In order to commemorate this great day, people designated the 3th day of the lunar calendar as "New Year's Eve", and the first day of the first month of the next day was designated to celebrate the victory of the Year. This is the origin of the legendary Chinese New Year.
2: According to legend, in ancient China, there was a monster called Nian, which had long tentacles and was fierce and unusual. Nian lived at the bottom of the sea for many years, and climbed ashore every New Year's Eve, eating livestock and hurting people's lives. Therefore, every New Year's Eve, people in villages and villages fled to the deep mountains to avoid the harm of "Nian" animals.
The next day was the first day of the first month, and the people who came back from refuge were very surprised to see that the village was safe and sound. At this time, the old woman suddenly realized and quickly told the villagers about the promise of begging the old man. Villagers flocked to the old woman's house, only to find red paper on her mother-in-law's door, a pile of unburned bamboo still exploding in the yard, and a few red candles in the house still glowing ...; In order to celebrate the auspicious arrival, ecstatic villagers put on new clothes and hats one after another and went to their relatives and friends' homes to congratulate and say hello. The story soon spread in the surrounding villages, and people knew the way to drive away the "Nian" beast.
3 It is said that our ancestors were threatened by a beast called Xi. It not only invaded the villagers, but also destroyed the offerings to the gods. So the villagers invited Master Kitchen God down and asked him to report to heaven.
After Master Kitchen God went to heaven, he met a god named Nian. "Nian" scared "Xi" away by burning bamboo. Therefore, in order to commemorate the Year, people call this time of the year "Chinese New Year" and the night before it "New Year's Eve". And every New Year, firecrackers are set off to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters.