When is New Year's Eve 2017? What is the legend about New Year’s Eve?
Introduction: New Year’s Eve is an important day for the vast majority of Chinese people. It is the day when families reunite and eat New Year’s Eve dinner together. New Year’s Eve is a day that marks the time to bid farewell to the past year and welcome the new year. It is also one of the important festivals in my country. But do you know how New Year’s Eve came about? Why do we Chinese celebrate New Year’s Eve? Let’s explore it with the editor below! Mr. Shui Mo has carefully sorted out many customs and some precautions about New Year’s Eve. If you want to know more exciting content, please go to Mr. Shui Mo’s New Year’s Eve special topic to see more!When is New Year's Eve 2017?New Year's Eve 2017 is on Friday, January 27, 2017There is one day off on New Year’s Eve 2017. Including the Spring Festival, there are 7 days, 7 days, 7 days. Myths and legends about New Year's EveThe legend goes that in ancient times there was a four-horned, four-legged, ferocious beast called "Xi". Due to the heavy snow in winter, there was a shortage of food. It often went to nearby villages to find food. Due to its huge body, bad temper and abnormal ferocity, it brought great disasters to the villagers. So at the end of December every year, people would pack their clothes, carry the elderly and children, and go to the nearby bamboo forest to avoid "Xi". Or post Spring Festival couplets in front of your door. They waited for Fang Shi to come to avoid the evil beast - Xi. After that, they put up couplets and set off firecrackers, and "Xi" never came again. At the end of December, people would pack their clothes, take the elderly and children with them, and go to the nearby bamboo forest to avoid the gloom. One year, the villagers were packing up to escape when they came across a child about seven or eight years old, who had collapsed on the side of the road due to hunger. A kind old woman rescued the child and asked him to go up the mountain with her to avoid the evil beast - Xi. The clever child followed the old woman and the villagers to the bamboo forest behind the village. Because it was extremely cold in the bamboo forest in winter, people cut bamboo to build houses and made fires to keep warm. The child who was rescued by the old woman asked everyone curiously: Our bamboo forest is so close to the village, aren't you afraid that Xi will come here? An old woman answered him: "When I was young, I came here with the villagers to avoid Xi. In the years when it snowed heavily, it was very hungry and came here once. However, every time it saw the villagers cutting bamboo in the bamboo forest, it hurried away." The child thought for a while and told everyone: "I have a way to get rid of 'Xi' so that we don't have to flee." Everyone was very happy after hearing this, and asked the child what to do. This clever child told everyone: Cut more bamboo joints and take them home tonight, so that everyone in the village can go home! Just hang a piece of red cloth outside the door of each of your homes, and after tomorrow morning, Xi will never come again. The villagers listened to the child's words with half belief and half doubt, and were taken back to their homes by the village elders.Soon it was night, and the villagers were afraid that "Xi" would come, so no one dared to sleep. In addition to hanging red cloth strips outside their doors, they came to the open space in the middle of the village and guarded some broken bamboo joints brought back from the bamboo forest. The weather was cold, so everyone lit a fire to keep warm. When they were hungry, they took out some food... At midnight, a deafening roar was heard, and everyone huddled together in fear. At this time, the clever child suddenly stood up and told everyone: "I will lure him over, and then we will throw the broken bamboo joints that we have been guarding all night into the fire." Before the kind-hearted old woman could reach out to pull the child, the child had already arrived at the entrance of the village. The child saw Xi breaking into the village and breaking a lot of things, so he shouted loudly: You come here every year, and the people cannot live and work in peace. Today I must teach you a lesson! "Xi" heard the child's cry, and followed the sound, but it didn't dare to go in when it saw red cloth strips hanging on the doors and walls of every house. So it followed the child's voice and endured its hungry belly to the open space in the center of the village. At this time, the child shouted loudly: "Fellow villagers, throw the broken bamboo joints into the fire!!", but everyone was already standing there frozen in fear. At this moment, "Xi" picked up the child with his horns and threw him heavily to the ground. The villagers reacted when they heard the sound of the child falling to the ground and started throwing bamboo joints into the fire. Since the bamboos were cut down not long ago, the wet bamboo joints burst into pieces when they encountered the strong fire, making crackling sounds! Upon hearing the sound, "Xi" turned around and fled, without damaging anything in the village. When day broke, "Xi" was scared away by the sound of bamboos bursting when people threw them into the fire. The residents' homes were saved because of the red strips hung in front of their doors, but people were not happy. Because the smart child who saved the village was killed by "Xi". And this day is the first day of the first lunar month. This smart child’s name is “Nian”. Because "Xi" is not dead, every year on the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, everyone waits for the Broken Bamboo Festival, hoping to get rid of "Xi" as soon as possible. But as the years passed, no one saw "Xi" again. All that was left were firecrackers set off to prevent the arrival of "Xi" and red cloth strips hung in front of the door. However, this legend and the custom of celebrating the New Year were left to us: on the night of the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, everyone gathered together to eat the New Year's Eve dinner and stay up together waiting for the bell of New Year's Eve. Set off firecrackers and put up door couplets. Wait until dawn to visit neighbors and give greetings and blessings. On the morning of the first day of the New Year, villagers visit each other to see if their neighbors are injured and say some auspicious and polite words. I hope the “Eve” of the twelfth lunar month will not come again next year. To commemorate this victory, every winter at this time, every household would paste red paper couplets on the door, light electric lanterns, beat gongs and drums, and set off firecrackers and fireworks; at night, they would stay up all night; and the next day, they would congratulate each other early in the morning. This tradition has been passed down from generation to generation and has become the "Chinese New Year". Summary: The above article provides us with a detailed analysis of the myths and legends about New Year’s Eve and tells us the origin and development of New Year’s Eve. I hope everyone can learn about it and learn more about China’s traditional culture! |
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