Nien was a fierce beast.
The Chinese believe that the Nien best eats people on New Year's Eve. One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue Nian. The Nian saw the wisdom in this, and the old man, who was actually a god in disguise,he told people set off firecrackers to scare it away.
To second day early morning," has congratulated "the sound to the ear, in the air does not fill the air is defeating" the year beast "the victory and the rebirthjoy.
The celebration of that New Year was especially happy because they haddiscovered the secret of scaring the monster Year.
