The origin of The Spring

Immediately to the Spring Festival, people know the origin of the Spring Festival?
Modern folk called the Spring Festival “nian”. In fact , the origin of “nian” and the Spring Festival is different .
” Year” is how the origin of it ? There are two versions :
    One theory is that in ancient times , there is a ferocious monster called ” Year”，Every twelfth lunar month thirty, they will each household , feeding human flesh , and injure the people . There is a twelfth lunar month thirty at night , “year” into a village , two cowboys are playing cattle whip. ” Year” hear air “papa” of the sound , and quickly ran away scared。It went to another village , and saw the door of someone’s home basking piece red clothes , which it do not know what that is, scared and quickly turn around to escape. Then it came to a village, in the house a look, see the inside lights, a little dizzy, it had to slip, with tail again。People know the “year” afraid sound , red , sensitive to light, think of many ways to resist it through these weaknesses, So gradually evolved into today’s New Year ‘s customs。Another argument is that the ancient Chinese book of the word “year” put the word “he” department, To show weather and abundant harvests . Due to a cooked cereal grain is generally one year . The “year” will be extended to the age of the name of it.
     Although the New Year of ancient folk customs, but then not called the Spring Festival. Because then called the Spring Festival , referring to the twenty -four solar terms in the ” spring”。Northern and Southern Dynasties refers to the Spring Festival for the entire spring。It is said that the Chinese New Year was officially named as the Spring Festival, is the future after the Revolution。Since then switched to the Gregorian calendar In order to distinguish the lunar calendar, the Gregorian calendar , so the first lunar month will be renamed the ” Spring Festival “。