春节习俗(英文版)
春节习俗
从农历正月初一开始的节庆活动可谓丰富多彩，多种多样。
A series of colorful celebration activities begin on the first day of the first lunar month.
春节过了以后，就是在过去中国的农村里边，文艺的活动逐渐地展开了，有各种的文艺节目，像我们现在看到的北京花会一样，高跷、旱船，另外就是唱戏。After the Spring Festival, all kinds of entertainment programs used to be given in the rural areas in China. Just like the flower exhibition in Beijing now, the entertainment programs include walking on stilt s, taking a boat on ground and operas.
不管是城里人，还是在农村，人们都要做的一件事就是拜年。民间流行的拜年活动先是从家里开始的。
No matter in the city or in the countryside, all the people will do one thing that is to extend Spring Festival greetings. This activity begins at first between family members.
一般是我们晚辈要给长辈拜年，比如给父母和父母的兄弟姐妹，大爷、大妈等拜年。
Normally we will extend our Spring Festival greetings to
our elders, such as our parents, uncles and aunts.
亲戚之间在春节期间走动，有互拜平安的意思。
Relatives will drop each other a visit during the Spring Festival to give their best wishes.
给亲戚拜年，出门之后就作揖、问安，说点吉祥话，恭喜过年呐，恭喜发财呀，说点吉祥话，预示着第二年有个好的，这就是新一年来了以后有好运。
To drop a Spring Festival visit is to give your new year greetings when you are out. Have a luck talk. Happy new year! May you come into a good fortune! A luck talk can bring luck to people in the new year.
身体非常重要，所以春节的问候往往加上"身体健康"。
Health is very important. So new greetings normally have "Good health!"
万事如意，心想事成。
Hope everything goes your way. May you succeed at/in whatever you try.
事业有成！
Have a successful career!
drop a Spring Festival visit 拜年a luck talk 吉祥话
除了以往的到家里拜年，或寄贺年卡，近年来，人们也开始通过电话、电子邮件和手机短信拜年。
The traditional way of extending Spring Festival greetings includes to drop a visit or to send new year cards. In recent years, people began to use telephone, email and sms to extend their Spring Festival wishes.
虽然拜年的方式变化了，但对孩子们来讲，有一件事是不变的，那就是拜年时长辈们会给压岁钱，因为压岁钱多是放在红纸袋里的，所以人们也称之为"红包
"。
Although people have different ways of extending the Spring Festival wishes now, for children, one thing still remains unchanged. This is, when they pay a Spring Festival visit to their elders, elders will give them Yasuiqian, i.e. gift money. Since Yasuiqian is money put into a small red paper envelope, people also call it "red
bag/envelope/packet".
一般是这样，家里给压岁钱就是给小孩子。磕头拜年，父母给压岁钱。Normally, our elders give us children new year money. We kowtow to them and give them our best wishes. They will give us new year money.
其实这个"岁"呢，就是那个鬼鬼祟祟的"祟"，原来不是这个年岁的岁，它是一个谐音，就是祛除这个"鬼祟之气"、"晦气"，"霉运"。于是就给点压岁钱。实际上最早不是钱，它是一些象征性的物，那么后来呢，就给点钱，不管多少，有那么个意思。
Actually, "sui" in yasuiqian has a homonym which means evil spirit. Yasuiqian is to get rid of this evil spirit and bad luck. So people give some money to bring good luck. In fact, at first people did not give money but other symbolic gifts. Then, they give money. No matter how big or small the amount is, it has a symbolic meaning.
candies 糖果
sunflower seeds 瓜子Yasuiqian = gift money = red bag 红包
农历正月初十过后，人们便开始准备庆祝元宵节的活动。元宵节是正月十五，是过年的另一个高潮。赏灯和吃元宵是元宵节活动的两个主要内容。这一天，人们在夜里悬挂彩灯猜灯谜，一起吃顿丰富的晚餐来庆祝。元宵节赏灯活动中的猜谜游戏，充满了智慧和趣味。After the 10th day of the first lunar month calendar, people begin to celebrate Yuanxiao Festival/the Lantern Festival. Yuanxiao Festival is the 15th day of the first lunar month, another climax during Spring Festival celebration. Watching lanterns and eating Yuanxiao are two main activities for
Xuanxiao Festival celebration. On this day, people go to guess riddles on lanterns at night and have a big dinner for celebration. The riddle games are full of wisdom and fun.
