高中英语关于春节作文合集4篇 作文（20篇）

范文：

Travel is a very good means of broadening a persons perspective. It makes you come into contact with different cultures， meet people of different colors and go through peculiar rites and ceremonies. Travelling much， you will not only enrich your knowledge and experiences， but also be aware of the vastness of nature.

Travel may also relieve person of boredom and gloom. Travel brings you enjoyment and attraction. It gives you a pleasant experience， which will disperse your boredom and make you forget whatever annoys you. Travel broadens your mind and leaves you good memories. Later， you may go over these memories and enjoy your past experiences， thus keeping a fresh and sunny mind.

整理:

The fields his study， nature was his book.

Travelers can choose different modes of transportation which have advantages and disadvantages. Airplanes are the fastest but also the most expensive. Buses and trains are less expensive， but they soon make you feel cramped and uncomfortable. Ships provide you with comfort unless you get seasick. Most people can afford traveling by bicycle， which， although slow， can limber up your muscles and get you closer to nature.

新春佳节，千家万户张贴大红春联，给节日增添了不少欢乐祥和的气氛。

今天，我特别高兴，一大早就从那个温暖被窝里起来。因为我的表弟——心炜准备来我家，跟我一起度过这个新年。所以，我立刻穿衣、洗脸冲向楼下在门口等心炜。可是，时间一分一秒的过去了，眼看快半小时了心炜还没来，我灰心了。我只好回到家里，就从耳边传来， “陈可——陈可——我来了。”听到这声音我便不想而知这个人是心炜。

到了下午，老爸带我和心炜去家门口去贴春联。贴完春联后老爸要放鞭炮，所以让我们先进去吃饭，今晚的菜可丰盛了，有兔肉，有翅中，还有春节必不可少的东西——饺子。饭吃好后，我和心炜还有小伙伴到前门一起放鞭炮，这次的烟花可漂亮了有红的黄的绿的各种各样，五彩缤纷。因为我们12点准时还有下楼放烟花。

12到了我们再次下楼，到了门口我的耳边传来新年钟声敲响的声音和阵阵鞭炮声。这时老爸也放起来鞭炮，鞭炮放完了。

整个世界好像沉浸在鞭炮声中真是 爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏呀！

st important role in the environmental protection today.

In my opinion, to protect environment, the government must take even more concrete measures. First, it should let people fully realize the importance of environmental protection through education. Second, much more efforts should be made to put the population planning policy into practice, because more people means more people means more pollution. Finally, those who destroy the environment intentionally should be severely punished. We should let them know that destroying environment means destroying mankind themselves.

On New Years Eve，our class had a party. The atmosphere was good. It was out of the ordinary from the very begining. The boy student from one bedroom gave an unusual performance. We saw a boy named Li Xinmin turn off all the lights in a sudden snap. Then with three resounding(响亮的) crow of a cock echoing in the hall，the hall was again brightly lit in a snap.

Then，the representative of the bedroom Zhu Guozhang asked us to guess a line of a poem related to the above situation. He added that Li Xinmin alone was born in the year of the dog and the other three were all born in the year of the chicken. They left us all in confusion. And it was our monitor who was quickwitted(机智的). He shouted our， "The day breaks as the cock crows three times at dawn." The hall After that，they had another item. This time Li Xinmin was placed in the middle of the circle. While he was standing there，the other three stood around him，each bowing down to him at an angle of 120 degrees. It was an idiom. This time I got it right："The dog stands out among a group of chickens."

译文：

在新年前夕,我们班有一个聚会。气氛很好。这是普通的从一开始。男孩从一间卧室给了学生一个不寻常的性能。我们看到一个男孩名叫李新民关掉所有的灯突然折断。然后有三个响亮的(响亮的)乌鸦旋塞呼应的大厅,大厅里又突然灯火通明。

然后,卧室的代表朱国章让我们猜一行诗与上述情况有关。他补充说,李新民独自出生的狗,其他三个都出生在鸡年。他们使我们所有人陷入混乱之中。这是我们的班长是谁quickwitted(机智的)。他喊道,“天休息公鸡乌鸦在黎明的三倍。“大厅之后,他们有另一个项目。这一次李新民被中间的圆。当他站在那里,周围的其他三个站,每个向他鞠躬120度角。这是一个成语。这一次我是正确的:“狗站在一群鸡。”

今天是大年初二，我和奶奶一起乘坐三姨公的车自驾去了福建游玩。

经过近10小时的车程，我们踏入了景色宜人，美不胜收的福建省厦门市。虽然到达时间已是晚上，但一下车，我和奶奶就不约而同地闭上双眼深呼吸：因为这里的空气是那么得新鲜，这里的气温是那么得舒服!

