低调的英文【春节】春节的来历(英文版)

2021年1月26日发(作者：明媚的阳光)

春节的来历（英文版）

the origin of chinese new year
中国春节的来历

the chinese new year is now popularly known as the spring festival because it
starts from the begining of spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination
with the changes of nature). its origin is too old to be traced. several explanations are
hanging around. all agree, however, that the word nian, which in modern chinese
solely means
on people the night before the beginning of a new year.
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. one day, an old man
came to their rescue, offering to subdue nian. to nian he said,
very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of
people who are by no means of your worthy opponents?
the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals
from time to time.
after that, the old man disappeared riding the beast nian. he turned out to be an
immortal god. now that nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into
forests, people begin to enjoy their peaceful life. before the old man left, he had told
people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each years
end to scare away nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the
beast feared the most.

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