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Why do you have to keep the new year's Eve

4hw.com.cn: many places have the custom of keeping the new year's Eve. The new year's Eve dinner is the beginning of keeping the new year's Eve. You can stay up all night on the new year's Eve and keep the new year's Eve. Do you know why you have to keep the new year's Eve? What is the meaning of Chinese new year? Let's take a look with Xiaobian.

How does new year's Eve ShouSui come from

Chinese people have the habit of keeping watch on New Year's Eve. ShouSui starts with the new year's Eve dinner, which should be eaten slowly. Some people have to eat until late at night. According to Zong he's records of the age of Jingchu, the custom of eating New Year's Eve dinner existed at least in the northern and Southern Dynasties. The custom of keeping the new year's Day is not only to cherish the passing years like water, but also to send a good hope for the coming new year. In a poem "Shou Sui", the ancients wrote: "when I invite you to Shou Sui's home, the wax torch spreads red to Bisha; when you are thirty-six years old, you will cherish your life. It's human nature to cherish the time of life, so Su Shi, a great poet, wrote the famous sentence of Shou Sui: "is there no year next year, I'm afraid I'll waste my time in my heart; if I try my best to make the best of this evening, I can still praise my youth!" this shows the positive significance of Shou Sui on New Year's Eve.

It's commonly known as "aonian". Why is it called 'aonian'? There is such an interesting story handed down from generation to generation: it is said that in the ancient times, there was a kind of ferocious monster called 'Nian'. Every new year's Eve, new year's beast will climb out of the sea, hurt people and animals, destroy the countryside, and bring disaster to the people who have worked hard for a year. In order to avoid the new year's beast, people close their doors early on the eve of December 30. They dare not go to bed and wait for the dawn. In order to kill time and strengthen courage, they drink wine.

On the morning of new year's day, the new year's beast no longer comes out. When people meet, they bow their hands to each other and congratulate each other. They are glad that they have not been eaten by the new year beast. After many years, nothing happened. People have relaxed their vigilance against the new year beast. On the night of the thirtieth of one year, Nian Hu suddenly rushed to a village in the south of the Yangtze River. A village was almost eaten up by Nian Hu. Only a newly married couple with red curtains and red clothes were safe.

There are a few childish, lit a pile of bamboo in the courtyard to play, the fire is red, bamboo burning 'Pa Pa Pa' to explode, the beast turned here, see the fire scared to turn around and flee. Since then, people have known that new year's beast is afraid of red, light and sound. At the end of the year, every household pastes red paper, wears red robes, hangs red lights, plays gongs and drums, and sets off firecrackers. In this way, new year's beast does not dare to come again.

In the book of songs, the light of tingliao is recorded. The so-called "ting Liao" is a torch made of a bamboo rod. After the bamboo rod burns, the air in the bamboo knot expands, and the bamboo cavity bursts, making a crackling sound. This is also the origin of "firecrackers". But in some places, villagers do not know that the new year's beast is afraid of red, and they are often eaten by the new year's beast. Later, it spread to ZIWEIXING in the sky. In order to save people, he decided to eliminate Nian beast. One year, when the beast came out, he knocked it down with a fireball and locked it on a stone pillar with a thick iron chain. Since then, every new year, people will always burn incense, ask ZIWEIXING lower bound to ensure safety.

The significance of keeping watch on New Year's Eve

In ancient times, there were two meanings of keeping the new year: for the elderly, it meant 'farewell to the old year', which meant cherishing time; for the young, it meant prolonging the life span of their parents. Since the Han Dynasty, the time of the alternation of new year and old year is generally in the middle of the night. The "Shou" of "Shou" means to have nostalgia for the passing old year and hope for the coming new year