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How Did New Year's Come About?

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ID: 2120 Intermediate
  Experiencing Chinese New Year in China is truly a spectacular event. Houses are covered in bright red decorations. Bright red lanterns are lit up for all to see. Literally millions of firecrackers are set off at the same time, filling the streets with a mighty roar. But how did these traditions come about? In this lesson a grandfather tells the story to his grandson. Also, be sure to check out the new task feature below, ChinesePod's newest way to enrich your learning experience along with fellow poddies!
Thu Feb 07 2013 | John, Dilu
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过年 guònián to celebrate the New Year
放 fàng to set off
鞭炮 biānpào firecrackers
贴 tiē to stick
爷爷，为什么过年要放鞭炮，贴对联？
yéye ， wèishénme guònián yào fàng biānpào ， tiē duìlián ？
Grandpa, why do we set off fireworks and put poems on our doorways over New Year's?
很久很久以前，“年”是一种怪兽。
hěnjiǔ hěnjiǔ yǐqián ，“ nián ” shì yīzhǒng guàishòu 。
A long, long time ago, “year” was a kind of monster.
啊，怪兽？
ǎ ， guàishòu ？
What? A monster?
嗯。它们住在海底，每到除夕就出来吃人。
ng4 。 tāmen zhù zài hǎidǐ ， měi dào Chúxī jiù chūlái chīrén 。
Yes. They lived at the bottom of the sea and every last day of the lunar year they would come out and eat people.
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