Chinese New Year Story

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Chinese new year story. The origins of this renaming from chinese new year to spring festival are fascinating and not widely known. The origins of the chinese new year are steeped in legend. How does she celebrate.

In 2021 chinese new year will begin on february 12. In 1912 the newly formed chinese republic governed by the nationalist party renamed the traditional holiday spring festival to get the chinese people to transition into celebrating the western new year. In chinese mythology about the origin of world the universe was in dark without form like an egg before the earth and heaven was separated.

Yellowflutecat replied on 18 january. Click to learn more legends about chinese new year. Chinese new year s origin.

Many existing customs and activities of the festival actually can be traced back to a popular story of the monster nian which helps to explain why and how the festival is celebrated. And i like this story because the chinese culture is important. It dwelled deep in the sea all year round and only showed up every new year s eve to eat people and livestock in nearby villages.

Fearing for their lives the villagers fled into nearby sugarcane fields and prayed to heaven for salvation after which the bandits were unable to locate any of them. One legend is that thousands of years ago a monster named nian year would attack villagers at the beginning of each new year. According to one chinese new year legend from the ming dynasty era bandits raided a village in the fujian province during the chinese new year period.

All a b. Tied to the chinese lunar calendar the holiday was traditionally a time to honor. In ancient times there was a monster named nian 年 or nianshou 年兽 with a long head and sharp horns.