What ancient legends are there about the Spring Festival? Detailed explanation of the origin of the Spring Festival
Introduction: The Spring Festival is one of my country's major traditional cultural festivals. Visiting relatives and friends during the Spring Festival has become a custom, and everyone celebrates the New Year together in a lively manner. But do you know the origin of the Spring Festival? What are its historical origins or legends? Now, let’s follow the editor to get to know it. In addition to the grand and festive celebrations of the Spring Festival, we also need to pay attention to some taboos regarding the Spring Festival. Next, let’s take a closer look at the Spring Festival special topic compiled by Mr. Shui Mo!The legend of the Spring Festival - driving away the Nian beastAccording to legend, there was a monster called "Nian" in ancient China. It had tentacles on its head and was extremely ferocious. "Nian" lives deep in the sea for most of the year, and only crawls ashore on New Year's Eve to devour livestock and harm human lives. Therefore, on every New Year's Eve, people in every village and hamlet would take their elderly and children and flee to the mountains to avoid being harmed by the beast "Nian".On New Year's Eve of that year, the people of Taohua Village were helping the elderly and children to go up the mountain to seek refuge when an old beggar came from outside the village. He was leaning on a crutch, with a bag on his arm, his silver beard flowing and his eyes as bright as stars. Some of the villagers were closing windows and locking doors, some were packing their luggage, and some were leading cows and driving sheep. Everywhere there were people shouting and horses neighing, a scene of haste and panic. At this time, who would still care about this begging old man? Only an old woman at the east end of the village gave the old man some food and advised him to go up the mountain quickly to avoid the "Nian" beast. The old man stroked his beard and smiled, "If the old woman lets me stay at home for one night, I will definitely drive the "Nian" beast away." The old woman looked at him in amazement and saw that he had white hair, a youthful face, and was in good spirits and had an extraordinary bearing. But she still continued to persuade, and the beggar just smiled without saying a word. The mother-in-law had no choice but to leave her home and go to the mountains to take refuge. In the middle of the night, the beast "Nian" broke into the village. It found that the atmosphere in the village was different from previous years: at the old woman's house at the east end of the village, there was a big red paper pasted on the door and the house was brightly lit. The "Nian" beast trembled all over and let out a strange cry. "Nian" glared at her mother-in-law's house for a moment, then rushed over screaming. When he was near the door, there were sudden "bang bang bang" sounds in the yard. "Nian" trembled all over and dared not move forward anymore. It turns out that "Nian" is most afraid of the color red, fire and explosions. At this time, my mother-in-law's door opened wide, and I saw an old man in a red robe in the yard laughing. "Nian" was horrified and fled in a panic. The next day was the first day of the first lunar month. The people who had returned from the refuge were surprised to see that the village was safe and sound. At this time, the old woman suddenly realized and hurriedly told the villagers about the beggar's promise. The villagers all rushed to the old woman's house, only to see red paper pasted on the door, a pile of unburned bamboos in the yard still crackling, and a few red candles in the house still glowing... The ecstatic villagers changed into new clothes and hats to celebrate the arrival of good luck, and went to their relatives and friends' homes to congratulate them. This story soon spread to the surrounding villages, and people all knew how to drive away the "Nian" beast. From then on, every New Year’s Eve, every family would put up red couplets and set off firecrackers; every house would be brightly lit with candles, and everyone would stay up to wait for the new year. Early in the morning on the first day of the New Year, people visit relatives and friends to congratulate and say hello. This custom spread more and more widely and became the most important traditional festival among the Chinese people. Summary: Through the above article content, we know that the legend of the Spring Festival evolved in order to drive away the Nian beast and became our current Spring Festival. I hope you will like this content. I wish everyone a happy and festive New Year! |
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