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1.英文版： There's an old called "years" the monster, head length Angle, fierce anomaly, life in the sea. On New Year's eve will climbed out, the spitting food livestock harm thy soul. So a to New Year's eve, everyone fled to the mountains, to avoid the damage. This year, from the village to a silver whiskers elegant, eye if lang star old yourself. Midnight "years" burst into the village, is preparing to bluster, all of a sudden there was "cracking" Fried noise, the old has put on red appear in front of the "year", "year" shuddered, to flee to the sea, and the night can't into the village. This is to celebrates New Year's eve legends and the origin of firecrackers, and then after thousands of years of development, the Chinese New Year customs to accept the more abundant the. 2.中文版： 以前有个叫“年”的怪物，头长尖角、凶猛异常，生活在海里。在除夕夜会爬上岸，吐食牲畜伤害己命。因此一到除夕夜，大家都逃往深山，以躲避“年”的伤害。这一年，从村中来了一个银须飘逸、目若朗星的老己。半夜“年”闯进村，正准备逞凶时，突然传来“噼噼啪啪”的炸响声，那位老己披上红袍呈现在“年”的面前，“年”浑身战栗，逃回了海里，再夜不敢进村了。这就是过年的传说和爆竹的来历，后来经过几千年的发展，过年的习俗悦来越丰厚了。 拓展资料：春节源自何时很难考究，不过一般认为起源于中国殷商时期的年头岁末祭神、祭祖活动(腊祭);传说最早在尧舜时就有过春节的风俗。 农历的正月是一年的开始，而正月上旬或中旬，大部分情况正好是春季的开始，节日的时间相信和农业劳作影响有关，甲骨文和金文中的年字都有谷穗成熟的形象。 春节入选中国世界纪录协会中国最大的节日，位居中国三大传统节日春节、端午节、中秋节之首。
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Origin of the Spring Festival（春节的来历）:
1、The Spring Festival is the first year of the lunar calendar. Another name of the Spring Festival is the Spring Festival. It is the biggest, busiest and most important ancient traditional festival in China. It is also a unique festival for Chinese people.
（春节是农历的第一年。春节的另一个名称是春节。它是中国最大、最繁忙、最重要的古代传统节日。它也是中国人独特的节日。）
2、It is the most concentrated expression of Chinese civilization. Since the Western Han Dynasty, the custom of Spring Festival has continued to this day. Spring Festival generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month.
（它是中华文明最集中的表现形式。自西汉以来，春节的习俗一直延续到今天。春节一般指除夕和正月初一。）
3、But in the folk sense, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the sacrificial sacrifice on the eighth day of the eighth month or the sacrificial stove on the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the twentieth month until the fifteenth day of the first month, with the New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month as the climax.
（但在民间意义上，传统的春节是指以除夕和正月初一为高潮，在八月八日的祭祀活动或在十二月二十三日、二十四日至正月十五日的祭祀炉灶活动。）
4、How to celebrate this festival has formed some relatively fixed customs and habits in the historical development of thousands of years, many of which are still handed down today. During the traditional festival of Spring Festival, the Han and most minority nationalities in China have to hold various celebrations.
（在几千年的历史发展过程中，如何庆祝这个节日已经形成了一些相对固定的风俗习惯，其中许多至今仍在流传。在传统的春节期间，汉族和中国大多数少数民族都要举行各种各样的庆祝活动。）
5、Most of these activities mainly focus on sacrificing gods and Buddhas, sacrificing ancestors, removing old cloth and new cloth, celebrating the New Year, and praying for a good year.
