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Spring Festival ——— the most grand festival The origin of the Lunar New Year Festival can be traced back thousands of years, involving a series of colorful legends and traditions. One of the most famous legends is Nian, an extremely cruel beast that the ancients believed would devour people on New Years Eve. To keep Nian away, red-paper couplets are pasted on doors, torches are lit, and firecrackers are set off throughout the night, because Nian is said to fear the color red, the light of fire, and loud noises. ? 关于“春节”的起源，有一种传说是：中国古时候有一种 叫“夕”的兽 ( 又名 年 ) ，头长触角，凶猛异常。“夕” 长年深居海底，每到特定的一天（现在说的除夕）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“夕”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“夕”兽，那老人把胡子撩起来笑道：“婆婆若 让我在家呆一夜，我一定把‘夕兽赶走。”老婆婆继续 劝说，乞讨老人笑而不语。 半夜时分，“夕”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。“夕”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，“夕” 浑身战栗，再不敢往前凑了。 ? 原来，“夕”最怕红色、火光和炸响。这时，婆 婆的家门打开，只见院内一位身披红袍的老人在 哈哈大笑。“夕”大惊失色，狼狈逃蹿了。 第二 天也是正月初一，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“夕”兽的 办法。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。这风俗广泛流传，成了中国 民间最隆重的传统节日。 To the ancient times period, there is a kind of fierce monster called ” year ” . Its apperance looks ferocious, the born nature is bloodthirsty, eating the birds and beasts, the fish and shellfish insect without feet particularly . The Spring Couplet”, also called “couplet” and “a pair of antithetical phrases” . On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will paste on doors a spring couplet written on red paper to give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival. In the past, the Chinese usually wrote their own spring couplet with a brush or asked others to do for them, while nowadays, it is common for people to buy the printed spring couplet in the market. ? The custom of pasting New Year Prints originated from the tradition of placing Door Gods on the external doors of houses. ? With the creation of board carvings, New Year paintings cover a wide range of s