旅行的第二天我们坐船去遥望有名的金门岛。抬眼望去，那一块块开阔的海域无边无际，在太阳的照射下，波光鳞鳞，呈现许多不同的颜色呢：深蓝的、淡青的、浅绿的、杏黄的……美不胜收!开船后，我兴高采烈地来到船顶，看着湛蓝的海水，我面浴海风，心中没有一丝杂念，静静地期待着……当船只停在海中央，放眼望到金门岛上醒目的“三民主义统一中国”这几个字时，我内心澎湃不已，与我们大陆这边的“一国两制统一中国”遥遥相望，表达着两岸人民同一个心声：中国要统一!

旅行的第三天，我们去了拥有几百年历史的永定土楼。别看它叫土楼，其实一点也不土，那可是上百年不倒、有着“活着的世界遗产”称号的客家文化。独特的建筑，让你感受别样的风土人情。一到土楼就使我惊叹不已：原来那大圆形的土楼建筑，像碟子、更像座城堡，楼中有楼，层层叠叠。更惊奇的是，那是用泥土石筑成的土木结建筑，没有钢筋水泥，但牢固如石，历经沧桑三百年!置身于高大坚固而又神奇的土楼中，我在感叹中国灿烂的建筑文明史时，也深深为客家人艰苦奋斗以求生存的历史让人折服!

旅行的第四天(也就是最后一天)，是玩的，也是最有趣的，那就是爬雄奇险峻的武夷山!随着车子的脚步，我们祖孙俩终于来到了天游峰的脚下。我站在天游峰的脚下抬头望:啊，峰顶这么高，在云彩上面哩，我爬得上去吗?再看看笔陡的石级，石级边上的铁链似乎是从天上挂下来的，真叫人心里发颤。虽然心里有层层阻碍，但我鼓起勇气，奋力向峰顶爬去：一会儿攀着铁链上，一会儿手脚并用向上爬，像小猴子一样。爬呀爬，我和奶奶终于都爬上了天游峰顶。我看看脚边的悬崖，心里真开心!

短暂的旅行很快结束了，但福建让我渡过了一个非常难忘的春节!我衷心希望，随着祖国建设事业的发展，你会变得更加美丽，更加璀璨!

I have a happy Spring Festival.This year it comes in February.All of us are very excited .My parents and I do our housework and do some shopping and other housework.

On the Eve of the Spring Festival,my family get together and have a big dinner,it have jiaozi, chicken,New Yesrs cake and some delicious food.These food I am both like very much.On February 7th ,I get lots of red packets. Im so happy.I visit my Families and neighbours at the following times. I have a happy Spring Festival .Are you happy at Spring Festival ?

春节，意味着新的一年即将开始。2017年的春节，我敢爱敢恨。总而言之，请听我娓娓道来……

爱春节 收红包

对于咱孩童一族，过年最大乐趣莫过于收红包。“恭喜发财”“万事如意”“身体健康”等吉祥语是百说不厌，只要到关键时刻拍拍马屁，这到手的钱是百分之百逃不掉的。再者，根据鄙人的研究，有百分之五十的大人给了压岁钱都会反悔，千方百计想“敲诈”你手中所有的钱，必然会故作语重心长地说：“我的孩子啊，你父母含辛茹苦把你抚养大，你现在翅膀硬了，腰包鼓了，该回报回报我们了吧!”这时，你应该迅速叉开话题。切记，大人个个不是省油的灯!

