Lunar New Year Folklore and Chinese Customs

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Hěn jiǔ yǐ qián, Zhōng guó gǔ shí hòu yǒu yī zhǒng jiào "nián" de guài shòu, tā de tóu shàng yǒu hěn zhǎng de chù jiǎo, yang zi yě fēi cháng de xiōng měng. "Nián" zhōng nián zhù zài hǎi dǐ de zuì shēn chù, měi dào chú xī cái pá shàng àn, tūn shí jiā xù hé huò hài rén jiān. Yīn cǐ, měi dào chú xī zhè tiān, cūn mín jiù huì tào dào shēn shān qù, yǐ duǒ bì "nián" shòu de shāng hài. Zhè nián chúxī, dāng cūn mín zhèng zhǔn bèi tàolí dào shān shàng shí, cūn wài lái le ge lǎo qǐ gài. Tā huái lǐ bào zhe yī gēn gùnzi hé yī gè dàizi, báisè de cháng húxū, yǎnjīng tòulùzhe yī zhǒng dútè de guāngmáng. Cǐ shí, cūn lǐ de cūn mín dōu máng zhe shōu shi xíng lǐ, qiān niú gǎn yáng, chǎngmiàn fēicháng de chǎo nào hé hùn luàn bù kān, gēn běn méi rén yǒu xián xián de shíjiān lǐhuì zhège lǎo qǐgài.
Zhǐ yǒu cūn lǐ de yī wèi lǎopópo kělián zhè wèi lǎo qǐgài, gěi le tā yīxiē shíwù, bìng quàn tā gǎn kuài shàng shān duǒbì "nián" shòu. Lǎo qǐgài tīng hòu xiào dào: "Nín rúguǒ ràng wǒ zài zhè zhù yī yè, wǒ yīdìng bǎ 'nián' shòu niǎn zǒu." Lǎo tàipó méiyǒu huífù, zhǐshì zǐxì de kàn zhe lǎo qǐgài, fāxiàn tā tóufà huābá, wáwá liǎn, jīngshén lì hěn qiáng, zīshì yě hěn bù xúncháng. Lǎopópo yībiān zhǔnbèi tàonàn, yībiān jìxù quànshuō. Lǎo qǐgài zhǐshì xiào le xiào, méiyǒu zài shuō shénme. Lǎopópo wúnài, zhǐ hǎo lí jiā dào shān lǐ bìnàn.
Bànyè shífēn, "nián" shòu chuǎng jìnle cūn lǐ. Dāng tā lái dào cūn dōngtóu lǎopópo jiā shí, tā gǎnjué dào cūn lǐ de qìfēn yǔ yǐqián bùtóng. Lǎopópo de jiā mén tiēzhe hóng zhǐ, diǎnzhe làzhú, wū lǐ dēngguāng cànlàn, fēicháng míngliàng. "Nián" shòu húndēn chàndòng, fāchū qíguài de jiào shēng. Zhīhòu, "nián" nùqì chōngchōng de chào xiàng lǎopópo de jiā, xiǎng yòng shēnzi zhuàngmén. Dāng tā kuài dào ménkǒu shí, tūrán tīngdào huāyuán lǐ yǒu "pēng pēng pā pā" de zhà xiǎng, tā kāishǐ quánshēn chàndòng, bùgǎn qiánjìn. Yuánlái, "nián" zuì pà hóngsè, huǒguāng hé bàozhà shēng.
Zhè shí, pó po de jiā mén dà kāi, lǎo qǐ gài pī zhe hóng páo hā hā dà xiào de zǒu le chū lái. "Nián" xià le yī tiào, jīng huāng de táo huí shēn hǎi chù. Dì èr tiān shì zhēng yuè chū yī, bìnàn huí lái de cūn mín men kàn dào cūn lǐ ān rán wú yàng shí fēn jīng qí. Zhè shí, lǎo pó po túrán jì qǐ lǎo qǐ gài duì tā shuō de huà, jiù gǎn jǐn gào sù cūn mín. Dāng cūn mín gǎn dào lǎo pó po jiā shí, fāxiàn mén shàng tiē zhe hóng zhǐ, yuàn lǐ wèi shāo jìn de zhúzi hái zài "pā pā" zhà xiǎng, wū nèi de jǐ gē hóng là zhú yě hái cún yǒu yú guāng.
Wèi le qìngzhù zhè xǐqìng de rìzi, cūn mín men dōu fēn fēn de chuān shàng xīn yī, dài shàng xīn màozi, dào qīnqī hé péngyǒu jiā dào xì wèn hǎo." Zhè jiàn shì hěn kuài jiù chuán bàn le zhōuwéi de cūn zi, dàjiā dōu zhī dào rúhé chú diào "nián" de yěshòu le. Cóngcǐ, měi féng chúxī yè, jiā jiā hù hù dōu yòng hóngzhǐ xiě chūnlián tiē zài mén wài, bìng fàng pàozhú hé yānhuā. Gè jiā gè hù yě diǎn qǐ làzhú, wàn jiā dēnghuǒ, qìngzhù chúxī yè. Dào le dà nián chū yī, rénmen jiù huì qǐ ge dà zǎo, ránhòu dào qīnqī péngyǒu jiā bài nián. Zhè fēngsú yīzhí liúchuán dào xiànzài, chéngle Zhōngguó mínjiān zuì lóngzhòng de chuántǒng jiérì.
Lunar New Year customs:-
Buying New Year’s goods - 办年货 bàn nián huò
Spring Festival Couplets - 春联 chūn lián
Firecrackers - 炮竹 pào zhú
Reunion Dinner - 年夜饭 / 团圆饭 nián yè fàn / tuán yuán fàn
New year's money (red packet) - 压岁钱 yā suì qián
Staying up late to welcome the new year - 守岁 shǒu suì

[@learnmandarinin5minutes]

大家好！Welcome to learn Mandarin Chinese in 5 Minutes RUclips Channel. Today’s video is about “Nian”. 年 means year in Chinese. We are not going to talk about the Chinese word nian, but rather to tell you a Chinese folklore about a ferocious beast called “Nian” . This beast only comes out to attack villagers and animals only during the Chinese New Year’s eve. Although the story will be in Chinese, you don’t need to worry at all as subtitle will be in English. You can also find the translation and pinyin in the description section.

[@mountaintag]

This is a great story. But in the version I had heard before, the monster was called 夕. So, New Year's Eve is called 除夕, where 除 means "eliminate" or "get rid of".