There is another legend about the origin of Nian. According to legend, in ancient times, our ancestors were threatened by one of the fiercest beasts. This beast is called Nian. It catches all kinds of animals as food. In winter, when there is a lack of food in the mountains, it will break into villages and hunt people and animals, and the people will be scared all day long. People have struggled with Nian for many years, and people find that Nian is afraid of three things, red color, fire and noise. So in winter, people hang red boards on their doors, light a fire at the door, stay up all night and knock at the door. That night, Nian broke into the village, saw every household glowing with red light, and heard a deafening noise. He ran back to the mountains in fear and never came out. As the night passed, people congratulated each other and celebrated the victory by decorating, drinking and feasting.

2, the legend of shou sui

Legend has it that there was a little monster named Chong in ancient times. It has a black body, but its hands are white. Every year on New Year's Eve, it will go to the world to harm people and specially touch the forehead of sleeping children. Any child touched by "precious" white hands will get sick, have a high fever for no reason, and talk nonsense all night. After the high fever has gone down for more than ten days, the child will become a demented fool. Therefore, every year on New Year's Eve, parents are afraid that "worship" will hurt their children, so they turn on the lights all night, play with their children and keep them from sleeping. It was called "Shoute" at that time.