The Spring Festival is one of the four major traditional festivals in my country. People who work outside during the Spring Festival will also go home to spend the New Year with their parents. The family is busy posting Spring Festival couplets and buying new year's goods, which is really happy. Of course, firecrackers will be set off during the Spring Festival to celebrate the arrival of the festival, and there is also a myth and legend spread during the Spring Festival in my country. So what is the short story about setting off firecrackers during the Spring Festival? Follow me below to learn about the legend of the Nian Beast who sets off firecrackers.
It is said that in ancient times, people used to live a very peaceful life, and the villagers had a good harvest, food, drink, and warmth. However, such days did not last long, and the villagers began to have headaches. That is, every New Year’s Eve in the village Food was stolen, and livestock and poultry were bitten. Later, people in the village discovered that the cause of these situations was a monster.
The monster has sharp teeth and claws, looks very ferocious, and the sound it makes is scary. Some villagers wanted to catch the monster, but were bitten by the monster, which made the villagers even more panicked. From then on, the villagers would flee to the mountains to hide before New Year's Eve. At that time, some people even named the monster "Xi Beast".
Later, a young man came to the village who claimed to be able to fight monsters in the world. Instead of fighting the monsters, the young man built a bonfire, and then found a lot of bamboo and roasted it in the fire. The noise scared away the "Xi Beast", and the red lanterns that people had hung in front of the door also made the monster more panicked, and finally it was scared away.
The young man helped the villagers drive away the monster, and everyone learned that the young man's name was "Nian". In order to thank the young man, everyone called the day when the Xi beast was driven away "New Year", and the monster also It is called the "Nian Beast".