年的传说英语

According to tales and legends, the beginning of the Chinese New Year started with a mythical beast called the Nian. Nian would eat villagers, especially children. One year, all the villagers decided to go hide from the beast.

An old man appeared before the villagers went into hiding and said that he's going to stay the night, and decided to get revenge on the Nian. All the villagers thought he was insane. The old man put red papers up and set off firecrackers. The day after, the villagers came back to their town to see that nothing was 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. When the New Year was about to come, the villagers would wear red clothes, hang red lanterns, and red spring scrolls on windows and doors. People also used firecrackers to frighten away the Nian. From then on, Nian never came to the village again. The Nian was eventually captured by Hongjun Laozu, an ancient Taoist monk. After that, Nian retreated to a nearby mountain. The name of the mountain has long been lost over the years.

传说中，有一头叫做“年”的神兽，每到冬末春初，它就会跑出来吃掉村民，尤其喜欢吃小孩。有一年，村民们决定躲到山里去避祸。在村民们藏起来之前，有一个老人跟大家说他不走，他要留下来给”年”一个教训。村民们都认为他疯了。

当晚，老人把两条红纸挂在自家门上，燃放鞭炮……

第二天，当村民们回到村子里，发现老人还活着，也没有什么东西被“年”破坏。他们想，这位老人必是来拯救他们的神，“年”害怕红色以及鞭炮发出的震天响。从此以后，当新的一年即将到来，村民们都会穿上红色的衣服，门前挂起红色的灯笼，门口和窗上贴上红色的春联，到了晚上还燃放鞭炮把“年”吓走。从那以后，“年”就再也没来祸害过这个村子。故事的最后，“年”被一位叫做“鸿钧老祖”的老道士捕获，又躲到附近的一座山里，而今这座山的名字已经没人记得了。

A long time ago, there was a call years of evil beasts every New Year's eve will eat out, then they ran to the mountain refuge. Once the village came an old beggar. The villagers into the door after he put up a bright red paper, years of time see red paper can't go in, then beggar to throw it lit, the years away, so people know is afraid of red and noise, so have the custom of stick couplets set off firecrackers A long time ago, there was a call years of evil beasts every New Year's eve will eat out, then they ran to the mountain refuge. Once the village came an old beggar. The villagers into the door after he put up a bright red paper, years of time see red paper can't go in, then beggar to throw it lit, the years away, so people know is afraid of red and noise, so have the custom of stick couplets set off firecrackers

The Spring Festival is from the year - long prayer sacrifice evolved.

（春节是由岁首祈年祭祀演变而来。）

In ancient times, the beginning of the New Year after the end of farming.

（上古时代人们于一岁（年）农事结束后在新一岁开端的岁首。）

Hold sacrifice activities to report heaven and earth gods, ancestors of virtue, pray for a good year.

（举行祭祀活动报祭天地众神、祖先的恩德，祈求丰年。）

Although the situation of ancient sacrificial rites is obscure, some relics of ancient customs can be found in the rites of later generations.

（古代的祭仪情形虽渺茫难晓，但还是可以从后世的节仪中寻找到一些古俗遗迹。）

扩展资料

远古的天皇时代，已有干支历法及岁时的雏形。据《盘古王表》与《三命通会》等记载：“天皇始制干支之名以定岁之所在”。

十天干曰：阏逢、旃蒙、柔兆、强圉、著雍、屠维、上章、重光、玄黓、昭阳；十二地支曰：摄提格、单阏、执徐、大荒落、敦牂、协洽、涒滩、作噩、阉茂、大渊献、困顿、赤奋若。

天皇氏的这一发明影响深远，后世用于历法、术数、计算、命名等各方面（北宋时编撰的官方正史著作《资治通鉴》就是以这套干支术语纪年）。干支的发明标志着最原始的历法出现，配合数字用来计算岁时。

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