked beard smile: "mother-in-law if let me stay at home one night, I must put the 'nian' beast.
Old woman still continue to persuade, begging old man smiling without a word. In the middle of the night, "nian" beast broke into the village. It found that the atmosphere in the village is different from that in previous years: the village's first wife's home, the door is pasted with red paper, and the candles in the house are illuminated.
"Year" beast whole body shiver, strange call 1. Near the door, the courtyard suddenly came "bang bang pa pa" Fried sound, "nian" shuddered, dare not go forward. Originally, "year" most afraid of red, fire and explosion. At this time, her mother-in-law's house wide open, I saw a hospital wearing a red robe in the old man laughed.
"Year" be frightened and change color, embarrassed escape leap up. The next day is the first day of the first month, asylum back people see the village safe and sound is very surprised. At this time, the old woman was suddenly enlightened, quickly told the villagers begging the promise of the old man.
This matter spread quickly around the village, people all know the way to drive "nian" beast. (hakka legend) since then every New Year's eve, every family paste red couplets, set off firecrackers; Every household lights their candle and watches their watch early in the morning, but also go friends daoxi say hello. This custom spread more and more widely, has become the Chinese folk most solemn traditional festival.
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