The 50-word origin of the Spring Festival is as follows:

There is a legend about the origin of the Spring Festival. In ancient China, there was a monster called "Nian" that lived deep in the sea for many years. Every New Year's Eve Just climbed ashore. People fled to the mountains to avoid the harm of the "Nian" beast. Later, one New Year's Eve, an old man came from outside the village and told people how to drive away the "Nian" beast.

It turns out that "Nian" is most afraid of the color red, fire and explosions. From then on, every New Year's Eve, every family posted red couplets and set off firecrackers; every household lit candles and watched the New Year's Eve. Early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, we also visit relatives and friends to say hello. This custom spread more and more widely and became the Spring Festival.

Festival customs:

The Spring Festival is a festival for family reunions. Children who have left home have to travel thousands of miles to return to their parents' homes. The night before the actual Chinese New Year is called Reunion Eve, when families sit around and make dumplings. The method of making dumplings is to mix the noodles first, and the word "harmony" means "合"; the word "dumpling" in dumplings is a homophone to "jiao", and "he" and "jiao" mean reunion, so dumplings are used to symbolize reunion.

The festive atmosphere will last for a month. Before the first day of the first lunar month, there are ceremonies such as offering sacrifices to stoves and ancestors; during the festival, there are ceremonies such as giving New Year's money to children and paying New Year greetings to relatives and friends; in the second half of the festival, there is the Lantern Festival, when the city is full of lanterns and the streets are full of tourists. It is an unprecedented event. After the Lantern Festival, The Spring Festival is finally over.