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The lunar calendar new year is the day which the Chinese nationality most takes, the Spring Festival origin, is comes from familiar-sounding can detailed “the year beastly story”, the speech said when the ancient times, a like lion body like ox's unicorn, named “the year beast”, “the year beast” this is locked by the deity in the remote mountain, but the deity consented every year gives it a day-long freedom, year 30 evenings, “the year beast” arrives the folk to disturb in all directions.

But when it arrives in front of a household gate is hanging big scarlet cloth others, immediately the postscript fully dashes about wildly, the people discovered “the year beast” the fear flaming flame and sets off the firecrackers the great sound, therefore then starts the new year's celebration to paste the red paper, firecracker customs and so on hangs the head lamp headlamp and burns, but custom which lunar New Year's Day pays new year's call in, also represents was evading but “the year beast” perhaps “transports wickedly” congratulates one mutually.

The ancient “the year” the character is by “the standing grain” and “thousand” two character compositions, meant the grain is sumptuous, crop good meaning, farmer when end of the year examines the passing year crop, also will fill the expectation to a future year, according to the China historical document record, will start from the Yao and Shun time, the people will have in the new year celebrate the abundant harvest, greet new year-old the folk custom, afterwards became gradually the traditional holiday which decided.

2006-12-09 21:28:06 補充：
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The Spring Festival is the day that the Chinese nationality pays attention to most, the origin of the Spring Festival, come from ' the annual beast's story ' that what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail, when time immemorial, a head is like the only horn beast like the ox of lion's body, ' the annual beast ' by name, ' the annual beast ' one is locked in the remote mountains by god , but god answers every year offers its freedom of one day, at an annual 30 nights, ' the annual beast ' went to and did mischief folkly everywhere.

But when it walks up to a door in the household that hangs bright red cloth , the foot bolts to cross mountains immediately, people find ' the annual beast ' fears the flame ragingly and sets off the loud noise of the fireworks, then rise and celebrate the New Year to stick to the red paper, such customs as the headlight and burning the firecracker ,etc. , but the custom of paying New Year call on lunar New Year's Day hang, also represent ' the annual beast ' or ' the bad luck ' and congratulating on each other of avoiding.

The ancient one there is word not ' annual ' it is by ' standing grain ' and ' a thousand ' word of two pieces make up, mean the five cereals are sumptuous , the meaning with good harvest , peasants examine the harvest of passing year when years old is late, also full of expecting to the following one years , record according to the Chinese historical document , begin since Yao Shun times, people celebrate the folklore which has a bumper harvest , meets new years old in New Year, became a set traditional festival gradually later.

The lunar calendar new year is the day which the Chinese nationality most takes, the Spring Festival origin, is comes from familiar-sounding can detailed “the year beastly story”, the speech said when the ancient times, a like lion body like ox's unicorn, named “the year beast”, “the year beast” this is locked by the deity in the remote mountain, but the deity consented every year gives it a day-long freedom, year 30 evenings, “the year beast” arrives the folk to disturb in all directions.
But when it arrives in front of a household gate is hanging big scarlet cloth others, immediately the postscript fully dashes about wildly, the people discovered “the year beast” the fear flaming flame and sets off the firecrackers the bang, therefore then starts the new year's celebration to paste the red paper, firecracker customs and so on hangs the head lamp headlamp and burns, but custom which lunar New Year's Day pays new year's call in, also represents was evading but “the year beast” perhaps “transports wickedly” congratulates one mutually.
The ancient “the year” the character is by “the standing grain” and “thousand” two character compositions, meant the grain is sumptuous, crop good meaning, farmer when end of the year examines the passing year crop, also to a future year fill expectation, according to the China historical document record, will start from the Yao and Shun time, the people will have in the new year celebrate the abundant harvest, greet new year-old the folk custom, afterwards became gradually the traditional holiday which decided.