（这些活动大多集中在祭祀神佛、祭祖、脱去旧布新布、庆祝新年、祈祷新年等方面。）
6、The forms of activities are rich and colorful, with strong national characteristics. On May 20, 2006, "Spring Festival" folklore was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
（活动形式丰富多彩，具有较强的民族特色。2006年5月20日，“春节”民俗被国务院批准列入第一批国家级非物质文化遗产名录。）
The custom of Spring Festival（春节的习俗）:
Paste New Year's pictures（贴年画）, watch the New Year's Day（守岁）, eat dumplings（吃饺子）, set off firecrackers（放鞭炮）, send red envelopes（发红包）, sweep dust9（扫尘）, celebrate New Year's Day（拜年）。
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The Spring Festival The Spring Festival, also know as the lunar New Year, is the greatest traditional festival. It is usually a time between late January or early February, which means rest and relaxation between winter and spring after a year's toil, and means celebration as well. Before the Spring Festival, people clean their house, put red coupletson their gates, and set off firecrackers, according to fairy tale, for driving a demon, named Nian away. On the eve of the Spring Festival, a get-together banquet is a must, and the most popular food is Dumpling, which is supposed to bring good fortune. On the first day of the new year, everybody wears new clothes and greets relatives and friends with bows and congratulations wishing each other lucky during the new year. Spring Festival The New Moon on the first day of the new year-- the full moon 15 days later Click here for more words about the Spring Festival Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon（新月）on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon（满月）15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival（元宵节）, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle（月运周期）is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few years (seven years out of a 19-yearcycle). This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year （闰年）. This is why, according to the solar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year. New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth（万物）, the gods of the household and the family ancestors. The sacrifice to the ancestors, the most vital of all the rituals（仪式）, united the living members with those who had passed away. Departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the fortune and glory of the family. The presence of the ancestors is acknowledged on New Year's Eve with a dinner arranged for them at the family banquet table. The spirits of the ancestors, together with the living, celebrate the onset of the New Year as one great community. The communal feast called "surrounding the stove" or weilu. It symbolizes family unity and honors the past and present generations. The Origin of Chinese New Year 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. From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of Nian is carried on from generation to generation. The term "Guo Nian", which may mean "Survive the Nian" becomes today "Celebrate the (New) Year" as the word "guo" in Chinese having both the meaning of "pass-over" and "observe". The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away Nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. 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. Traditional New Year Foods Probably more food is consumed during the New Year celebrations than any other time of the year. Vast amounts of traditional food is prepared for family and friends, as well as those close to us who have died. On New Year's Day, the Chinese family will eat a vegetarian dish called jai. Although the various ingredients in jai are root vegetables or fibrous vegetables, many people attribute various superstitious aspects to them. Other foods include a whole fish, to represent togetherness and abundance, and a chicken for prosperity. The chicken must be presented with a head, tail and feet to symbolize completeness. Noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life. In south China, the favorite and most typical dishes were nian gao, sweet steamed glutinous rice（糯米）pudding and zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped up in reed（芦苇）leaves), another popular delicacy. In the north, steamed-wheat bread (man tou) and small meat dumplings were the preferred food. The tremendous amount of food prepared at this time was meant to symbolize abundance and wealth for the household. The 15-Day Celebration of Chinese New Year The first day of the Lunar New Year is "the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth."Many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them. On the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. They are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs. The third and fourth days are for the sons-in-laws to pay respect to their parents-in-law. The fifth day is called Po Woo. On that day people stay home to welcome the God of Wealth. No one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck. On the sixth to the 10th day, the Chinese visit their relatives and friends freely. They also visit the temples to pray for good fortune and health. The seventh day of the New Year is the day for farmers to display their produce. These farmers make a drink from seven types of vegetables to celebrate the occasion. The seventh day is also considered the birthday of human beings. Noodles are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for success. On the eighth day the Fujian people have another family reunion dinner, and at midnight they pray to Tian Gong, the God of Heaven. The ninth day is to make offerings to the Jade Emperor. The 10th through the 12th are days that friends and relatives should be invited for dinner. After so much rich food, on the 13th day you should have simple rice congee and mustard greens (choi sum) to cleanse the system. The 14th day should be for preparations to celebrate the Lantern Festival which is to be held on the 15th night.