爱春节 团年饭

春节，团年饭是必不可少的。你只要耐心等待，美味佳肴就在你眼前!当大人们喊出“开饭了”三字时，你不要冲上前抢最好的位置坐下，而应该极有礼貌的对长辈说“请”，待会最美味的菜他们才回一个劲地为你夹，压岁钱也会收的多。当菜都上齐时，要挑精华享受。

恨春节 购物挤扁人

哎，又得置办年货了。还没踏进超市大门，我就被接二连三如潮般的人群直外挤，费了九牛二虎之力才从人缝中钻了进去。当然，超市里的灾难比门前更胜一筹。在艰难的购物过程中，你不仅要时刻提防扒手的攻击，还得避免人群把你挤成软塌塌的肉饼。好不容易逛完超市，长吁一口气，打算进行最后一道工序——付帐时，却又发现收银处也是热火朝天，弯弯曲曲一个“长龙摆尾”，只有再次提起购物篮，耐心等待。

恨春节 孩子没地玩

一个寒假悄然而逝,春节也只剩下一个星期了.作业已写完,无奈,只好向权威颇高的母亲大人请示出门游荡,得来的只有斩钉截铁的俩字:"不行"哎,聊QQ吧,刚坐到电脑主机前,就听见一声大喝,吓得我胆战心惊:"不许玩电脑!"我扭过头,望着妈妈严肃的面孔,耸耸肩:我还不信不能打发时间了,看电视!然而,我屁股都没作稳,又是一声尖叫,惊得我脖子一缩:"看电视伤眼睛,关掉!"我狂晕……

对于春节,我敢爱敢恨.但觉得2014年的春节和以往不同,你感觉到了吗?

[高中以春节为话题的作文怎么写

the beijing zoo is the largest in asia and one of the largest in the world. there are hundreds of different kinds of animals in it.

we can see yellow, green, orange and brown birds, which can sing nice songs. the elephants have a long nose and big ears and they are kind to humans. we can also see big and little monkeys running and dancing, just like happy children. pandas, with good manners, are very friendly and polite to visitors. we will certainly have a good time there.

My  plan  of  next  year

A new year ，a new start，when I stand on the edge of  a new year，I cant help thinking about my plan of next year.

Just as the old saying：“Well began is the half of the success.”So I decide that I should be at work while the others are still relaxing ，and then ，at the beginning ，Im quicker than the others and of course I will get better result than the others.

But ，what I really decide to do is that I must make good of anytime I can spare though it seems impossible.While，I will do my best to live up with what I have planned，and the result will prove it.

spring festivel is a special chinese festivel. everyone like spring festivel. why? because everyone have a long holiday. people don go to work. everyone can sleep to nine oclock. every chlidren also like spring festival. why? because. every chlidren dont go to school. every chlidren have many money. every people have many new cloths. duration in spring festivel every people eat dumplings.

we have story for spring festivel. longlong ago. a beast named "nian". he is very bed. every year he always eat many people and animal. at lost many people kill the beast. so we are commemorate this day.

The Spring Festival is our traditional festival, the common saying is that it is a new year.

One day before the new year, people would go to the shops in the sea of people to buy things. Some people buy chickens, ducks, goose, some people buy fish and meat, and others buy Biscuits, chocolate and other snacks...

One day at noon, my father took the broom and sweep around the house. Mother wiped the table and the window with a rag. And what about me? It is to put the ornaments of the new year on the wall. The whole house became clean and beautiful. We are very happy.

The new year, for our children, is the most addictive, I look forward to that day early.

Every child needs to receive education and they spend so much time to learn

knowledge, whether they are like or not. The adults always tell their children

that as they are young and full of energy, so they should learn knowledge and

skills, but most kids dont know the necessity of study. The most important

reason to study is to keep pace with the time. We live in the society that we

need to make connections with others. If we dont get the newest information, we

will be kicked out and have no idea what they are talking about, then isolation

happens. Whats more, when we are equipped with skills, we can make our choices

and take charge of our life. In order to live the comfortable life, we must

study hard and fight for our future.

Today is the beginning of seven, I went to town with cousin, the Zhuo flag hill of watching a wonderful acrobatic Festival " to celebrate Chinese New year ".

We arrived, to find a show place, find a place to sit down, and then patiently waited for the show to start.

" The beginning of the show ", do not know who is shouting. We immediately back to god.

The first program is, little monkey riding old goat go rope. I saw the old goat carrying small monkey step by step on the rope, hey, too. Is really amazing! The next program is more splendid! For example: wire walking, the tiger jumped the ring of fire, lions and tigers, bears swing across the beauty slip exercise, air swing ... ... And this " new acrobatic show" the protagonist is mainly animal.

