The Traditions of Chinese New Year 2008 - eChineseLearning

年（nian 2）monster and 守（shou 2）岁(sui 4)
It is said that there was a monster called 年（nian 2）in ancient time of China. The年（nian 2） monster was huge-sized and with antenna coming out of his head. Usually, it lived at the deep bottom of ocean, but in the New Year’s Eve, it comes out to devour the livestock and people living in the villages. However, after many years and many losses people discovered that the年（nian 2）monster was afraid of the color red, bright lights and slam-bang noises. So on the New Year’s Eve (called 除（chu 2）夕(xi 1)in China), Chinese people put couplets written on red paper up on their gate, hung red lanterns across gate beams, set off fireworks and stayed up all night, which was called 守（shou 2）岁(sui 4) in China and people still follow this tradition today. The 守（shou 2）岁(sui 4) tradition shares the deep lingering feelings from the passing year and a nice longing for the coming new year.

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