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写作思路：主要写出春节的来历和习俗。
正文：
The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotation, which carries rich historical and cultural heritage in the process of inheritance and development. During the Spring Festival, all kinds of celebrations are held all over the country, with strong regional characteristics.
春节的起源蕴含着深邃的文化内涵，在传承发展中承载了丰厚的历史文化底蕴。在春节期间，全国各地均有举行各种庆贺新春活动，带有浓郁的各地域特色。
These activities are mainly about the old and new cloth, the exorcism, the worship of gods, the blessing of the year, and the rich and colorful forms, which are the essence of Chinese traditional culture.
这些活动以除旧布新、驱邪攘灾、拜神祭祖、纳福祈年为主要内容，形式丰富多彩，凝聚着中华传统文化精华。
The Spring Festival is a folk festival integrating worship of gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and ward off evil spirits, family reunion, celebration, entertainment and diet.
春节是集拜神祭祖、祈福辟邪、亲朋团圆、欢庆娱乐和饮食为一体的民俗大节。
The Spring Festival is the most grand traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Influenced by Chinese culture, some countries and regions in the world also have the custom of celebrating the new year.
百节年为首，春节是中华民族最隆重的传统佳节。受到中华文化的影响，世界上一些国家和地区也有庆贺新春的习俗。
According to incomplete statistics, nearly 20 countries and regions have designated Chinese Spring Festival as a legal holiday for the whole or some cities under their jurisdiction.
据不完全统计，已有近20个国家和地区把中国春节定为整体或者所辖部分城市的法定节假日。
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春节的起源英文版
春节俗称“年节”，传统名称为新年、大年、新岁，但口头上又称度岁、庆新岁、过年。一起来看看春节的起源，仅供大家参考！谢谢！
一、春节来历的英文介绍
Origin of the Spring Festival
Spring Festival is the lunar Suishou,is also our ancient traditional festivals.Ancient－off ＂year＂is not in the twelfth lunar month on the 29th or on the 30th,but in the ＂wax on＂,that later,＂Laba.＂Southern and Northern Dynasties later,the ＂wax Festival＂to the end of the year.To the Republican era,the switch to Gregorian calendar was only then that the lunar year is called ＂Spring Festival＂,because the Spring Festival is generally in the ＂Spring，＂both before and after.
译文：春节，是农历的岁首，也是我国古老的传统节日.古代过“年”不是在腊月二十九日或三十日，而是在“蜡日”，即后来的“腊八”.南北朝以后，把“蜡祭”移至岁末.到了民国时 ，改用阳历，才把阴历年叫“春节”，因为春节一般都在“立春”前后。
Spring Festival is China＇s biggest and most exciting festival of an ancient tradition.Commonly known as ＂Chinese New Year.＂According to China＇s Lunar New Year,the first month who started in ancient times known Mongol Yuan Chen,Yuan－cheng,Yuan Shuo,New Year＇s Day and so on,commonly known as New Year＇s Day,as well as the previous day,moving in,three new moon,three North Korea,the three began,ternary,etc.Do not say,which means the first month who started this is the year,month,day three start.
译文：春节是我国最盛大、最热闹的一个古老传统节日。俗称“过年”。按照我国农历，正月初一古称元日、元辰、元正、元朔、元旦等，俗称年初一，还有上日、正朝、三朔、三朝、三始、三元等别称，意即正月初一是年、月、日三者的开始。
Chinese New Year,by definition is a spring festival.Spring,Vientiane update,a new round of sowing and harvesting season is beginning.People have every reason to dancing and singing to welcome the holiday.Thus,before the Spring Festival red paper pasted on the door face,yellow－word New Year＇s Message.
