I know five legends about New Year's Eve:
Legend of New Year's Eve (1)? : nian beast
On New Year's Eve of the twelfth lunar month, people like to put up red couplets and set off firecrackers, which is also historic. ?
Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a very fierce beast called Nian in the forest. Every year on New Year's Eve of the twelfth lunar month, it comes out and makes a hullabaloo about, eating people and livestock. No one could subdue it at that time. In order to avoid the disaster of Nian, people should kill pigs and sheep to worship Nian on New Year's Eve, so as to make it full, so as not to hurt people and animals. ?
On New Year's Eve in December of the lunar calendar, people forget to kill pigs and sheep to commemorate the New Year. Over the years, they shouted to eat people. People had no choice but to close the gate and climb to the bamboo building to hide. Walking from house to house, wandering around looking for something to eat. When he saw nothing in the empty place, he couldn't help howling angrily. At this time, a nearby bamboo building caught fire, and the fire was so strong that the bamboo crackled. I heard a sudden sound and fled back to the forest in fear. ?
The people hiding upstairs discovered the secret. On New Year's Eve of the twelfth lunar month, they cut a lot of bamboo to burn. Nian was scared away when the bamboo crackled. At the same time, people also found that Nian was afraid of bright red, so they dyed red boards and hung them on both sides of the gate. This is the symbol of peach. After firecrackers and paper were invented, firecrackers replaced firecrackers and red couplets replaced peach symbols. ?
The legend of New Year's Eve (2)? : Crazy Medicine
According to legend, in ancient times, in order to unify the whole country, the Jade Emperor sent the Kitchen God Bodhisattva to stay on earth to understand the people's feelings and report back every Wednesday.
On the 23rd of a winter month, the Kitchen God Bodhisattva reported back to the Jade Emperor: "People on earth only eat meager food for 365 days a year. Work hard every day and never rest. If this continues, I am worried that the common people will be exhausted and unable to produce because of excessive fatigue, which will definitely affect their contribution. "
After listening to the play, the Jade Emperor ordered ministers Shang Liangce and Dabai Jinxing to play: "Your Majesty can order the Tathagata to come down to earth and prescribe some crazy drugs for the people, so that they can get sick slowly and rest naturally." The jade emperor will play, and the task will be handled accordingly. ?
On the morning of the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Father Heng Tuo secretly threw crazy medicine into people's rice cookers, and the medicine became soybeans, peas, garlic sprouts, tofu and meat. The people are really "crazy" after eating it: women sew new clothes and embroidered shoes, while men kill pigs and sheep, unwilling to work in the fields.
After the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, crazy people's medicine became very medicinal. People have dinner with their lovers in the East and invite guests to drink in the West.
At noon on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the people took out all kinds of delicious food and sat around the table, and the family ate and drank. From the first day of the first month, men, women and children not only eat good meals, but also play around in red and green. Some painted painted faces, beating gongs and drums, wandering around; Some people invite people to pay a New Year call with gifts. ?
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the kitchen god bodhisattva said to heaven, "Your Majesty, no, the people are crazy! Eat and play, live and do nothing. At this rate, how can you get it? "
The Jade Emperor was very surprised when he heard that, so he ordered his ministers to discuss the best plan again. Taibai Venus also said, "If you want to cure crazy people, you can make the drug king Bodhisattva try."
The Jade Emperor allowed the medicine king Bodhisattva to descend to the earth to govern. ?
On the 14th night of the first month, Bodhisattva, the King of Medicine, made the people's supper into glutinous rice balls, and put sesame seeds, walnuts, sugar and other anti-hangover agents into them. People ate them, and all the madness recovered the next morning, and the family went back to work as usual. ?
Legend of New Year's Eve (3):? New Year's Eve in air billow
Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a monster named Xi. This guy is especially harmful, especially when he sees a beautiful girl, he will spoil at night and then eat it before he is willing to give up. The people died for it, but there was nothing they could do. ?
There is a hunter named Qi Lang, who has infinite strength and is very good at archery. The dog he feeds is also very powerful, and any wild animal dares to fight. Air billow saw that people were suffering from "Xi" and wanted to get rid of it. He picked up the dog and looked for "Xi" everywhere, but he couldn't find it.
"Xi" usually doesn't come out during the day until the sun goes down. It disappeared after midnight, and no one knew where it lived. ?
I spent a year looking for "Xi". It was the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month. When he came to a town, he saw people happily preparing for the New Year. He thought, this town is big, there are many people, and there are many girls. Maybe "Xi" will come. He consulted the people in the town and said that "Xi" was most afraid of noise and told everyone not to sleep when it was dark. Find someone who knocks loudly and put it at home. Knock hard at the first movement to scare "Xi" out and drive it away. ?
That night, "Xi" really came out, and it was discovered only after breaking into a house. The family immediately knocked on pots and pans, and when the family knocked, the whole town followed suit. "Xi" was scared to run around and was seen by air billow. Air billow released hounds to bite it, while "Xi" struggled with air billow and dogs. As soon as people heard that there was a fight outside, they all picked up their things and knocked at the door loudly. At this time, "Xi" is a bit overwhelming. I tried to escape, but I didn't know that my hind leg was bitten by a hound. Air billow took the opportunity to shoot with a bow and killed "Xi" with an arrow. ?
