英文话春节-关于春节的神话故事

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英文话春节

The Mythology about the Chinese New Year

关于春节的神话故事

Mythology (one of many versions)

神话故事 (众多版本之一)

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本期音频：英文话春节-The Mythology about the Chinese New Year-关于春节的神话故事

According to tales and legends, Chinese New Year started with a mythical beast called the Nian (a beast that lives under the sea or in the mountains). The Nian would eat villagers, especially children in the middle of the night.One year, all the villagers decided to hide from the beast. An older man appeared before the villagers went into hiding and said that he would stay the night and would get revenge on the Nian. The old man put red papers up and set off firecrackers. The day after, the villagers came back to their town and saw that nothing had been destroyed. They assumed that the old man was a deity who came to save them. The villagers then understood that the Nian was afraid of the color red and loud noises.Then the tradition grew when New Year was approaching, and the villagers would wear red clothes, hang red lanterns, and red spring scrolls on windows and doors and used firecrackers and drums to frighten away the Nian. From then on, Nian never came to the village again.

根据故事和传说，中国新年始于一个神话中的怪兽叫做“年”(一种生活在海底或山上的野兽)。年兽会在半夜吃掉村民，尤其是孩子。有一年，所有的村民决定躲藏起来。在村民们躲起来之前，一位老者出现了，他说他会留下来过夜，报复年兽。老人贴上了红纸，燃放起了鞭炮。第二天，村民们回到镇里，看到什么也没有被破坏。他们认为这个老人是来救他们的神明。然后村民们明白了年兽害怕红色和巨大的声响。于是当新年临近之际，这个传统就发展起来了，村民们会穿红色的衣服，挂红色的灯笼，在窗户和门上挂红色的春联，用鞭炮和鼓声来吓跑年兽。从那以后，年兽再也没来过村子。

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