过年时，言行要特别谨慎，因为中国人希望一年的开始能够事事顺利，有个好兆头。所以春节时期有许多禁忌。有些话、有些事是不能说，不能做的。During the Spring Festival, one must be extremely careful in his or her acts and words. Because Chinese people want to have a nice start at the beginning of each year. Therefore there are many taboos during the Spring Festival. Some words should not be spoken and some things should not be done.
春节里边有很多禁忌，你初一这一天最好不要扫地，要扫地的话，你要从门口往门里扫，从外往里扫，因为这些垃圾（被人们认为）都是财富。如果这一天打碎了东西，你不能责备孩子们，你得说"岁岁平安"。打碎了嘛，"碎"跟那个年岁的"岁"正好谐音，岁岁平安。如果小孩子不注意说了这种骂人的话啊什么，叫做"童言无忌"。
There are many taboo s during the Spring Festival. One should not sweep on the first day of the first lunar month. If you sweep on that day, you should sweep from outdoors to indoors, but not from indoors to outdoors. If a child breaks something on that day, you should not blame him or her. You should say "To break is great for next year!" Break in Chinese has a homonym which
means Year. If a child says something bad, it is "Children’s words are no taboos."
Yuanxiao Festival/the Lantern Festival 元宵节
To break is great for next year! 碎碎平安
Children’s words are no taboos 童言无忌
中国春节习俗(英文版)
中国春节习俗(英文版) 春节是中国及一些亚洲民族一个古老的传统节日。因为相传年兽 怕红色，怕火光和怕响声，所以人们便有贴春联、放鞭炮、敲锣打鼓 等习俗。不同时期、不同地区、不同民族的习俗都不相同。 Spring Festival is a traditional festival in China and some Asian nations. Because legend has it that the beast is afraid of red, afraid of fire and afraid of sound, so people will have couplets, firecrackers, gongs and drums and other customs. Different periods, different regions, different ethnic customs are not the same. 在中国，春节也是少数民族人民的风俗节日。各族人民按照自已 的习俗，举行各种各样的庆祝活动，具有各自浓厚的民族独特风采。 春节是中国一个古老的节日，也是全年最重要的一个节日，如何过庆 贺这个节日，在千百年的历史发展中，形成了一些较为固定的风俗习惯，有很多还相传至今。 In China, the Spring Festival is also a minority national people's customs and festivals. People of all ethnic groups in accordance with their own customs, held a variety of celebration, with their strong national unique style. Spring Festival is an ancient festival in China. It is also one of the most important festival in the whole year. How to celebrate this festival, in the history of thousands of years, has formed some relatively fixed customs, there are still many people who have been handed down. 少数民族 Ethnic minority
中国春节的英文简介
Spring Festival is on the traditional Chinese festivals.People used to call it "the Lunar New Year".It always starts between january the first and february the twentie its the most important festival in China Spring Festival The most important festival in China is the Spring Festival. It is said that the Spring Festival evolved from an activity known as the Winter Sacrifice. It was a custom practiced by the people of primitive society. The Spring Festival marks the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year,so the first meal is rather important. People usually eat Jiaozi or dumplings shaped like a crescent moon on that special day. As for recreational activities during the Sping Festival, the Dragon Dance and Lion Dance are traditionally performed . 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. 传说有一个叫“年”的怪兽，有一个大嘴，能一口吞下很多人。人们都很怕它。