SPRING FESTIVAL Chinese New Year
SPRING FESTIVAL ---Chinese New Year Tim Jules What is “Spring Festival”? The Spring Festival is the lunar Chinese New Year. During this holiday, every family sets off firecrackers and puts up couplets on their gates to celebrate in a happy life in the coming year. There is an interesting legend about the Spring Festival. Long, long ago, there was a ferocious monster called “year”. ... The Heavenly God locked this monster into remote mountains but allowed him to go out once a year. Just after twelve months had passed, “year” came out of the mountains. ... Some said that “year” was afraid of the red color, flames, and noises. ... Seeing red color, hearing loud sounds, “year” trembled with fear. ... The monster “year” was terrified. ... The monster “year” was thus subdued, and the custom of celebrating the lunar New Year was passed down from then.