Since then, people have called the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month in the summer calendar New Year's Eve. On this night, every household should keep watch and shoot guns to show that they can get rid of the ominous and welcome happiness and auspiciousness. ?
The legend of New Year's Eve (4)? : Shousui
According to legend, there was an ancient scholar named Han Wenyu. When he was young, his family was poor.
One year, on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, all the neighbors celebrated the New Year happily, but he was too poor to cook. Neighbor's children come out to play with greasy spicy chicken and bacon in their hands; His baby saw it and cried and went home to ask him for meat.
His wife had no choice but to borrow two pieces of meat from her neighbor's house to cook. Who knows, as soon as the meat was cooked, the head of the neighbor's house came back, fearing that the Korean family could not afford it in the future, and insisted that Mrs. Han take the meat back. Han Wenyu coaxed the children, and the family barely passed a vegetarian year. ?
It's getting dark, neighbors have lit lanterns for the New Year, and the whole family is sitting around the fire, talking and laughing, and starting to watch the New Year. And Han Wenyu is still chopping wood on the mountain to keep the fire alive. His wife sewed rags all afternoon and went to the back of the house to collect firewood for cooking.
A kind old woman saw it and said to Mrs. Han, "We still have a bunch of pepper stalks for you to cook for a few days." She thanked the kind old woman and went to carry the pepper stalks back. At this time, Han Wenyu also dug a big tree head on the mountain and fished it back. ? Mrs. Han cooks with Chili stalks, and the smoke is very choking. After eating, she made a fire to celebrate the New Year. She made matches with pepper sticks. At this time, it was the time of Hai. The evil spirits in the sky were sent down to the earth to eliminate disasters, and the ghosts and gods were also sent down to the earth to decide life and death by the orders of the Yan army. The evil spirits came out of the worse heaven. When they first arrived on earth, the smell of pepper made them sneeze and their tears kept flowing. The evil spirits said, "How evil people are! I haven't gone down yet, so I've had enough. If I really go down, I don't know if there is a foot pole to return to heaven! " Thought of here, I was too scared to come down. Ghosts shrink in the underworld and dare not come out. ?
What's more, the head of the tree dug by Han Wenyu turned out to be a thousand-year-old agarwood, which burned incense and went straight to heaven. The Jade Emperor was overjoyed to hear of the agarwood, and praised the mortals for burning such extraordinary incense offerings, so he sent a good god to descend to earth, shed nectar all over the world, and blessed the world. At the same time, Wen Quxing was sent down to help Han Wenyu sit on the top spot.
The next year, the weather was favorable, the crops were bumper, and people lived a good life. Han Wenyu was also admitted to the top scholar.
Since then, every year during the Spring Festival, people always burn pepper stalks for a while, hoping to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters. Then he burned the head of the agarwood tree, hoping that the good god would bless the world. ?
Legend of New Year's Eve (5): Lighting New Year's lanterns
Legend has it that once upon a time there was a very good princess who often went to play behind her parents' backs.
One night, she stayed in an inn room. In the middle of the night, the old ghost of Chenghuang touched the princess's room and ate her heart. The next morning, the shopkeeper came to the princess's room and found her dead in the bunk. I reported the case to the government and found nothing for three months. ?
One year coincided with the senior high school entrance examination in Beijing. A son and an extremely young man came to the inn to stay from afar. Since the death of the princess, the business of this board room is getting colder every day, especially in the room where the princess died. No guests dare to enter. The guest who lives next to that room said that every midnight in that room, the red light comes on and he sees the shadow of a young lady combing her hair and dressing up. ?
The innkeeper was very happy to see the guests coming from afar and arranged them in that room. On the one hand, they don't know the details, on the other hand, they want to make sure whether there are ghosts in that room.
Childe two people don't know, close the door and go to bed early after dinner.
In the middle of the night, there was a sudden "wow" in that room, and then it seemed that someone opened the door and walked around. The son woke up from his dream, sat up from his bunk and lit the oil lamp. I saw a beautiful lady kneeling in front of the shop and crying sadly, which made my son look at her inexplicably.
At this time, the young lady said sadly, "Three years ago, I went to a private place behind my parents' backs and stayed in this house at night. I didn't know that when I was trapped in the middle of the night, the old ghost of the town god came in through the window and ate my heart, so I couldn't live any longer. I didn't expect my son to attract a very clever person tonight, so I had to borrow the heart of a very clever person to save it. I don't know that the extremely bookish ghost won't let me go. He wants me to return his heart. I hope you can help me and introduce me to my father. Explain the reason, catch the old ghost of the city god, and return my heart. At that time, I will return that extremely poor heart to him. "
Seeing that the girl was so sad, the son was extremely distressed, but he sympathized with the young lady and had to agree. ?
The next day coincides with Lunar New Year's Eve. Early in the morning, my son walked with the young lady, and the ghost of an extremely young man cried and caught up with him. Childe quickly stopped him, advised him to go back to the inn room, and repeatedly told the shopkeeper to take good care of this bookish man. Three years later, he must send his heart back to him and bring him back to this world. Then, the son personally made a red light and hung it in the middle of the store door, so that evil spirits from all directions did not dare to enter the store to bully the evil spirits of the extreme. ?
Since then, people have hung a red light at the door every New Year to avoid evil spirits. In this way, the custom of lighting New Year lanterns spread.
These are five legends about New Year's Eve.