The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers is to scare away Nian. 贴红纸和方鞭炮的习俗就是为了吓跑年。 However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration. 但是，现在人们大多忘记了为什么这么做的原因，只是觉得色彩和响声增加了过节的气氛罢了！ Traditions of Chinese New Year Before New Year's Eve The celebration actually starts on New Year's Eve with the family reunion dinner. By New Year's Eve, you should have done the following: Clean the entire home to get rid of all the things that are associated with the old year. Put away all brooms and brushes. Pay all your debts. Resolve differences with family members, friends, neighbors and business associates. Buy the following: Red money envelopes, Oranges and/or tangerines, Fill a "Cheun hup(a circular red tray separated in eight compartments) with melon seedslotuschocolate coinsnuts etc. Flowers (especially plum blossoms, peach blossoms, water lilies), A new set of clothes and shoes for children, preferably something red or orange. Get new dollar bills from the bank. Insert the new dollar bills into the red envelopes. Now the red envelope is called a lai see or lucky money envelope. On New Year's Eve
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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 "year", was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey 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, "i hear say that you are 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" so, it did swallow many of 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
春节习俗(英文版)
春节习俗从农历正月初一开始的节庆活动可谓丰富多彩，多种多样。 A series of colorful celebration activities begin on the first day of the first lunar month. 春节过了以后，就是在过去中国的农村里边，文艺的活动逐渐地展开了，有各种的文艺节目，像我们现在看到的北京花会一样，高跷、旱船，另外就是唱戏After the Spring Festival, all kinds of entertainment programs used to be given in the rural areas in China. Just like the flower exhibition in Beijing now, the entertainment programs include walking on stilt s, taking a boat on ground and operas. 不管是城里人，还是在农村，人们都要做的一件事就是拜年。民间流行的拜年活动先是从家里开始的。 No matter in the city or in the
countryside, all the people will do one thing that is to extend Spring Festival greetings. This activity begins at first between family members. 一般是我们晚辈要给长辈拜年，比如给父母和父母的兄弟姐妹，大爷、大妈等拜年。 Normally we will extend our Spring Festival greetings to our elders, such as our parents, uncles and aunts. 亲戚之间在春节期间走动，有互拜平安的意思。Relatives will drop each other a visit during the Spring Festival to give their best wishes. 给亲戚拜年，出门之后就作揖、问安，说点吉祥话，恭喜过年呐，恭喜发财呀，说点吉祥话，预示着第二年有个好的，这就是新一年来了以后有好运。 To drop a Spring Festival visit is to give your new year greetings when you are out. Have a luck talk. Happy new year! May you come into a good
春节习俗介绍英语作文