This " new acrobatic show" is really meaningful!

In south China, the favorite and most typical dishes were nian gao, sweet  steamed glutinous rice(糯米)pudding and zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped up in  reed(芦苇)leaves), another popular delicacy.

In the north, steamed-wheat bread (man tou) and small meat dumplings were the  preferred food. The tremendous amount of food prepared at this time was meant to  symbolize abundance and wealth for the household.

In a year of many programs, my favorite is the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is also called the Chinese New Year.

According to legend, "year" is a monster, every Chinese new year it ran to the scourge of human people, so people in the door to paste the red antithetical couplet, home burning fire, burning firecrackers to scare away Sheng "year", so the formation of people with fire, burning, paste antithetical couplet Sheng firecrackers is celebrated a year of good harvest and pray for a bumper harvest in the coming year tradition.

As soon as the Spring Festival comes, our family will go to grandmas home. The old house is busy, and the people out are going back. Every year is waiting for my father to write a couplet, we help to stick. The most interesting thing is to put off fireworks and firecrackers, and always do not play enough. Grandpa and grandmas "money" is more than a year, saying that it is saving for us to read the University. With mom and dad went from door to door, a relative blessing, "Happy New Year" "Happy New Year" "fortune" and "when leading" the university entrance exam

The Spring Festival is the end of a year. It is also the beginning of the year. People celebrate the years harvest in the Spring Festival, and summarize the results of the year. The harvest of people on holidays, jubilant, eat delicacy, to reward their relatives. At this time, I will calm down in the bustle, think of the past year, how I have passed, what is worth remembering, and what is worth celebrating. "The plan of a year is spring". Spring is a new beginning of a year, and it is my starting point. We should plan my life for a year and get better results.

Today is an annual Chinese New Year, the first day of the new year,the traditional festival of China.At this day, everyone has a happy reunion , the families round together to eat regiment rice for year, is really a happy affair.Say for us, this festival is very happy, having a lot of delicious outside, can also take New Years Money to buy the thing that oneself wants to buy for a long time.

今天是一年一度的春节，也就是新年的第一天，中国的传统节日。在这一天，大家欢聚一堂，一家人围在一起吃团年饭，真是一件幸福的事情。对于我们来说，这一个节日是十分快乐的，有很多好吃的之外，还可以拿压岁钱去买自己很久想买的东西。

today is the first day of the chinese new year. i wear a new sweater and shoes. some one always take the presents and smile at every one. they wear red clothes.

you can play the firework but don’t play in the room. we can eat many chinese food ,zong-zi,jiao-zi…. today may be a good day,because many marry—cars running in the street.

older people always say today we must eat many good luck food.

今天是中国新年的第一天。我穿着新毛衣和鞋子。一些人总是把礼物,对每个人微笑。他们穿着红色的衣服。

你可以玩烟花,但不要玩在房间里。我们可以吃很多中国菜,啊粽子、饺子…。今天可能是一个美好的一天,因为许多marry-cars在街上跑步。

年长的人总是说今天我们必须吃许多好运的食物。

The New Year is coming soon, my father and I are going to conduct a thorough cleaning, clean for the coming New Year.

In the afternoon, we began to the tense and busy cleaning. I to study finishing the book, I put the books back on the shelf, then, dad put me sort of clean again. Before long, bookcase, desk is wiped clean. Then, we began to clean the Windows, dad with cleaning the Windows tools brush back and forth on the glass, with old newspapers to wipe it again, the glass is bright. Look at books neatly, bright window, my heart joy bloom.

I guess, my mom came home from work will be a big surprise.

快过新年了，我和爸爸准备进行一次大扫除，干干净净迎接新年的到来。

下午，我们开始了紧张而忙碌的大扫除。我先到书房整理书本，我把整理好的书放回书架上，然后，爸爸把我整理过的地方擦了一遍。过了不久，书柜、桌子就被擦得干干净净的。接着，我们又开始擦窗户，爸爸拿着擦窗户的工具在玻璃上来回擦，再用旧报纸重新擦了一遍，玻璃就亮堂堂了。看着整整齐齐的书本，明亮的窗户，我的心里乐开了花。

我猜，妈妈下班回家一定会感到大吃一惊。

Then, the representative of the bedroom Zhu Guozhang asked us to guess a line of a poem related to the above situation. He added that Li Xinmin alone was born in the year of the dog and the other three were all born in the year of the chicken.

