Happy Chinese New Year

I think I'm not late to wish happy Chinese New Year to ah xiu, li shen, yap, boon, sue wah and all my Chinese friends. Hope that u all have the most memorable Chinese New Year for this year. Here, this is some information that I want share with u about this festival. Do u know, Chinese New Year often called Lunar New Year? Lunar New Year comannly use by people in mainland China and Taiwan.
According to tales and legends, the beginning of Chinese New Year started with the fight against a mythical beast called the Nian or "Year" in Chinese. Nian would come on the first day of New Year to devour livestock, crops, and even villagers, especially children. To protect themselves, the villagers would put food in front of their doors at the beginning of every year. It was believed that after the Nian ate the food they prepared, it wouldn’t attack any more people. One time, people saw that the Nian was scared away by a little child wearing red. The villagers then understood that the Nian was afraid of the color red. Hence, every time when the New Year was about to come, the villagers would hang red lanterns and red spring scrolls on windows and doors. People also used firecrackers to frighten away the Nian. From then on, the Nian never came to the village again. The Nian was eventually capture by Hongjun Laozu, an ancient Taoist monk. The Nian become Hongjun Laozu's mount.
That is why in this festival all the Chinese wear the red clothes and burn the firecrackers. Besides that, there are also lion dance in this festival. All this shows that we have the different identity among the culture.