在中国,凡逢春节和其他的喜庆日子,人们总要燃放爆竹来表示庆贺.燃放爆竹可以说是中国民间一个十分重要的风俗习惯. 爆竹也叫”炮竹”,”爆仗”,”炮仗”,平常人们更习惯叫”鞭炮”,有大约2000多年的历史了.最早的爆竹叫”庭燎”.是用竹竿一类的东西做成火炬,燃烧时发出噼噼啪啪的爆裂声,也叫”爆竿. 燃放爆竹风俗最早起因于驱鬼除邪,祈求一年的吉祥顺利.传说,有个叫做”山臊”的四角怪兽和恶鬼平常藏在深山,每隔365天便出来伤害人畜.这些无恶不做的坏东西害怕爆炸的声音和亮光.于是,每到岁末年首,人们就争着燃放鞭炮,用来驱赶”山臊”和恶鬼. 中国的唐代发明火药以后,人们便把火药放进竹筒,点燃后发出巨大的声音,这种爆竹叫做”爆竹筒”.到了宋代,爆竹的制作方法改为把火药装进用纸卷成的筒里,名字也叫爆竹了.后来人们开始把许多小的炮仗用药线连接起来,成为”一发连百余响不绝”的鞭炮.讲究的鞭炮用红颜色的纸制作,鞭炮爆炸后,红屑满地,人称”满地红”,表示吉利.随着发展,鞭炮的品种和色彩也由原来的单调发展得丰富多彩,有小鞭炮,电光雷,母子雷,射天炮,百头,千头鞭,甚至还有几万头长的鞭炮. 现在,随着人们环保意识的加强,燃放鞭炮的习俗在中国很多大城市中受到禁止.但是,聪明的中国人依然想出了其他热闹的庆祝节日的办法. Useful Words and Expression The spring festival(春节) generation gap(代沟) stereotyped concept/opinion(传统观念) commercialized versions(商业化版本) shopping rush(购物热) tourism-oriented trend(春节旅游化趋势) spring outing(春游) the spring festival eve dinner(年夜饭) spring festival couplets(pasted on gatepost or door panels)(春联) V ariety Show on CCTV-1(春节联欢晚会) migrant workers(民工) home-returning(返乡) white-collar(白领) petty bourgeoisie(小资) over-loaded transportation during the spring festival(春运) pay aNew Year call(拜年) Christmas prayer(religious aspect)(圣诞祷告) the thorough house-cleaning(年前大扫除) etraditional entertainment(playing cards,mahjong)(传统娱乐节目,如打扑克,玩麻将) The Spring Festival is anational holiday. On that day,people often play firecrackers,hang lantern,affix Spring Festival couplets and New Year paintings,pay New Year’s call and eat Jiao-zi. For the children,the most exited thing is fetting their gift money. It is really ahappy day. 上面的生词是必须要的,是介绍春节的 春节是全国人民的假期. 那天,人们常常放鞭炮,挂灯笼,贴春联和年画,互相拜年,和吃饺子.
春节的来历英语作文
春节的来历英语作文 春节的来历英语作文 篇一：春节的来历英语作文 The Lunar New Year is a great occasion to the Chinese people. It lasts about the first four days of the year，during which people do not work except for the workers on duty. Students do not go to school，and shops are closed. Several days before the new year，people begin to prepare. Farmers kill pigs，sheep，cocks and hens. City dwellers buy meat fish and vegetables. Houses are cleaned; coupletsare posted on the doors. Colourful lanterns are hung at the gate. On the eve of the new year，each family has its members gatherd together and eats a family reunion dinner. After the meal they watch TV until the clock strickes twelve. Then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers and other fire works to welcome the new year. On the first day of the new year，almost everyone is dressed in his or her best.
春节的来历与习俗的英语介绍大全
春节的来历与习俗的英语介绍大全 Spring Festival is the most important holiday for Chinese people. Excitement and happiness are palpable this time of the year，and they reach the peak on lunar new year‘s eve. 春节对于中国人来说是最重要的节日。在每年的春节都让人兴高采烈，尤其是大年三十那晚，更是达到了高潮。 Though the 15-day period， which starts with the first day of the lunar new year and ends on the 15th day （known as Lantern Festival）， is relatively long， it is the busiest time of the year for Chinese people. The arrangements they have to make for family reunions， buying necessities and preparing food keeps them busy throughout the holiday. Many of them travel back home and meet friends over dinner and drinks. The celebrations include decorating the house and setting off fireworks. 春节历时15天，也就从大年初一开始，到元月十五元宵节结束。这段比较长的时间是中国人最忙的时候。他们为家庭聚会作安排，采购年货，准备丰盛的食物，以至于整个春节假期都忙忙碌碌的。很多人在春季期间都要回老家过年，跟朋友碰碰头，聚个餐。庆祝春节也包括大扫除和放烟火。 But we are talking about a tradition that seems to be fading. 但是我们现在要谈的是越来越淡的年味。 Spring Festival， as it is celebrated today， has undergone many changes，thanks to the country‘s economic development and globalization.