译文：春节，顾名思义就是春天的节日。春天来临，万象更新，新一轮播种和收获季节又要开始。人们有足够的理由载歌载舞来迎接这个节日。于是，节前就在门脸上贴上红纸黄字的新年寄语。
The another name is called the Spring Festival Chinese New Year.＂Year＂what is it？Is a kind of bad luck for people＇s imagination in animals.＂Year＂the one.Trees pride had Baicao no life；＂year＂one＂off＂and,all things grow,flowers everywhere.＂Year＂How can the past？You need to use whip shelled,so have the custom of burning firecrackers.In 1993,the Beijing Municipal People＇s Government promulgated a law to ban fireworks,so that this continuity throughout the ages for centuries the custom of the past.
译文：春节的另一名称叫过年。“年”是什么呢？是一种为人们带来坏运气的想象中的动物。“年”一来。树木凋蔽，百草不生；“年”一“过”，万物生长，鲜花遍地。“年”如何才能过去呢？需用鞭炮轰，于是有了燃鞭炮的习俗。1993年，北京市人民政府颁布了禁放烟花爆竹的法律，使这一沿续了几百年的习俗成为历史。
Spring Festival is a family reunion holiday,which is very similar to Christmas in the West.Away from home when the children returned to their parents at home to travel long distances.Real the night before Chinese New Year is called ＂New Year＇s Eve＂,also known as ＂Reunion Night＂,＂group years.＂From the traditional New Year＇s Eve celebrations continued until the fifteenth day Lantern Festival.Festive atmosphere,to last a month.Holiday movies before Jizao,worship of ancestors,to eliminate contamination.To be posted on the 30th Door God,couplets,flag,eating dumplings,fireworks,New Year＇s Eve,＂Shou Sui＂and other ceremonies； younger generation who started their elders to pay the first month,and then to the New Year with relatives and friends.When he met friends and relatives for the first time.Say,＂congratulated the new hi＂,＂Kung Hei Fat Choi＂,＂Congratulations，＂＂Happy New Year＂and then congratulated each other.
译文：春节是个亲人团聚的节日，这一点和西方的圣诞节很相似。离家的孩子这时要不远千里回到父母家里。真正过年的前一夜叫“除夕”，又叫“团圆夜”，“团年”。传统的庆祝活动则从除夕一直持续到正月十五元宵节。喜庆气氛要持续一个月。正月初一前有祭灶、祭祖、扫除污秽。三十日要贴门神、对联、挂旗、吃饺子、放鞭炮，除夕“守岁”等仪式；正月初一晚辈向长辈拜年，然后至亲友家贺年。亲友第一次见面时，说些“恭贺新喜”、“恭喜发财”、“恭喜”、“过年好”等话，互相祝贺。
December 23,1949,the PRC Central People＇s Government provides for an annual Lunar New Year holiday 3 days.Chinese New Year－China the public is most solemn,the most lively of an ancient traditional festivals.
译文：1949年12月23日，中华人民共和国中央人民政府规定每年春节放假3天。春节——我国民间最隆重、最热闹的一个古老传统节日。
二、春节习俗的英文介绍
A series of colorful celebration activities begin on the first day of thefirst lunar month.
从农历正月初一开始的节庆活动可谓丰富多彩，多种多样。
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 stilts, taking a boat on ground and operas.
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。
No matter in the city or in the countryside, all the people will do one thingthat is to extend Spring Festival greetings. This activity begins at firstbetween family members.