They left us all in confusion. And it was our monitor who was quickwitted. He shouted our, "The day breaks as the cock crows three times at dawn." The hall After that, they had another item. This time Li Xinmin was placed in the middle of the circle. While he was standing there, the other three stood around him, each bowing down to him at an angle of 120 degrees. It was an idiom. This time I got it right:"The dog stands out among a group of chickens."

写作是对同学们英语综合能力的考查，是最能体现大家英语水平的一种检测方式。学生在写作的过程当中经常会暴露一些弱点、犯一些错误。今天，我们对大家英语作文中的常见错误进行简要归纳，并举以实例，大家在今后的英语写作中要尽量避免这些错误的发生。

一.名词

写作中，学生们常把握不好名词的数、所有格以及一些集合名词的用法。

1.Hegavemeaverygoodadviceyesterday.

句中的a要去掉，因为advice是不可数名词。一些汉语概念为可数的词在英语中却是不可数的，表示数量时在要其前加apieceof，类似的词有：news,bread,work,paper,chalk,furniture,information等等。

2.Thatgirllovesreadingbook.

可数名词单数不能孤零零地放在句子里，或前面加冠词，或将其变为复数。此处最好变为books.

3.Hewentintoabooksshopandboughtadictionary.

一般表示有生命的东西的名词的所有格用’s，如mymother’scar,而此处适宜用名词修饰名词，改为abookshop.

4.MyfamilyiswatchingTV.

一些集合名词如看成一个整体，则用单数的谓语动词，如Myfamilyisahappyone.如果强调集合中每个个体的个人行为，则用复数的谓语动词。此处看电视是个体行为，应把is改为are。类似的词有：team,class,audience等。

5.Iboughtsomepotatosandtomatosatthesupermarket.

中学阶段，以“o”结尾的名词中有四个词变复数时要加es，它们是tomato,potato,Negro,hero;其余的都加s变为复数。

6.Thishasnothingtodowiththeirbelieves.（这和他们的信仰没关系。）

以f,fe结尾的词变为复数时一般去f,fe加ves，如knife—knives,

thief—thieves;而roof和belief直接加s变为复数。所以应把believes改为beliefs.

二.冠词

7.Thebosswantstohireanusefulperson.

用a还是an，取决于后面单词音标中的第一个音，如为元音用an，为辅音用a。useful的第一个音是辅音所以应把an改为a。类似的，我们说aEuropeancountry.

8.Planeisamachinethatcanfly.

plane为可数名词单数，不能单独放在句中，应在其前加冠词或把它变为复数，而本句后有amachine,因此只能在其前面加a，变为Aplane。

9.Heplayedapianoatthepartyyesterday.

把a改为the，因为乐器前用定冠词。

10.Themachinewasinventedin1920s.

在in后加the，因为表示年代用in加the再加几十的复数，如在八十年代inthe80s。

11.XiaoHongwenttoschoolbythebuseveryday.

去掉the，因为表示交通方式用by直接加交通工具。

三.代词

使用代词时请注意其单、复数，主、宾格以及形容词性物主代词和名词性物主代词的用法。

12.Heisoneofthosespeakerswhomakehisideasperfectlyclear.

定语从句的先行词是thosespeakers，为复数，因此从句中的指示代词应为复数，应把his改为their。

13.Whomdoyouthinkhasleftthelightson?

放在疑问句特殊疑问词后的doyouthink/believe/guess/imagine/suppose等都不参与句子成分。本句中去掉doyouthink后缺的是主语，应把Whom改为Who。

14.ThebosspretendednottoseeJohnandI.

John和I在句中都做的宾语，应把I改为me。

15.Thesebooksaremine；thoseinthebagareher.

her是形容词性物主代词，后面应该加名词books，或把her改为hers。

四.数词

16.Therearefourteenhundredsstudentsinourschool.

hundred/thousand/million/score/dozen等词前有具体数字时后不加s，前面没有具体数字时在其后加s和of，表示大约几百几千的概念。如two

hundredstudents（两百个学生），hundredsofstudents（成百上千个学生）。例句中应把hundreds改为hundred。

17.Theirschoolistwiceaslargerasourschool.

