有关高一生活的英语作文合集20篇

i like my school life very much,it is very interesting.i usually reach school at half past seven.then we do morning exercises at eight oclock.we have eight lessons every day.the lesson begin at a quarter past eight.my favourite subject is english.i can get a lot of english knowledge from our teacher.our teacher are very good-natured.they are always kind to us.i also like our outdoor activities.when we have outdoor activities,everyone in the playground is active and lively.how happy we are in our beautiful school!i love the life in my school!

In recent years, the global warming gets increasingly attention. More and more people make contribution to stop the global warming. Therefore, a new lifestyle occurs--low carbon life. What can we do to live in low carbon?

近几年，全球气候变暖越来越得到关注。越来越多的人为阻止全球变暖做出贡献。因此，一种新的生活方式诞生了——低碳生活。在低碳生活中我们可以做些什么呢?

First, remember to turn off lights and turn off the faucet when you do not need to use. Use the energy-saving lamps. There are many small things we can do to save resources. Second, when we go out, take public transport as much as possible, to reduce gas emissions and to ease the transporting pressures.

首先，但你不需要用电和水的时候，记得把灯和水龙头关掉。使用节能灯。我们可以做很多小事来节省资源。其次，当我们外出的时候，尽可能乘坐公共交通以减少气体排放和缓解交通压力。

All in all, there are many other things we can do to live in the low carbon life. It needs us to do something practically. If everyone can keep this lifestyle from now on, it will greatly change the situation and our home would become more beautiful.

总之，为了低碳生活，我们可以做很多事。它需要我们做出一些实际行动。如果每个人能够从现在起保持这种生活方式，情况将得到很大改善，我们的家园会变得更美丽。

Kate has got a toothache, she is at the dentists. The nurse is speaking to her.

凯特牙痛，她去了牙医那儿，护士正在跟她说话。

N: Can I help you?

N：能帮你做点什么吗?

K: I have got a toothache. I want to see Doctor Smith.

K：我牙疼，想找史密斯医生。

N: Do you have an appointment?

N：请问你有预约吗?

K: No, I havent.

K：还没有。

N: He is busy at the moment. Would you please take this medicine first?

N：他现在正忙，请先吃点儿这个药吧。

K: Do I have to?

K：一定要吃吗?

N: Im afraid you do. It will help you a bit. And I will tell him to look after you first.

N：我想是的。它能帮你减轻疼痛。我回去请史密斯医生待会儿先帮你看。

K: Thanks.

K：谢谢。

N: Will you please fill in this form. The magazine are over there. You can have a look if you like.

N：麻烦先填一下这张表格。如果你有需要的话，那边有杂志。

K: All right.

K：好的。

[高一英语对话作文

Winter holiday is coming,and I have a plan about it.

寒假马上就要到了,我给自己做了个寒假计划。

I get up at 8:00,then do the morning exercise in the park which is near my home,then do my homework,sometimes I watch TV,sometimes I play computer games,I think it is very good.

早上8点钟起床,到离我们家不远的公园去做晨练.然后回家做功课,不时再看会电视,玩玩电脑游戏.我想这样的寒假一定会很有意义.

During the holiday we will have the Spring Festival,it is one of the most important festival in China,we are very happy because we can have red packets,eat many delicious food,wear new clothes.

在寒假期间我们有一年一度的春节,这是中国最重要的一个节日之一,在节日里我们非常的高兴,因为我们可以收到红包,吃美味的食物,穿新衣服.

So,I think this Winter holiday will be very happpy.I like it.

所以我想我的这个假期将会非常愉悦,我喜欢寒假!

