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Why do families turn on the lights to watch the vigil on New Year's Eve?

On New Year's Eve, every household should light a vigil to avoid Nian beast.

Vigilance, also called endure the New Year, refers to the Lunar New Year's Eve. This is a folk custom in China.

According to legend, there is a fierce monster that climbs out of the sea every New Year's Eve to hurt people and animals, destroy plants and bring disaster to people. This monster is called Xi. Every year, 65438+February 30th of the lunar calendar appears in human groups, eating people and destroying villages. Evening is also called Nian beast. In order to avoid Nian beast, people close the door early before it is dark on New Year's Eve, dare not sleep, and wait for dawn with the lights on. I didn't dare to go out until Nian beast left the next morning. Later, it was restrained by the Year of God. The evening is removed in the middle of the last day of the twelfth lunar month, so the last day of the twelfth lunar month is called New Year's Eve. Because it was saved in 2008, a new day is called New Year.