The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month，often one month later than the Gregorian calendar.It originated in the Shang Dynasty (c.1600 BC-c.1100 BC) from the peoples sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one.
One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. People were very scared.
picks the varied fable to be possible to trace to several millenniums
before; Most is famous is "the year beast" fable. "The year beast" is
a cruel terrible wild animal, ancient times the person believed "year
beast" when lunar New Year's Eve night can come out eats the person.
The fable "the year beast" extremely fears red, the flame and quarrels
the mixed sound, the people on paste the red paper in the gate, and
selects the torch all night, is setting off the artillery candle,
avoids "the year beast". To second day early morning, "has
congratulated" the sound to the ear, in the air does not fill the
air is defeating "the year beast" the victory and the rebirth joy.
中文版：农历新年的来源，有根据，且丰富而多采多姿的传说可追溯到几千年前；其中最有名的就是「年兽」的传说。「年兽」是一个残忍凶猛的野兽，古代人相信「年兽」在除夕夜时会出来吃人。传说「年兽」极惧怕红色、火光及吵杂的声音，人们就在门上贴著红纸条，并整夜点著火炬、燃放炮烛，来避开「年兽」。到了第二天一大早，「恭喜」之声不绝於耳，空气中弥漫著打败「年兽」胜利与重生的喜悦。
There are many kinds of arguments about the origin of the Spring Festival, several of which are more representative. For example, the Spring Festival originated from the festival, the Spring Festival originated from the ritual of witchcraft, and the Spring Festival originated from the ghost festival. However, the generally accepted saying is that the Spring Festival is from the Spring Festival.
On a day more than 2,000 BC, he was the son of Heaven and led his subordinates to worship heaven and earth. Since then, people have regarded this day as the beginning of the year. It is said that this is the origin of the Lunar New Year, later called the Spring Festival.
There is another saying:
"Year" is a fierce beast of Han folk legends. Its head is long and pointed, and its ferocity is abnormal. The beast lives on the bottom of the sea for many years. Every New Year's Eve, it climbs up to swallow livestock and hurts people. Therefore, every New Year's Eve, the people in the village of the village helped the elderly and children and fled to the mountains to escape the damage of the "year". On the New Year's Eve of another year, the villagers were busy packing up and preparing to flee to the mountains as usual. At this time, a white-haired old man came to the head of the village. The white-haired old man said to an old woman that if he could only let him live in her house for one night, he would be able to drive the "year" beast away. I saw the white-haired old man wearing a red coat on the house door. Set firecrackers outside the house and beat gongs and drums. The beast fled. Therefore, every year during the New Year, firecrackers, red clothes, red couplets, and drums.
picks the varied fable to be possible to trace to several millenniums
before; Most is famous is "the year beast" fable. "The year beast" is
a cruel terrible wild animal, ancient times the person believed "year
beast" when lunar New Year's Eve night can come out eats the person.
The fable "the year beast" extremely fears red, the flame and quarrels
the mixed sound, the people on paste the red paper in the gate, and
selects the torch all night, is setting off the artillery candle,
avoids "the year beast". To second day early morning, "has
congratulated" the sound to the ear, in the air does not fill the
air is defeating "the year beast" the victory and the rebirth joy.
中文版：农历新年的来源，有根据，且丰富而多采多姿的传说可追溯到几千年前；其中最有名的就是「年兽」的传说。「年兽」是一个残忍凶猛的野兽，古代人相信「年兽」在除夕夜时会出来吃人。传说「年兽」极惧怕红色、火光及吵杂的声音，人们就在门上贴著红纸条，并整夜点著火炬、燃放炮烛，来避开「年兽」。到了第二天一大早，「恭喜」之声不绝於耳，空气中弥漫著打败「年兽」胜利与重生的喜悦。
Like all Chinese festivals, the date of the New Year is determined by the lunar calendar rather than the Western calendar. Its origin is too old to be traced, but many believe the word Nian, which means "year", was the name of a beast that preyed on people on the eve of a new year.