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。
Legends 春节传说
There are many legends about Spring Festival in Chinese culture. In folk culture, it is also called “guonian” (meaning “passing a year”). It is said that the “nian” (year) was a strong monster which was fierce and cruel and ate one kind of animal including human being a day. Human beings were scared about it and had to hide on the evening when the “nian” came out. Later, people found that “nian” was very scared about the red color and fireworks. So after that, people use red color and fireworks or firecrackers to drive away “nian”. As a result, the custom of using red color and setting off fireworks remains。
中国文化中有很多关于春节的传说。在传统文化中，春节亦被称为“过年”。传说“年”是一种凶猛异常的怪物，每天都会吃一种动物(包括人)。人们非常惧怕他，当“年”夜间出来活动时，人们会找地方躲起来。后来，人们发现“年”非常害怕红色和爆竹，于是，人们用红色和鞭炮来驱赶“年”。久而久之，春节用大红色和放鞭炮的习俗就保留了下来。
Festivities Schedule 春节活动
Preparing the New Year starts 7 days before the New Year’s Eve. According to Chinese lunar calendar, people start to clean the house on Dec. 24, butcher on Dec. 26th and so on. People have certain things to do on each day. These activities will end Jan. 15th of the lunar calendar。
新年的准备工作在除夕前的七天就开始了。根据中国农历，人们从腊月二十四开始打扫屋子，二十六日杀猪宰羊等等。每一天都有不同的活动，所有这些活动将在正月十五结束。
Taboos 春节禁忌
The Spring Festival is a start for a new year, so it is regarded as the omen of a year. People have many taboos during this period. Many bad words related to “death”， “broken”， “killing”， “ghost” and “illness” or “sickness” are forbidden during conversations. In some places, there are more specific details. They consider it unlucky if the barrel of rice is empty, because they think they will have nothing to eat in the next year. Taking medicine is forbidden on this day, otherwise, people will have sick for the whole year and take medicine constantly。
春节是新的一年的开始，预示着一年的运气，所以过年期间有很多禁忌，比如“死”“破”“杀”“鬼”“病”这类字眼是谈话中要避免的。在某些地方还有一些特殊的.禁忌，比如新年米缸空了不是好兆头，因为这预示着新的一年将没东西吃，春节那天也不能吃药，这会预示着新的一年疾病产生，医药不断。
Festival Food 节日美食
Food during this happy event has its characteristics, which is the representative of Chinese festival food culture. Dumplings and the reunion dinner are indispensable at this time. Cold and hot dishes are all served. Fish is always an important dish then, which expresses people’s hope of having a wealthy year。
春节期间的食物也很有特色，代表着中国传统饮食文化，饺子和团圆饭是不可或缺的，冷盘热菜都得上，鱼也是春节一道重要的菜肴，它代表了人们年年有余的期望。
Best Places to Go 节日去去处
In China, different places have their own traditions and activities to celebrate the Spring Festival. Beijing, Guangzhou, Xian and Pingyao are some good places to go if one intends to come during the time period. If one does not want to travel so long, but still want to enjoy the atmosphere of Chinese New Year, the local Chinatown is the best place。
在中国，不同的地方庆祝春节的方式和传统各不相同。北京、广州、西安和平遥是不错的春节去处。如果国外的朋友不想去这么远的地方，当地的中国城是感受春节氛围的好地方。
英文春联
上联：the left scroll
下联：the right scroll
横批：the top scroll
上联：Great peace great wealth and great luckily.(大顺大财大吉利)
下联：New year new joys and new century.(新春新喜新世纪)
横批： Everything goes well.(万事如意)
上联：The old year leaves amidst the falling snow. (瑞雪纷飞辞旧岁)
下联：The new spring comes with the shining glow. (旭日东升迎新春)
上联：Best wishes for the year to come!(恭贺新禧)
下联：Good luck in the year ahead!(吉星高照)
上联： Good year and view following the spring.(佳年好景随春到)
下联： Happiness and health are with sense.(福乐安康顺意来)
横批： Ring out the old,ring in the new.(辞旧迎新)
上联：Eat well sleep well have fun day by day.(吃得不错、睡得不错、天天都开心)
下联：Study hard work hard make money more and more.(努力学习、努力工作、钱越挣越多)
横批：Gelivable(给力)
