Legend of Chinese spring festival

According to Chinese , 2013 is the year of snake.

The spring festival is the most important festival in China.

There is a very nice legend about it.

A monster-“Xi” harmed to human being

Long long ago, there was a monster named Xi, who came out once a year to devour human being and cattle.

People would flee to mountains to escape its harm.

A young boy Nian came out to help

In one year, when people were preparing to flee, a young boy Nian said he could defeat Xi.

However, villagers didn’t believe him but run away.

The boy Nian defeated the monster Xi

Xi came out at middle night but only to find that lights were on, red paper pasted on doors, firecrackers were going off. He was frightened since these were all he was afraid of.

And then Nian came out and defeated him. Xi run away after a hard fighting.

People celebrated the success

When villagers came back, they were surprised to find that the village was safe and sound. When they got to know the news that Nian defeated Xi,they celebrated the success and appreciated to Nian.

The customs of the spring festival are formed

The spring festival was formed and some customs handed down:

Pasting spring couplets on doors.Lights be on all night at New Year’s Eve.Setting off fireworks and firecrackers.Congratulating each other Happy New Year.

The spring festival gifts recommendation

YOYBUY.com wishes you happy spring festival and recommends you some wonderful gifts:

Children toys

Children clothing

Spring festival decoration

Boots

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