Nic Hulscher

1. Sunday, February 10th

2. This is the story of the Chinese New Year…
Long ago, the world was not a safe place; monsters
dominated the world. There was one horrifying
monster that came out on the same day each year to
eat people. This monster was named Nian, and the
people marked the end of a year by his visits to the
human civilization. That is where the Chinese word
for year came from.

3.  This monster was the most feared by the people because
every time it came out, whole villages would be destroyed
at a time. So, every time the monster came, people would
huddle together in their homes and stay up all night,
wanting not to be eaten. This happened for many years
until a wise man thought up a plan to scare the monster
away.
 This man proposed that the people should light bamboo.
The bamboo would crack and make a lot of noise, possibly
scaring the monster away. The villagers thought this was a
very good idea and started to light the bamboo. The noise
was tremendous. The monster was scared by the loud
noise and ran back to its cave without not eating any
people.

4. The next morning, everyone was present. They were
all elated. The people congratulated each other for
executing the plan effectively. So, from then on,
people stayed up late, lit firecrackers (to simulate the
lighting of the bamboo), and congratulated each
other when the new year came.

5. Plants and Flowers
Oranges and Tangerines

6. Candy Tray

7. Parties

8. Dancing

9. Rice

10. Peking Duck

11. Fireworks

12. Red Packets

13. In the past, there were parties, festivals, and was
almost the same as todays new year. Almost the only
difference was that there is a ton of transportation
and migration in modern new year.

14. Transportation

15. It is celebrated by parties and food, close to China’s
tradition.

16. www.asianweek.com
ocdeals.ocregister.com
www.dragonhorse.ca
219shiangyang.org
www.theholidayspot.com