上联：Happy New Year!(新年好)
下联：Money Runs Here!(钱来到)
上联：Wait year to merry one by one.(等了一年又一年)
下联：Each year lots merry but me none.(年年结婚没有咱)
横批：Wait again.(再等一年)
上联：Everything is possible.(任何事都可能)
下联：Impossible is nothing.(没有事不可能)
横批：Just do it.(只要肯去做)
上联：A willing mind sees nothing impossible,so the broken pots near the sinking boats witnessed mighty Qin‘s surrender before Chu.(有志者，事竟成;破釜成舟，百二秦关终属楚)
下联：A waiting heart regards everything available，so the determination from the torturing hay embraced weak Yue‘s triumph over Wu.(苦心人，天不负，卧心尝胆，三千越甲可吞吴)
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你好，很高兴为你解答:There is a legend about the origin of the Spring Festival. In ancient China, there was a monster called Nian, with long antennae and unusual ferocity. Nian lived deep in the sea for many years. He did not climb ashore until New Year's Eve, devouring livestock and hurting people's lives. Therefore, on New Year's Eve, people in villages and villages help the old and take the young to escape to the mountains to avoid the harm of the "Year" beast. One New Year's Eve, an old beggar came from outside the village. The villagers were in a hurry and panic. Only a wife in the east of the village gave the old man some food and urged him to go up the hill quickly to avoid the "Nian" beast. The old man smiled and said, "If my mother-in-law lets me stay at home for a night, I will drive the"Nian"beast away." The wife continued to persuade the old beggar to laugh and not speak. In the middle of the night, Nian entered the village. It found that the atmosphere in the village was different from that in previous years: the wife's home in the east of the village, with red paper on the door and bright candles in the house. "Nian" beast trembled and gave a strange cry. As we approached the door, there was a sudden sound of "bang bang bang bang" in the courtyard. Nian shuddered all over and dared not move forward. Originally, "Nian" was most afraid of red, fire and explosion. At this time, the door of the mother-in-law's house opened wide, only to see an old man in a red robe in the hospital laughing. "Nian" was astonished, and fled in confusion. The next day was the first day of the first month of the first lunar month. People who returned from refuge were surprised to see that the village was safe and sound. At this time, the wife suddenly realized that she had told the villagers the promise of begging for the elderly. This incident spread quickly in the surrounding villages, people know the way to drive away the "Nian" beast. (Legend of Hakka people) From then on, every New Year's Eve, families paste red couplets and set off firecrackers; households keep candles bright and waiting for the new year. In the early morning of the Eleventh day, we have to go to relatives and friends to say hello. This custom has become the most solemn traditional festival among Chinese people.译:春节的来历有一种传说，中国古时候有一种叫“年”的怪兽，头长触角，凶猛异常。“年”长年深居海底，每到除夕才爬上岸，吞食牲畜伤害人命。因此，每到除夕这天，村村寨寨的人们扶老携幼逃往深山，以躲避“年”兽的伤害。有一年除夕，从村外来了个乞讨的老人。乡亲们一片匆忙恐慌景象，只有村东头一位老婆婆给了老人些食物，并劝他快上山躲避“年”兽，那老人捋髯笑道：“婆婆若让我在家呆一夜，我一定把‘年’兽撵走。”老婆婆仍然继续劝说，乞讨老人笑而不语。 半夜时分，“年”兽闯进村。它发现村里气氛与往年不同：村东头老婆婆家，门贴大红纸，屋内烛火通明。“年”兽浑身一抖，怪叫了一声。将近门口时，院内突然传来“砰砰啪啪”的炸响声，“年”浑身战栗，再不敢往前凑了。原来，“年”最怕红色、火光和炸响。这时，婆婆的家门大开，只见院内一位身披红袍的老人在哈哈大笑。“年”大惊失色，狼狈逃蹿了。第二天是正月初一，避难回来的人们见村里安然无恙十分惊奇。这时，老婆婆才恍然大悟，赶忙向乡亲们述说了乞讨老人的许诺。这件事很快在周围村里传开了，人们都知道了驱赶“年”兽的办法。（客家人的传说）从此每年除夕，家家贴红对联、燃放爆竹；户户烛火通明、守更待岁。初一一大早，还要走亲串友道喜问好。这风俗越传越广，成了中国民间最隆重的传统节日。
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