The Legend of China New Year
Long, long ago in China, there was a huge, terrible beast slave year, and its name meant here. He has sharp teeth and big claws.
Long, long ago in China, there was a huge and terrible year of animal slavery, and that's what his name means here. He has sharp teeth and big claws.
He lives in the forest most of the time. But on the darkest night of the year, when the new moon appears in the sky, he will come to the village and scare away all the people and animals. For many years, people have been afraid of the new moon.
He lives in the forest most of the time. But on the darkest night of the year, when the new moon appears in the sky, he will come to the village to scare all the people and animals. For many years, people have been frightened by the new moon.
Until a wise man taught them three things. Nian is afraid of loud noise, fire and red. When the next "Nian" came, the villagers fought back. They beat the drums so loudly that they were red from head to toe.
Until a wise man taught them these three things. Nian is afraid of noise, fire and red. The next year came, and the villagers rose up and rebelled. They beat the drums so loudly that their ears were red from head to toe.
I ran away in 2000 and never came back. From then on, people began to celebrate the alliance instead of being afraid of it. This celebration became a family food and good luck festival for 15 days, called China New Year.
I ran away in 2000 and never came back. From then on, people began to celebrate the trade union instead of being afraid of it. This celebration has become a 15-day family food and good luck festival, which is called China New Year.