Hello everyone。Today Im glad to be here to give a speech about my fresh experience in China Agriculture University。

First I must say the campus life is really different from what I have experienced in high school。For instance，I used to lean upon my dormitory teacher to wake me up on time。But now I have to set several alarm clocks to make myself could hear them in the morning otherwise I would miss my class。And then even worse there would be nobody remind me

当我第一次见张老师时，她给我的是一副严肃的面孔，我的心里很不安，做什么都是小心翼翼的。生怕做错了什么。后来我们和张老师相处的时间久了，我才知道张老师其实是一个和谒可亲，平易近人的好老师。她关心着每一位同学，给我们支持和鼓励，平时张老师总是细心的教导我们，犯了错误，她把我们叫到办公室严肃的跟我们讲道理，在考试前，张老师又总是会三番两次的提醒我们要细心的做题、检查。因为我的粗心大意，张老师经常找我谈心，让我信心十足的去答题。老师是您诲了我从学习中品尝乐趣，在乐趣中吸取知识。

When I first met Mr. Zhang, she gave me a serious face, my heart is very uncomfortable, what is with great care. Afraid of doing something wrong. Then we and Zhang live a long time, I know that Mr. Zhang is in fact a kind and amiable amiable and easy of approach, a good teacher. She care about each student, to give our support and encouragement, usually Zhang always careful to teach us, made a mistake, she called our office serious to tell us the truth, before the exam, Mr. Zhang will always remind us over and over again careful to do, check. Because I be negligent, Zhang often find my heart, let me full of confidence to the answer. The teacher is teaching me you taste the fun from learning, learning in fun.

老师啊!你那么辛苦，像一根蜡烛，慢慢地燃烧着自己。直到把自己的知识全部交给我们，她才放下心来。这时让我想到一首歌，《每当我走过老师的窗前》“静静的深夜群星在闪耀，老师的窗前彻夜明亮……”

The teacher! You work so hard, like a candle, burning themselves slowly. To put their knowledge to give us all, she will lay down their hearts. This reminds me of a song, "every time I pass the window of teacher" "silent night the stars shining in the night bright window, the teacher......"

张老师啊!这几年您一直辛苦的照顾我们，在这里我要对您说：“老师，您辛苦了!”，祝您教师节快乐。

Zhang ah! These past few years youve been hard to take care of us, here I want to say: "teacher, you have worked hard!" , wish you a happy Teachers day.

今天我的爸妈带我去水上乐园玩，我好高兴啊!我换上了妈妈给我买的泳装，这个泳装有粉红色的花边，花边旁边还有五颜六色的珠子，这些珠子串联起来镶嵌在连体裙上，真是漂亮极了，我笑着对妈妈说，妈妈用一只臂膀搂住我，说道宝贝，你今天真漂亮啊，爸爸这时开着小车过来了：“妈妈，我好了”。

那我们一起出去吧。说着我就跟着我妈妈，坐上了爸爸下班回来开的汽车，在开往水上乐园的地方，我们遇到了好多跟我们一起去水上乐园的地方，车子真多啊，我坐在车子里双眼望着外面，手里拿着爸爸送我的小熊玩偶，我对着小熊说小熊别着急，我们马上就到了，马上就可以一起去水上乐园玩了，那里还有舞台，可好玩了，耐心的人才能跟我一起玩，这是车子一点一点的发动起来，我也因为我的小熊解了闷，终于到水上乐园了，我们一家人在一起去水上乐园玩了，我们玩了云霄飞车，海盗船，过山车，去了最恐怖的鬼屋，这真是一个愉快的暑假。明天到了学校我要跟我的老师和同学一起分享，我的假期生活，让他们好好羡慕羡慕，看他们还说不说我爸妈不疼我。其实呢对我来说只要是一家人在一起，去哪我都愿意，只是爸妈总说要出去给我挣钱，我真想早点长大，自己挣钱，跟爸妈待在身边。

爸爸妈妈我爱你!还有陪我一起长大的小熊我也爱你!

In my opinion, the schoolwork now being assigned to high school students is too heavy. while it is true that students need to study, they need other things as well if they are to grow into healthy and well-rounded adults. high should be allowed more time for play. plying is not wasting time, as some think. it gives them physical exercise, and also exercise their imagination. which tends to be stifled by too much study.

Finally, the pressure put on high school students by excessive schoolwork can cause serious stress, which is unhealthy physically and mentally. i do not advocate the elimination of schoolwork. i do think, however, that a reduction of the current heavy load would be beneficial to students and to the society as a whole.

