Why do you want to celebrate the New Year?

The traditional customs of China people.

Chinese New Year means "Chinese New Year Festival", and now it is called "Spring Festival". The main contents of New Year greetings are to bid farewell to the old, worship ancestors, exorcise evil spirits and pray for a new year. The form is rich and colorful, lively and festive, and the annual flavor is rich, which embodies the essence of traditional culture of Chinese civilization.

In ancient China, there was a monster called Nian, with a long and sharp head, which was extremely fierce. I lived at the bottom of the sea for many years in. Every new year's eve, it climbs ashore to devour livestock and hurt people's lives. Therefore, every New Year's Eve, people in the village help the elderly and take care of the young, and flee to the mountains to avoid the injury of the year. On New Year's Eve this year, the villagers were busy packing their bags and fled to the deep mountains. At this time, an old man with white hair came to the east of the village and told an old woman that he would drive Nian beast away as long as he was allowed to stay in her house for one night. People didn't believe it, but the old woman suggested that he go up the mountain to avoid it. The old man insisted on staying. When they saw that he could not live, they went up the mountain to escape. When Nian Beast was about to break into the village as usual, suddenly there was firecrackers from the white-haired old man. Nian beast trembled and never dared to move forward again. Originally, Nian beast was most afraid of red, fire and explosion. At this moment, Daimon Masaru opened the door and saw an old man in a red robe laughing in the hospital. Nian beast was frightened to disgrace and fled in haste. The next day, when people returned to the village from the mountains, they found the village safe and sound. It suddenly dawned on me that the white-haired old man was a fairy who helped everyone drive away the Nian beast. At the same time, people also found three magic weapons for the white-haired old man to drive away the Nian beast. Since then, every year on New Year's Eve, every family has posted red couplets and set off firecrackers to keep the lights on. This custom has become the most solemn among the people of China.