It s almost the New Year, ask a question, how did the New Year come about?

The legend about the "year" is as follows:

In the ancient times, there was a fierce beast, it lived in the deep mountains and dense forests, people called it "Nian", as soon as Chinese New Year's Eve climbed ashore to devour livestock and hurt human life, so every Chinese New Year's Eve, the people in the village helped the old and the young, fled to the deep mountains, in order to avoid the harm of "Nian".

One year on Chinese New Year's Eve, when the villagers were busy packing up their things and fleeing into the mountains, a white-haired old man came and said to an old woman: "As long as you let me stay here for one night, I can do it.""years"The beast drove away. The old man insisted on staying, and when everyone saw that he couldn't persuade him, they went up the mountain to hide.

When"years"When the beast was about to break into the village as in previous years, there was a sudden sound of firecrackers from the white-haired old man"years"The beast trembled, and no longer dared to move forward, it turned out"years"The beast is most afraid of red, fire and explosions. At this time, the door was opened, and I saw an old man in a red robe in the courtyard laughing"years"The beast was frightened and fled in panic.

The next day, when people came to the village from the deep mountains, they found that the village was safe and sound, and it dawned on them that the white-haired old man was helping everyone to expel them"years"The gods of the beast, people also found the white-haired old man expelled"years"The three magic weapons of the beast. Since then, every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, every family has pasted red couplets, set off firecrackers, and every household is brightly lit. This custom has spread more and more widely, and has become the most solemn traditional festival among Chinese people"Chinese New Year"。

Therefore, in order to commemorate the achievements of the year, people call the 30th day "Chinese New Year's Eve", that is, the day of the fierce beast is removed, and in order to commemorate the "year", the first day of the new year is called the New Year.

There is also a legend about the origin of the year. Legend has it that in ancient times, our ancestors were threatened by one of the most ferocious beasts. This beast screams"years"In winter, when there is a shortage of food in the mountains, it will break into the village and hunt people and livestock, and the people will be in fear all day.

people"years"After many years of struggle, people found that they were afraid of three things, red color, fire, and sound. So in the winter, people hung red mahogany boards on their doors, lit fires at the door, and stayed up all night, knocking and knocking. That night,"years"When I broke into the village, I saw the red and the fire in my house, and when I heard the sound of the earth-shattering, I was so frightened that I ran back to the mountains and never dared to come out again.

As the night passed, people congratulated each other, put up lanterns, drank and feasted, and celebrated the victory.

In order to commemorate this victory, every winter time in the future, every household will paste red paper couplets on the door, electric lanterns, gongs and drums, and set off firecrackers and fireworks; At night, an all-night vigil; The next day, they congratulated each other early in the morning. In this way, it is passed down from generation to generation, and it becomes"Chinese New Year"。

From the time I was born to the present, I have been celebrating the New Year at home for ......I feel that it is actually a very happy thing to spend the New Year at home.

However, with the improvement of the quality of life, the customs of the New Year can no longer meet the spiritual needs of young people, so many young people have begun to choose to travel during the New Year.

In fact, when I was a child, we felt that the New Year was very fresh, quite ritualistic, because it was not too rich at that time, the New Year, there will be new clothes, there is good food, relatives and friends will get together to chat, watch the Spring Festival Gala together, and you can also get New Year's money, after all, in ordinary days, you can't have new clothes at any time, you won't eat better every day, and no one will give you New Year's money to spend, New Year's sisters, younger brothers play together, carefree, just know that it's good to have fun, and you won't think too much, That's a beautiful thing, and we will go to worship God together, and I feel that everything is so fresh and simple.

But with the improvement of people's living standards, rich people feel that every day in the New Year, people with a certain economic foundation, eat and New Year's food is no different, or even better, with the popularity of online merchants, new clothes are no longer fresh, as long as we are willing, willing, at any time can be bought from abroad to buy more inexpensive daily necessities, but the New Year's food and clothing is not as good as our usual consumption, relatives and friends can reunite and chat, now that science and technology are developed, we can meet with relatives at any time, Driving out for dinner, the activities of the New Year have lost their freshness.

In fact, it is good to take the way of travel now, after all, I am usually very busy at work, how can I have time to empty myself, with the continuous improvement of the economic level, the pressure on people is also increasing, and the New Year is just the day when everyone is on vacation, why not be happy to find a new way of life? After all, it is to let yourself rest, not to let yourself be numb and live ......

For so many years, we have been adhering to the tradition, in fact, we still need to have a sense of traditional rituals, maintain a sense of awe, family reunion, firecrackers, lion dance, boating, visiting the park, maybe we can change the location, location, carry out new activities, find a sense of freshness, empty ourselves, forget the past, and look for a new beginning.

So I've been at home for the New Year, and I want to go out if I can, for the reasons mentioned above.

There are many sayings, the hieroglyphs of the year are the appearance of the millet ripe, indicating that the harvest has been harvested, so it is necessary to celebrate, but the season is not right, and it is also possible that the ancients celebrated the New Year in the summer. There is also a saying that in order to drive away a monster, it is said that it is called the New Year, so firecrackers are set off during the New Year!

It was a man who drove Nian away with firecrackers.