I have studied in my middle school for three years.My life in middle school is rich and I have learned a lot. I get knowledge from text books as well as from extra curricular activities. I studied hard in the past three years so that I got perfect scores. But, I also attach importance to other aspects, such as making friends, hobbies, health and sports. I build good relationships with my classmates. They become an important part of my life.I like to chat with them after class that makes me relax and comfortable. My hobby is swimming. Every Sunday morning, I go to swim with my friends or my father. When I have fun, I build a healthy body. Its so great to me. In one word, my life in middle is colorful and unforgettable.

Chinese New Year，is the most important festival for all of us. All family members get together on New YearEve to have a big meal.At the same time， everyone celebrates to each other.At about 12 oclock，some parents and children light crackers.The whole sky is lighted brightly. We may watch the fireworks excitedly.How busy it is！

On the first early moring of one year， many senior citizen get up early and they stick the reversed Fu or hang some couplets on the front door. Some houses windows are sticked on red paper cutlings.

The Chinese New Year lasts fifteen days. So during the fifteen days， we always visit our relatives from door to door. At that time， children are the happiest because they can get many red packets form their parents，grandparents， uncles， aunts and so on. The last day of the Chinese New Year is another festival. It names the Lantern Festival.

So the Chinese New Year comes to the end.

Today after dinner, I sat on the sofa, to my college life began in the imagination.

My fantasy to our campus: the east is where the game of many students aspire to, a few sunshine big boy is playing in the playground, with one; The west is business lush bamboo forest, in the school green, let a person feeling refreshed, cui lust flow; The south is the place where our school knowledge, lang langs top coming from the classroom. North school gate is open, the "long" many "spikes", in order not to let the thief to enter easily.

My fantasy to our school uniforms: corridor, strange graffiti greeted. "Also I diaoyu islands!" "Reading for the rise of the Chinese," ah, these are the original good patriotic youth! "Mat" miles incense "brand insoles, for shame to his feet." "Drink kidney treasure, forever." Hey, these young grew up dream turned out to be a salesman! "Accidentally drops of kidney!" "It is not a good day." Ah, the youth is in a sad state. "I is the yan Lao tze, I biggest!" "I live in a mental hospital, room 302." This - let me call them what is youth?

Oh dear! Dad told me to go shopping together, bye bye, see you next time!

今天吃完饭后，我坐在沙发上，对我的大学生活展开了无限的想象。

我，幻想到了我们的校园：东边是许多同学向往的游戏地方，几个阳光大男孩在操场是玩耍，你追我赶;西边是学校里生意葱茏的竹林，翠色欲流的绿色让人神清气爽，;南边是我们学校知识的地方，朗朗的读书声从教室里传来;北面是敞开的学校大门，上面“长”了许多“尖刺”，为的是不让小偷轻易进入。

我，幻想到了我们的校服：走廊上，千奇百怪的涂鸦映入眼帘。“还我钓鱼岛!”“为中华之崛起而读书”呀，原来这些都是爱国的好青年啊!“垫‘十里香’牌鞋垫，要脚不要脸。”“喝肾宝，长生不老。”哟，这些青年长大的梦想原来是做推销员哪!“偶滴肾哪!”“今天不是个好日子。”哎，这些青年正处在伤心的境界。“偶是阎王老子，偶最大!”“我住精神病院302室。”这这---让我叫他们是什么青年好呢?

哎呀!爸爸叫我一起上街，拜拜，下次见!

My winter holiday is very dull. I stay at home for most of time. Sometimes

I visit my friends and play basketball with them. Sometimes we go shopping.

One day, we go to the KFC. We have hamburgers, chicken coke and French

fries. We have sore throats. We go home and have a rest. Then we feel better. We

go and play computer games! How mad we are!

This is the only thing I can talk about in the holiday.

海德格尔说：“人应当诗意地栖居。”当飞鸟翱翔于天际，当鲜花盛开于大地，当人们脸上绽放出微笑，诗意便开始在生活中流淌。人应当诗意地生活。

诗意地生活，源自人们内心的和谐。季羡林曾说过：真正的和谐是人内心的和谐。“真正的和谐是人内心的和谐。”试想，一个内心浑浊不堪的人如何能够让生活充满诗意呢?一个人的生活态度往往是其内心的真实反映。故如水般澄澈的林妹妹幽居在潇湘馆，在那一丛青翠的绿竹下迎风洒泪，对月抒怀，吟出一句句清巧奇谲的诗。而浑身散发着酒肉臭的薛蟠却只懂得猜拳行令，信口开河胡诌些“一个蚊子哼哼哼”的荤段子。内心和谐，充溢着对万物的爱的人才可以诗意地生活。特蕾莎修女给每一个穷人带去关爱，爱让她的生活充满诗意;皮埃尔神父为无家可归者送去温暖，关怀让他的生活充满诗意;袁隆平院士为饥饿中的人们送去希望，爱让他的生活充满诗意。当人们内心和谐，带着对万物的爱去生活，人们才可以学会如何诗意地生活。