中国春节拜年风俗Pay a New Year Call(英语美文)
中国春节拜年风俗Pay a New Year Call 英语美文 An important activity during the Spring Festival is bainian (to pay a New Year call). People start to pay New Year calls from the lunar New Year's Day, that is, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar. Ever since the Ming Dynasty in the 14th century, ordinary people have begun to exchange greeting cards on this day. 春节期间的重要活动是拜年。人们从农历新年，也就是，农历的第一个月的第一天就开始拜年了。自从十四世纪明朝开始普通人在这一天也开始交换贺卡。 On the morning of the lunar New Year's Day, people get up very early and call on others. The earlier one does so, the more sincere he is. Moreover, people wear new clothes and a new cap, symbolizing that a new year has begun. 在农历新年的早上，人们起得很早拜访别人。越早越有诚意。此外，人们还会穿上新衣服，戴新帽，这象征着新的一年开始了。 The younger generation should call on their elders first, such as the grandfather, grandmother, father and mother, wishing them "Good health" and "Long life". Then the elders
三年级描写春节的英语作文
三年级描写春节的英语作文 导语：中国农历年的岁首称为春节。是中国人民最隆重的传统节日，也象征 团结、兴旺，对未来寄托新的希望的佳节。下面是 yjbs 作文 网小编为您收集整理的英语作文，希望对您有所帮助。 春节英语作文(1) The Spring Festival is China's biggest, the most lively, ancient one of the most important traditional festival, is also unique to Chinese festival. The Spring Festival, is the beginning of the lunar calendar, another name is called the Spring Festival Chinese New Year. Since the western han dynasty, the custom of Spring Festival continues today. The Spring Festival, generally refers to New Year's eve and the first day. The origin of the Spring Festival has a legend, the Chinese ancient times have a kind of call "year" monster, fierce abnormalities, deep in the bottom of the sea all the year round, every New Year's eve just climbed out, swallowed cattle damage lives. Therefore, every year New Year's eve this day, people will escape the "year" animal damage. A NianChuXi, from the village outside a begging the old man, said must be able to take the "year" beast nian away. In the middle of the night, "nian" beast into the village, it found the village atmosphere is different from previous years, village east wife's husband's family, the door stick red paper, candle lit the room. In the spread "banging spluttered" Fried sound, "year" the most afraid of red, fire and exploding. "Year" running away. From then on, people know driven "years" beast approach. From then on, every year New Year's eve every posted red couplets, firecrackers; Household candle lit, keeping stay by age. This custom spread more widely, Chinese the most solemn of the folk traditional festival. 春节是中国最盛大、最热闹、最重要的一个古老的传统节日，也是中国人所 独有的节日。
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关于春节的英语作文范文：春节习俗 英文版 这篇关于春节的英语作文范文：春节习俗英文版，是我们特地为大家 整理的，希望对大家有所帮助！ My Spring Festival "Last years Spring Festival is special. My uncle and my aunt came back from Shanghai. My family were very happy to spend the Spring Festival with them. And it was the most exciting festival of all the festivals." "On New Years Eve，my father and my uncle talked about their work together. My mum did some cooking with my aunt. Grandparents and I watched the New Year TV programmes. At about six o’clock， we had a special family dinner. We all thought the dumplings were delicious." "On the first day of the New Year， we visited our relatives. In the afternoon，we went shopping in Jiefang Road. My uncle bought some Jays CDs. He likes Jay’s music very much. There were so many people on the road. It was more alive than any other time of a year." On the second and the third days，we spent a wonderful weekend in the country. There were much bigger trees than in the city. And the animals were more beautiful than in the city. We all enjoyed ourselves. I had an interesting Spring Festival. How about you？
中国春节英文介绍
中国春节英文介绍 Spring Festival The Spring festival is the most important festival in China. It is on January 1st according to the Chinese lunar calendar. It's China's New year's Day So usually a month before the festiva,people begin to buy food clothes and decorations for houses. On New Year Eve,each family will gather together eating, talking and watching TV for almost the whole night.The children are the happiest of all because they can get presents from their parents or grand-parents. On Lunar New Year's Day.pepole will eat dumplings. When they meet their neighbours or friends,they'll say：”Happy New Year!”The New Year celebrating activitise will last about half a month.
