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.
傳說(shuō)有一個(gè)叫“年”的怪獸,有一個(gè)大嘴,能一口吞下很多人.人們都很怕它.
The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers is to scare away Nian.
貼紅紙和方鞭炮的習(xí)俗就是為了嚇跑年.
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 celebration.
但是,現(xiàn)在人們大多忘記了為什么這么做的原因,只是覺得色彩和響聲增加了過節(jié)的氣氛罷了!