是春节英语手抄报2021年春节手抄报：英语春节手抄报内容.docx

是春节英语手抄报2021年春节手抄报：英语春节手抄报内容

　　迎接春节的到来，同学们要准备做有关春节的手抄报，下面是小智整理的有关2021年春节手抄报：英语春节手抄报内容(4)，供各位同学参考。
　　2021年春节手抄报：英语春节手抄报内容(4)
　　The Origin of Chinese New Year
　　the Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of Nature). 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 harrassed 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