诗意地生活，人们需要从阅读中汲取养料。让阅读成为生活的一部分，生活才可以变得诗意。当人们从儒、道、墨法的典籍中探究为人之道，当人们从司马迁的竹简中开启历史的明镜，当人们从唐宋八大家的作品里顿悟文章之法，智慧便开始滋润人们干涸的灵魂，给灵魂注入诗意。当人们从陶渊明的菊花中思索隐逸之士的情怀，当人们从史铁生的地坛中感念生与死的变迁，当人们从卢梭的瓦尔登湖畔拾获人生的宁静，思维便开始给心灵插上翅膀，让心灵翱翔于诗意的天空。从阅读中收获智慧，从阅读中学会思考，人们才能懂得诗意的生活。

诗意地生活，人们需要让自然抚慰自己浮躁的心灵。现代人的生活充斥着为了生计和未来的奔波，充斥着嘈杂的汽笛声与喧闹声，充斥着人与人之间的冷漠与戒备。人们需要在清风的吹拂下，在小鸟啁啾中找回生活的诗意。莽莽苍苍的森林给诗意栖居的莎士比亚带来了浓郁忧伤的情怀，潺潺流动的多瑙河给施特劳斯家族带来了优美的音韵，古老沧桑的凤凰古城给诗意栖居的沈从文带来了历史的质朴与深刻。自然的灵动与纯净，让人们更加诗意地生活。

当人们内心和谐，带着爱心去生活，当人们从阅读中获取智慧与思绪，当人们到自然中寻找抚慰，人们才可以如刘禹锡在《陋室铭》中所写，诗意地生活。

[诗意地生活高一优秀作文800字

我的学校生活My School Life

Howtime flies! It has been three years since I came to the school. My school isbeautiful and there are many beautiful flowers and trees. The teachers are sokind though there is always too much homework. My classmates are all veryfriendly to each other. We always help each other. I have learned a lot fromthem and made a lot of friends. I enjoy my school life. However, I dont dowell in math. I’ll try my best to study math during the summer holidays. NowIm going to say goodbye to my teachers and classmates. Ill miss my schoollife.

时间过得真快！我来到这个学校已经三年了。我的学校很美，有很多美丽的花和树。虽然老师总是布置很多的作业，但他们还是很好的。我的同学也都很友好。我们总是互相帮助。我从中学到了很多东西，交了很多朋友。我喜欢我的学校生活。但是，我数学学得不好。我会努力在暑假期间好好学数学的。现在我要跟我的老师和同学们说再见了。我会想念我的学校生活的。

It’s our duty to save the environment.

On June 5th, I will go to school by bike or on foot instead of taking the bus. And I will also ask my parents to ride bikes to work that day. At home, we will use energy-saving lamps and spend less time when we are taking a shower. Don’t throw away the used textbooks and leave them to the students of lower grades. At the same time, I will tell my parents to take bags when they go shopping. And I will turn off the lights before leaving the room.

Lower carbon, happier life. Let’s take actions.

译文

拯救环境是我们的责任。

在6月5日，我将骑自行车或步行去上学，而不是乘公共汽车。我也会要求我的父母骑自行车上班的那一天。在家里，我们将使用节能灯，花更少的时间，当我们洗澡。不要把旧课本扔掉，交给低年级的学生。在同一时间，我会告诉我的父母采取袋时，他们去购物。离开房间前我会关灯。

