The legend of Chinese New Year
中国新年的传说
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.
很久很久以前在中国，有一个巨大的，可怕的野兽奴才年，他的名字在这里的意思。他有锋利的牙齿，大爪子。
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.
他大部分时间住在森林里。但是在一年中最黑暗的夜晚，当新月出现在天空时，他会来到村子里吓唬所有人和动物。许多年来，人们都被新月吓坏了。
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.
直到一个聪明人教他们这三件事。年害怕噪音、火和红色。下一次年来了，村民们进行了反击，他们把鼓敲得那么响，耳朵从头到脚都是红色的。
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.
年跑掉了，再也没有回来。从那以后，人们开始庆祝工会，而不是害怕它。这个庆祝活动变成了为期15天的家庭食物和好运的节日，被称为中国新年。