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The legend of Chinese New Year 春节传说 A long long time ago in China,there was a big, scary beast minion Nian, whose name means here. He had sharp teeth, big claws. Most of the time he lived in the forest. But on the darkest night of the year when the new moon was in the sky,he would come into the village and scare everyone and the animals. People was frightened the new moon for many many years. Until a wise man taught them the three things. Nian was afraid of loud noises, fire and the colour red. The next time Nian came, the villagers fought back, they hit the drum so loud, and ear the color red from head to toe. Nian ran away and never came back. After that people started celebrating the union instead of fearing it. That celebration became 15 days festival of family food and good fortune called Chinese New Year. Dragon Boat Festival Long time ago, there was a great poet called Qu Yuan. He didn ’t bear the when his country was invaded(侵略），so he drowned himself in the river. Local people rode boats to save him and drop the rice balls into the river , because they wanted to protect his body. Later people rowed and made Zonezi on the Dragon Boat Festival for remembering him. That ’ how the tradition of dragon boat racing and eating Zongzi were started. A nation tradition on Duanwujie is to put wormwood on the front door to repel bad things. In some places people drink wine and children wear sachet （香 包）。Now the family gets together on Duanwujie. People have all kinds of tings to celebrate this traditional festival. Mid-Autumn Festival Once upon a time, there was a beautiful woman called Chang ’e. Her husband Hou Yi was a great archer. At that time, there was ten sun in the sky and the people on earth were living in the heat. To save the earth,Hou Yi used his bow and arrow to shoot down the nine of the suns. Hou Yi