低碳生活。让我们采取行动。

秋风起，草木变色，大地着金衣，果实挂红袍，在别样的九月里，我叩开了高中的大门，开始了全新的生活。

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“做11道题的同学、xxx”三个字从数学老师口中缓缓拖出。从未上黑板做过题的我心里不免有些紧张。粉笔在黑板上慢慢勾勒出问题的原貌，手中的粉笔似乎在颤抖。思路却在题目做到一半的时候，被忐忑斩断。汗水在悄然间润湿额头，手也不听使唤了。我咬咬牙，竭力使自己冷静下来，冥思、凝眉……终于，在摇曳的手中，答案顺利生成。摸着自己滚烫的脸颊，我欣慰的笑了。面对难题，只要心中存些许淡定，所有的难题将不再困难。我想，面对崭新的新生活，坦然面对才是上上选。

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高中生活并不是想象中的悠哉悠哉。课后，虽不像中考时剑拔弩张，但空气中仍充斥着一些奥妙，没人想输在起跑线上。有的同学趴在课桌上，正为下面的课“充电”，有的滔滔不绝的讲着什么趣事，而更多的同学在奋笔疾书，时而低头沉思，时而翻翻书，念叨念叨。而我就是这其中的一员。面对各种功课，我能做的只是坦然接受，手中的那支笔似乎永远都在努力耕耘。生活就是这样，在不断的不安和努力中前行，但只要我们有所付出，那在金色的季节里，我们总会像大地和果实一样有所收获。

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深夜，我仍然未眠，只是安静的躺在床上，看着窗外，灯光是混的，月色是清的。在混沌的月光里，渗入了一派清辉。那月儿已经消瘦了几分。她晚妆早罢，盈盈的悬挂在天间。经过秋雨的洗刷，天是蓝的可爱，仿佛一汪水似的，月亮更是出落得精神。倏地，有些室友也在辗转反侧，难以入睡。而我却从悦人的月儿中，领悟了什么，便欣然入睡。总有一天，我们需要走陌生的路，认识陌生的人，做陌生的事，处之泰然就是适应环境的必杀技。

这就是我的高一新生活，简单却不随意，紧张而不乏味。我相信在三年后的秋天，我也会收获自己的果实，与大地一同欢歌，与果实一起共舞。

Life needs positive energy. A person’s life is a road with lots of difficulties and various negative emotions.

Everyone will have the desperate time. Positive energy can help us go through this period of time.

For example, I am sad about the exam yesterday. But an optimistic classmate encourages me to think in a good way and comfort me.

I can recover soon. But if she also is as pessimistic as me, I won’t have recovered so quickly. Maybe I will be sad for a long time. There are many similar things happening in our life. To live a better life, we need positive energy.

生活需要正能量。人的一生是充满困难和各种负面情绪的一条路。每个人都有郁闷的时候。正能量可以帮助我们度过这段时期。例如，我为昨天考试的事而难过。但是一个乐观的同学鼓励我往好的方面想，安慰我。我可以很快地恢复过来。但是如果她也跟我一样悲观的话，我不可能这么快恢复心情的。也许我会伤心很久。在我们的生活中有很多这种类似的事情。为了生活得更美好，我们需要正能量。

[初中英语作文：生活需要正能量

女人将钥匙插入锁孔，“咔嚓”一声。“呀，你回来了？”“是啊，张太太。”张太太是女人的邻居，有着更年期女人的所有特征。女人见她手里拎着两棵白菜，便问道：“要做晚饭了啊？”“是啊，每天就为几顿饭操心，家里那个‘小调皮’整天又只知道惹事，哎哟，真是没有一件省心事。哪里像你哟，一个人过，要多潇洒有多潇洒。啧啧，我没有那个命呢！”女人笑笑，不语。

的确，女人是整个小区的传奇。她三十多岁，却没有三十岁女人的琐碎与聒噪。她是个好看的女子，精致地无懈可击，沉静而温婉的脸庞，头上的发髻总是一丝不苟，穿着手工精细、图案繁复的刺绣衣裙，优雅地同每个人问好。只是眉目间不经意泄露的忧伤，总让人想起另一个传奇，那个写下“一座城市的毁灭，只为了成全一段姻缘”的女子。

女人打开门，她的房子无疑是极有品位的：中式的雕花大交椅，价值不菲的古董屏风，玻璃橱窗里陈列着一对青花瓷碗。一切都透着不凡。然而女人却不把这里称之为家，因为这里，没有厨房。