表倍数关系的as...as中间只能用形容词或副词的原级。因此应把larger改为large.

18.Today’shomeworkisafive-hundred-wordscomposition.

几个单词由连字符连接而组成的复合形容词中的名词只能用单数，所以把five-hundred-words改为five-hundred-word.

19.TwothirdofthestudentsinourschoolarefromAmerica.

英语表达中分数的分子用基数词，分母用序数词，分子大于一时分母后要加s，所以就把third改为thirds.

五.形容词和副词

形容词和副词容易被误用，形容词和副词的比较级和最高级也是应注意的重点。

20.Thepatientappearednervouslywhenhetalkedtothedoctor.

appear在此是个系动词，其后应接形容词作表语。所以应把nervously改为nervous.

21.Theartistworkedhardlytofinishhisdrawingsontime.

此句需要一个副词来修饰，hardly是副词，但意为“几乎不”，hard也可以是副词，表努力，因此把hardly改为hard.

22.Thisshirtismorecheaperthanthatone.

more只构成比较级，而不能修饰比较级。因此把more去掉。

23.Heisthemostsuccessfulofthetwobusinessmen.

两者相比较时，比较级前用定冠词，三者或三者以上才用most，因此把most改为more.

24.Heworkslessharderthanheusedto.

表不如?...时用less加上形容词和副词的原级，因此把harder改为hard.

25.Thebookisfairlymoreinterestingthanthatone.

fairly只能修饰形容词和副词的原级，可以修饰比较级的副词或短语有：much,even,still,far,alot,alittle,abit,any,no,byfar,rather等，因此把fairly改为rather.

26.Thisisasaninterestingastoryastheoneinthemagazine.

as?as中间的词序是as加上形容词加上a(n)加上名词再加上as，因此应改为asinterestingastoryastheone.

27.Theweatherhereisnicerthan.

同样的事物才能相比较，weather和不具有可比性，因此应改为Theweatherhereisnicerthanthatof.

29.Iwouldrathertakeatrainthanwentbybus.

这个词组为wouldratherdo?thando?，因此把went改为go.

30.Isthereinterestinganythingatthemeeting?

修饰anything,something,everything,nothing的形容词都要放在它们的后面。

31.Ineverhaveseensuchapersonbefore.

像never之类的副词在句中应放在be动词、助动词之后，实意动词之前。因为应改为Ihaveneverseensuchapersonbefore.

32.Thebookisworthtoberead.

beworthdoing意为值得被做。因此改为Thebookisworthreading.

33.Itissurethathewillsucceed.

sure的主语只能为人，而certain的主语可为人和物。因此把sure改为certain.

34.Heisregardedasoneofthebestalivewritersatpresent.

alive为表语形容词，偶尔也做后置定语。因此把alive改为living，或把alive放在writers后面。

35.Idon’tknowthathehasfinishedtheworkyet.

yet用于否定和疑问句，already用于肯定句。把yet改为already.

36.Hesaidnearlynothingatthemeeting.

nearly不与否定词用在同一个句子中，而almost可以。因此把nearly改为almost。

六.介词

37.Heusuallygoestoschoolbyhisfather’scar.

by加上名词表示一种交通方式，中间什么都不加，如bycar,bybus,byplane等；如果名词前有其他的词修饰，则应用除by以外的其他介词，此处把by改为in.

38.Pleasewaitmeattheschoolgate.

wait为不及物动词，需加介词for后才能再跟名词或代词做宾语。

39.HehasbeenmarriedwithBettyformorethantwentyyears.

marry不跟with连用，应把with改为to。

40.Ifinishedtheworkontimeunderthehelpofhim.

The Lunar New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring . Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however, that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means year , was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.

One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. People were very scared. One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue Nian. To Nian he said, I hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents? So, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.

After that, the old man disappeared riding the beast Nian. He turned out to be an immortal god. Now that Nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin to enjoy their peaceful life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year s end to scare away Nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.

From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of Nian is carried on from generation to generation. The term Guo Nian , which may mean Survive the Nian becomes today Celebrate the Year as the word guo in Chinese having both the meaning of pass-over and observe . The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away Nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebratio