The origin of the Spring Festival is as follows:

The origin of the Spring Festival is based on a legend that in ancient China, there was a monster called "Nian", which lived deep under the sea for many years, and climbed up to the shore only on New Year's Eve. People fled to the mountains to escape from the beast.

One New Year's Eve, an old man came from outside the village and told the people the way to drive away the beast. It turned out that the New Year was afraid of the color red, fire and explosions. From then on, every New Year's Eve, home red couplets, firecrackers; household candles brightly, to keep the night. Early in the morning on the first day, but also to visit friends and relatives to say hello. This custom has become more and more widespread, and has become the Spring Festival.

Traditional customs:

The purchase of New Year's goods, including food, clothing, wear, use, stickers (New Year's red), send (New Year's) gifts, etc., collectively known as "New Year's goods", and the process of purchasing the New Year's goods called "do New Year's goods". The process of purchasing Lunar New Year goods is called "Doing Lunar New Year Goods". The process of purchasing Lunar New Year's goods is an important activity of the Chinese people during the Spring Festival.

In folklore, on the eve of the New Year, there is a "Lunar New Year's Eve, dust (also known as sweeping) custom. The folk proverb says, "On the 24th, sweep the house". Folk called "dust day". Sweeping dust is the end of the year cleaning, households have to clean the environment, cleaning all kinds of appliances, washing bedding curtains, sweeping the six village courtyard, dusting dust cobwebs, dredging nullahs and ditches.

The twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth or thirty days of the year, every family "sticker red" (red is the Spring Festival couplets, door god, banner, New Year's paintings, "Fu" character and other New Year's Eve posted by the red festive elements collectively referred to). The New Year's red (spring), is a traditional Chinese New Year's custom, adding a festive atmosphere, and sends people to the New Year and the new life of the good hope.