女人坐在木地板上，翻看新一期的旅游杂志，听着窗外的忙碌：搅拌鸡蛋时筷子撞击着瓷碗叮当作响，鱼在油锅里发出“滋滋”的声响……女人突然笑了，这些厚实的声音，夹杂着各种调料的香味，慢慢注入她的身体，让她渐渐暖和起来。

一所房子总是在油烟的熏陶下才有了温暖的时光，有了家的味道。然而女人在这个城市，孑然一身。没有人等她回家做饭，也就不必为堵车而烦恼，自然，也没有了向老板抱怨加班的理由。“没有牵挂和念想，只能心无旁骛地活着，却成了一个好看的女子，这算是补偿吗？”女人想着，隐约听见张太太的声音“我在楼道里碰见她了，那真是三十岁的女人吗？像个小姑娘似的。我真是失策啊，当年怎么和你结婚了呢？一辈子就拴在这个家了。你看，这才熬了几年，就成黄脸婆了。你是没见到她，唉，还是无牵无挂好啊，自在哟，家里连火都不用开。哪里像我，成天熏在油烟里，面膜都敷不回来……”

女人摇了摇头，仿佛在否定着张太太。窗外此时已换了一番景象：各家透出淡淡的鹅黄色的光，像一个个浮在夜色里的茧，包裹着不同的情绪。然而女人没有开灯，因为没有必要。没人惦着这盏灯，她只是一个人心无旁骛地活着。

“就像一只断了线的风筝，风一吹就散了。”女人想着。缺乏念想的人，就如同没有根系的植物，不容易长久。胃突然疼的厉害，然而早已厌倦了餐馆千篇一律的四菜一汤，只是任由胃翻江倒海地疼着。

女人重新绾了一个髻，准备出去看新上档的电影。一开门，又看见了张太太，手里提着半袋苹果：“出门啊？”“对啊，去看场电影。”女人笑笑。张太太暗自感慨着：“日子过得真潇洒啊！”女人已经消失在楼道的拐角处。

外面，夜已浓黑了……

[镜像生活高一作文1000字

Mid-autumn day is a special festival in China, which is one of the

traditional Chinese festivals. Itfalls on the 15th day of august lunar month

every year. Our Chinese will celebrate it on that day. I think there are not too

many people can reject he temptation of it. I like this festival very much. I

have two reasons.

First of all, mid-autumn has the deep meaning of reunite. In china, people

regard mid-autumn day as very important, so no matter where they are, they will

come back to their family if there is a chance. They don’t like celebrate this

festival outside, which will make them feel lonely. Thus, they will go home by

all means. Luckily, the government also pays great attention to this traditional

festival. There are laws to make sure people have holidays in that special day.

In the other word, mid-autumn festival gives a chance for family get

together.

Secondly, every family will prepare a big meal in that day. All the food is

delicious. It is good to have a big meal. I think nobody will not interest in

delicious food. The mooncake is a necessary decoration for mid-autumn day. It

tastes good, too. It is the traditional for a long time. How pleased to enjoy

the glorious full moon with mooncake!

This is why I love mid-autumn festival so much. It is funny and happy

time.

My teacher gave me an assignment "experience life" last week. I had been thinking how to finish it because I had never done any thing by myself before.

Mother was out today. It was a good chance to complete the assignment. Seeing the barrel was empty, I decided to fetch water from the well.

I took the empty barrel and went towards the well outside the yard. It snowed yesterday, so the alley was very slippery. A layer of thickice was frozen on the platform of the well. I was frightened by the sight, but I gathered my courage to walk towards it.

The alley was so slippery that I walked with difficultly. Suddenly, I slipped and fell down, water in the barrel totally poured down on the ground. I stepped on the platform carefully. After standing steadily and squatting down slowly, I hooked the barrel at the end of the rope and put the rope down slowly. I made an effort to drag the barrel up after it was filled with water. I was very careful because it was easy to slip and fall. Then, I carried the barrel of water and returned to my house. My figners were frozen stiff. I realized my effort was in vain. I hated myself.

I failed to finish the assignment but I did experience life through a trifle which seemed easy but difficult to do well. Such was my first experience of life.

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