Toffee0528
Nian beast is also known as Nian, the evil beast in ancient Han myths and legends. Legend has it that every midnight at the end of the year, Nianbeasts attacked villages.
All villages occupied by Nianbeasts suffered brutal massacres, and the horns on their heads were weapons of massacre.
After the slaughter, the Nien Beast will eat everyone's head. In order to prevent people from fraudulent bodies or escaping by chance, Nian beast pretended to leave the village and returned to slaughter survivors, even causing the village to shake violently. Even babies and children are unavoidable.
People take advantage of the three weaknesses of Nianwu, which are afraid of red, loud noise and fire, to set off firecrackers and paste doors to drive Nianwu away from attack.
Another legend is that on New Year's Eve, people get help from the gods called "Nian" and drive away "Nian", so there are New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
扩展资料：
年兽的来历：
年兽又称年，古代汉族神话传说中的恶兽。相传古时候每到年末的午夜，年兽就会进攻村子，凡被年兽占领的村子都遭受到残酷的大屠杀，头上的犄角就是屠杀武器。
屠杀结束后，年兽会吃掉所有人的头颅。为了防止有人诈尸或侥幸逃脱，年兽假装离开村子后折回来屠杀幸存者，甚至让村子发生剧烈的晃动。
就连婴儿、孩童都难以幸免。人们利用年兽怕红色、怕巨响、怕火光的三大弱点，放爆竹，贴门联，驱赶年兽的进攻。
另一种传说是为了除夕，人们得到了叫做“年”的神仙的帮助，赶走了“夕”，因此有除夕和过年的说法。
小女孩不懂事
试试beast is also known as Nian, the evil beast in ancient Han myths and legends. Legend has it that every midnight at the end of the year, Nianbeasts attacked villages. All villages occupied by Nianbeasts suffered brutal massacres, and the horns on their he...全文
chengjiebgjicom
It is said that nian has a big head and a small body, with a length of more than ten feet.
（据说年兽头大身小，身长十数尺，眼若铜铃，来去如风。）
When grunting, it sounds like "nian ~", so it is named nian beast.
（嗷叫时发出“年~”的声音，故名年兽。）
Over time, people gradually found that nian was afraid of three things: red, fire and loud noises.
（时日一久，人们渐渐发现年兽害怕三样东西，即红色、火光和巨大的响声。）
So later people will get together on New Year's eve when the beast is coming.
（于是后来的人们在除夕年兽将要到来的时候就会聚到一起。）
Stick red paper, hang red lanterns, set off firecrackers and so on.
（贴红纸，挂红灯笼，放鞭炮等等。）
The purpose is to drive nian away.
（目的就是为了赶走年兽。）
When the beast was driven away, people would happily say to each other, "another year has passed."
（当年兽被赶走以后，人们总是会高兴地互道：“又熬过一个年了。”）
Gradually, there was the saying of the New Year, and the custom of the New Year emerged.
（慢慢的就有了过年的说法，也由此出现过年的习俗了。）
naerman163
"year beast" is a kind of fictitious animal made by chinese thousand years ago.it only appears in the new year eve to eat people.So chinese people light torches and fireworks to counter them.
土匪温柔
英文版：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. 中文版：农历新年的来源，有根据，且丰富而多采多姿的传说可追溯到几千年前；其中最有名的就是「年兽」的传说。「年兽」是一个残忍凶猛的野兽，古代人相信「年兽」在除夕夜时会出来吃人。传说「年兽」极惧怕红色、火光及吵杂的声音，人们就在门上贴著红纸条，并整夜点著火炬、燃放炮烛，来避开「年兽」。到了第二天一大早，「恭喜」之声不绝於耳，空气中弥漫著打败「年兽」胜利与重生的喜悦。