春天的节日春节是我国最重要的节日.它是根据1月1日在中国农 历日历.它是中国中国新年一个月前的一天,通常是在节日,人们开始为 装修房子买衣服和食品.新年前夕,每个家庭都会聚在一起吃饭、谈话、看电视几乎整个晚上.孩子们兴的,因为他们能够得到来自父母或带来 大的父母.农历新年中国人喜欢吃饺子.他们的邻居和朋友聚会时,他们 会说新年快乐!新年庆祝会历时约半个月. The Mid-Autumn Festival The Mid-Autumn is a very important Chinese festival. It falls on the 15th day of August.A few days before the festival, everyone in the family will help to make the house clean and https://www.360docs.net/doc/cb7699209.html,nterns will be hung in front of the house. On the evening there will be a big family dinner.People who work far away from their homes will try to come back for the union. After dinner,people will light the lanterns which are usually red and round.Children will play with their own toy lanterns happily. 中秋节是中国一个很重要的节日,在八月十五号.在节日来临的前 几天,家庭中的每一个人都帮着打扫房子,把房子装扮得漂漂亮亮的,灯 笼挂在屋前.
春节的来历(英语作文50)
春节的来历(英语作文50) 春节的来历(英语作文50) The lunar calendar new year origin, has the basis, also is rich and 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. 1 / 1
春节的来历(英文版)
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 "year", was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey 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, "i hear say that you are 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?" so, it did swallow many of 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 year's end to scare away nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.
春节习俗(英文版)
创作编号： GB8878185555334563BT9125XW 创作者：凤呜大王* 春节习俗 从农历正月初一开始的节庆活动可谓丰富多彩，多种多样。 A series of colorful celebration activities begin on the first day of the first lunar month. 春节过了以后，就是在过去中国的农村里边，文艺的活动逐渐地展开了，有各种的文艺节目，像我们现在看到的北京花会一样，高跷、旱船，另外就是唱戏。 After the Spring Festival, all kinds of entertainment programs used to be given in the rural areas in China. Just
like the flower exhibition in Beijing now, the entertainment programs include walking on stilt s, taking a boat on ground and operas. 不管是城里人，还是在农村，人们都要做的一件事就是拜年。民间流行的拜年活动先是从家里开始的。 No matter in the city or in the countryside, all the people will do one thing that is to extend Spring Festival greetings. This activity begins at first between family members. 一般是我们晚辈要给长辈拜年，比如给父母和父母的兄弟姐妹，大爷、大妈等拜年。 Normally we will extend our Spring Festival greetings to
春节的来历(英文版)
In one legend, the beast, Nian, had the power to swallow up all the people in a village in one big bite. Village people were very scared of Nian. One day, an old man came to the villagers' rescue, offering to subdue Nian. The old man asked Nian, "I know you can swallow people, but can you swallow other beasts of prey instead of people who are by no means your worthy opponents?" Nian accepted the old man's challenge and swallowed the beasts that had harassed the villagers and their farm animals for years. At the end of the legend, the oldmandisappeared riding off on Nian. In this legend, the old man turned out to be an immortal god. In the end, Nian is gone and the other beasts of prey are scared into hiding in the forests. The villagers can once again enjoy their peaceful life. 传说中，“年”这个怪兽，有能力一口吞掉一个村庄的人。人们都很害怕“年”。 一天，一位老人帮村民们征服了“年”。他对“年”说：“我听说你很有能耐，但你能否把地球上其它的野兽都吃掉，而不是这些根本不是你对手的人类呢？”“年”接受了老人的挑战，若干年里吃掉了好多害人和捕食农场动物的野兽。 传说的结尾，老人骑着怪兽“年”消失了。原来传说中的这个老人是一位神仙。最后，怪兽“年”被赶走了，其他捕食的野兽也都吓得躲进了森林。村民们又过上了平静的日子。 The legend goes on to say before the old man left, he told the villagers to put red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year's end in order to keep Nian away. It is believed Nian is afraid of the color red. 传说里讲，那位老人离开前告诉村民，每年年末都要在门窗上贴上装饰的红纸来吓唬“年”，还让年走的远远的。人们认为“年”最怕的颜色是红色。