1、The lunar calendar new year origin, which has the basis, also is rich and owns the various fables possible to trace to several millenniums before; The most famous is the year beast fable. The year beast is a cruel terrible wild animal. In ancient times people believed on lunar New Years Eve night the year beast would come out to eat humans. According to the fable, the year beast extremely fears red, the flame and noises, so people pasted the red paper on the gate, and lit the torch all night, and set off the artillery candles to frighten the year beast. To the early morning the following day, in the air filled the sound congratulations , the victory of defeating the year beast and the rebirth joy.
2、農歷新年的來源，有根據，且豐富而多采多姿的傳說可追溯到幾千年前；其中最有名的就是「年獸」的傳說。「年獸」是一個殘忍兇猛的野獸，古代人相信「年獸」在除夕夜時會出來吃人。傳說「年獸」極懼怕紅色、火光及吵雜的聲音，人們就在門上貼著紅紙條，並整夜點著火炬、燃放炮燭，來避開「年獸」。到瞭第二天一大早，「恭喜」之聲不絕於耳，空氣中彌漫著打敗「年獸」勝利與重生的喜悅。
